polydat_core/compile/select.rs
1// Copyright 2024-2026 Jonathan Shook
2// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3
4//! The engine a host chooses, the provenance mode a compiled engine is
5//! built with, and the selector that picks a mode from a graph's shape
6//! when the host leaves it to `Provenance::Auto`.
7
8use crate::ast::PolydatNode;
9use crate::kernel::WireSource;
10use std::collections::HashMap;
11
12/// Which provenance optimization the compiler selected.
13#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
14pub enum ProvMode {
15 /// No provenance — eval runs all nodes unconditionally.
16 Raw,
17 /// Pull-side cone guard only. `set_inputs` tracks `changed_mask`,
18 /// `eval_for_slot` skips eval when the output cone is clean.
19 /// Zero overhead on all-dirty graphs.
20 Pull,
21 /// Push + pull. Per-node dirty tracking in `set_inputs` +
22 /// cone guard. Selected whenever the graph has two or more inputs.
23 PushPull,
24}
25
26/// Graph analysis results used by the engine selection heuristic.
27#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
28pub struct GraphAnalysis {
29 /// Nodes in the graph.
30 pub total_nodes: usize,
31 /// Inputs.
32 pub num_inputs: usize,
33 /// Named outputs.
34 pub num_outputs: usize,
35 /// Per-output cone size (number of nodes in transitive dependency).
36 pub output_cone_sizes: Vec<(String, usize)>,
37 /// max(cone_size) / total_nodes
38 pub max_cone_ratio: f64,
39 /// Average cone_size / total_nodes
40 pub avg_cone_ratio: f64,
41}
42
43/// Analyze a resolved DAG to compute structural metrics.
44pub fn analyze_graph(
45 nodes: &[Box<dyn PolydatNode>],
46 wiring: &[Vec<WireSource>],
47 output_map: &HashMap<String, (usize, usize)>,
48) -> GraphAnalysis {
49 let total_nodes = nodes.len();
50
51 // Compute per-output cone size: the transitive upstream set, the
52 // nodes that can reach the output, found by walking backward from
53 // the output node.
54 let mut output_cone_sizes = Vec::new();
55 for (name, &(node_idx, _port)) in output_map {
56 let cone_size = compute_cone_size(node_idx, wiring);
57 output_cone_sizes.push((name.clone(), cone_size));
58 }
59
60 let max_cone = output_cone_sizes.iter().map(|(_, s)| *s).max().unwrap_or(0);
61 let avg_cone: f64 = if output_cone_sizes.is_empty() {
62 0.0
63 } else {
64 output_cone_sizes
65 .iter()
66 .map(|(_, s)| *s as f64)
67 .sum::<f64>()
68 / output_cone_sizes.len() as f64
69 };
70
71 let max_cone_ratio = if total_nodes > 0 {
72 max_cone as f64 / total_nodes as f64
73 } else {
74 1.0
75 };
76 let avg_cone_ratio = if total_nodes > 0 {
77 avg_cone / total_nodes as f64
78 } else {
79 1.0
80 };
81
82 // Count distinct inputs
83 let mut max_input = 0usize;
84 for sources in wiring {
85 for s in sources {
86 if let WireSource::Input(idx) = s {
87 max_input = max_input.max(*idx + 1);
88 }
89 }
90 }
91
92 GraphAnalysis {
93 total_nodes,
94 num_inputs: max_input,
95 num_outputs: output_map.len(),
96 output_cone_sizes,
97 max_cone_ratio,
98 avg_cone_ratio,
99 }
100}
101
102/// Count the number of nodes in the transitive upstream cone of a node.
103fn compute_cone_size(node_idx: usize, wiring: &[Vec<WireSource>]) -> usize {
104 let mut visited = vec![false; wiring.len()];
105 let mut stack = vec![node_idx];
106 let mut count = 0;
107 while let Some(idx) = stack.pop() {
108 if idx >= visited.len() || visited[idx] {
109 continue;
110 }
111 visited[idx] = true;
112 count += 1;
113 for source in &wiring[idx] {
114 if let WireSource::NodeOutput(upstream, _) = source
115 && !visited[*upstream]
116 {
117 stack.push(*upstream);
118 }
119 }
120 }
121 count
122}
123
124/// Select the optimal provenance mode based on graph analysis.
125///
126/// Heuristic (engines.md §5):
127/// - Pull has zero overhead on all-dirty graphs (cone check ~2ns)
128/// - Pull is the safe default for selective output access
129/// - PushPull when multiple inputs exist (push skip helps within
130/// dirty cones when some subgraphs are stable)
131/// - Raw only for tiny single-input graphs
132pub fn select_prov_mode(analysis: &GraphAnalysis) -> ProvMode {
133 // Tiny single-input graphs: skip provenance data entirely.
134 // The overhead of tracking changed_mask isn't worth it.
135 if analysis.total_nodes < 15 && analysis.num_inputs <= 1 {
136 return ProvMode::Raw;
137 }
138
139 // Multiple inputs: some may be stable at runtime, enabling both
140 // push-side skip (within dirty cones) and pull-side skip (clean cones).
141 // PushPull is the right choice because:
142 // - If an output's cone is clean: pull guard skips eval entirely
143 // - If an output's cone is dirty: push skip avoids stable nodes
144 // The push overhead (~10ns in set_inputs for dependent marking)
145 // is justified by the potential to skip 30-80% of nodes within
146 // dirty cones.
147 if analysis.num_inputs >= 2 {
148 return ProvMode::PushPull;
149 }
150
151 // Single input: every node's cone includes the one input, so the
152 // pull guard will always see "dirty" and fall through. Pull still
153 // has zero overhead (the AND + branch costs ~2ns), so prefer it
154 // over Raw for multi-output programs where not all outputs are
155 // pulled every cycle.
156 ProvMode::Pull
157}
158
159// ── The engine a host chooses (engines.md §3.5) ──────────
160
161/// How much of a kernel's work is skipped when inputs repeat: the
162/// provenance mode a compiled engine is built with. Every mode computes
163/// the same values; the modes differ in what they recompute.
164#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
165pub enum Provenance {
166 /// Every evaluation runs every step.
167 Raw,
168 /// A changed input reruns only the steps downstream of it.
169 Push,
170 /// An output whose cone no changed input reaches is not recomputed.
171 Pull,
172 /// Both: per-step skipping and the cone guard.
173 PushPull,
174 /// The selector's choice from the graph's shape
175 /// ([`select_prov_mode`]).
176 Auto,
177}
178
179/// The engine a program runs on. Every engine accepts every program the
180/// interpreter accepts, or refuses it with a reason
181/// ([`KernelError::Refused`]); the choice changes how fast the program
182/// runs and nothing else (docs/design/engines.md §7).
183#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
184pub enum Engine {
185 /// The interpreter, with as much of its graph fused into native
186 /// cones as the [`JitMode`](crate::JitMode) says: what `compile()`
187 /// builds, under the assembler's mode.
188 Interpreter(crate::compile::cone::JitMode),
189 /// The closure tier: every node runs its generated closure over
190 /// one slot buffer.
191 Closures(Provenance),
192 /// Native code where a node has a lowering, its closure elsewhere:
193 /// the P3 tier. Built in every configuration: a build without the
194 /// `jit` feature runs the same kernel with every step a closure and
195 /// no native segment in it, which `plan()` reports.
196 Native(Provenance),
197 /// Native code and nothing else: the differential tier behind
198 /// [`Engine::Native`] (engines.md §8). It differs from `Native` in
199 /// what it does with a node that has no native lowering, which is
200 /// to refuse the program rather than run that node's closure. A
201 /// host asks for it to be told whether its program is fully native,
202 /// which `Native` can never answer because it always succeeds.
203 /// Refused by a build without the `jit` feature.
204 ///
205 /// Only [`Provenance::Raw`] and [`Provenance::PushPull`] have a
206 /// pure kernel; the other named modes are refused, and
207 /// [`Provenance::Auto`] resolves to one of the two.
208 PureNative(Provenance),
209}
210
211impl Default for Engine {
212 /// The engine a host gets when it names none: the fastest this build
213 /// has, P3 with the `jit` feature and the closure tier without, with
214 /// the provenance mode left to the selector. Compiled code is the
215 /// default; the interpreter is a choice.
216 fn default() -> Self {
217 #[cfg(feature = "jit")]
218 {
219 Engine::Native(Provenance::Auto)
220 }
221 #[cfg(not(feature = "jit"))]
222 {
223 Engine::Closures(Provenance::Auto)
224 }
225 }
226}
227
228impl std::fmt::Display for Engine {
229 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
230 match self {
231 Engine::Interpreter(crate::compile::cone::JitMode::Auto) => write!(f, "interpreter"),
232 Engine::Interpreter(crate::compile::cone::JitMode::Off) => {
233 write!(f, "interpreter (cones off)")
234 }
235 Engine::Interpreter(crate::compile::cone::JitMode::Force) => {
236 write!(f, "interpreter (cones forced)")
237 }
238 Engine::Closures(p) => write!(f, "closures ({p:?})"),
239 Engine::Native(p) => write!(f, "native ({p:?})"),
240 Engine::PureNative(p) => write!(f, "pure native ({p:?})"),
241 }
242 }
243}
244
245/// What a kernel's engine decided for its program: how much of it runs
246/// as native segments, as closure steps, and on the interpreter. The one
247/// planning detail a kernel exposes, on every engine
248/// ([`Kernel::plan`](crate::Kernel::plan)).
249#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
250pub struct EnginePlan {
251 /// Runs of nodes compiled to one native function each; on the
252 /// interpreter, its native cones.
253 pub native_segments: usize,
254 /// Nodes that run their generated closure.
255 pub closure_steps: usize,
256 /// Nodes the interpreter dispatches itself.
257 pub interpreted_nodes: usize,
258}
259
260impl std::fmt::Display for EnginePlan {
261 /// The non-zero counts, native first: `4 native segment(s), 3
262 /// closure step(s)`; `nothing` for an empty program.
263 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
264 let mut parts = Vec::new();
265 if self.native_segments > 0 {
266 parts.push(format!("{} native segment(s)", self.native_segments));
267 }
268 if self.closure_steps > 0 {
269 parts.push(format!("{} closure step(s)", self.closure_steps));
270 }
271 if self.interpreted_nodes > 0 {
272 parts.push(format!("{} interpreted node(s)", self.interpreted_nodes));
273 }
274 if parts.is_empty() {
275 write!(f, "nothing")
276 } else {
277 write!(f, "{}", parts.join(", "))
278 }
279 }
280}
281
282/// Why a kernel was not built: the one error type of every constructor
283/// that takes an [`Engine`].
284#[derive(Debug)]
285pub enum KernelError {
286 /// The source did not parse or compile; the message is the DSL
287 /// front end's.
288 Source(String),
289 /// The graph did not assemble.
290 Assembly(crate::compile::assembly::AssemblyError),
291 /// The engine refuses this graph, which the interpreter accepts;
292 /// `reason` names the node or construct.
293 Refused {
294 /// The engine that refused.
295 engine: Engine,
296 /// The node or construct it cannot run.
297 reason: String,
298 },
299 /// A compile-constant step could not be computed. A step no input
300 /// reaches runs once at build, so what it does there it will do on
301 /// every pull; there is nothing a later evaluation could supply
302 /// that would make it succeed. Distinct from [`Self::Refused`],
303 /// which is one engine declining a program the others accept:
304 /// every engine reports this one, and reports it at build.
305 ConstantFold {
306 /// The failure as the node reported it, enriched with the
307 /// node's name, the outputs it feeds, and the program's
308 /// diagnostic context, as an evaluation failure would be.
309 reason: String,
310 },
311 /// A value written into a kernel while building it was refused: an
312 /// iteration binding or a value a binder copied from a parent that
313 /// does not satisfy the child's declared input.
314 Write(crate::kernel::WriteError),
315 /// A `const` binding could not be computed when the kernel was
316 /// initialized. A const is evaluated once, at initialization, so a
317 /// failing const makes initialization fail.
318 ConstInit {
319 /// The const.
320 name: String,
321 /// Why its expression failed, as the node reported it.
322 reason: String,
323 },
324 /// Binding a child under a parent could not join the child
325 /// program's resource scope to the parent's
326 /// ([`ResourceScope::join`](crate::ResourceScope::join)).
327 Resources(crate::resource::ScopeJoinError),
328}
329
330impl std::fmt::Display for KernelError {
331 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
332 match self {
333 KernelError::Source(e) => write!(f, "{e}"),
334 KernelError::Assembly(e) => write!(f, "{e}"),
335 KernelError::Refused { engine, reason } => {
336 write!(f, "the {engine} engine refuses this program: {reason}")
337 }
338 KernelError::ConstantFold { reason } => {
339 write!(
340 f,
341 "a value this program computes at build could not be computed: {reason}"
342 )
343 }
344 KernelError::Write(e) => write!(f, "a value written while binding was refused: {e}"),
345 KernelError::ConstInit { name, reason } => write!(
346 f,
347 "the const '{name}' could not be computed when the kernel was initialized: {reason}"
348 ),
349 KernelError::Resources(e) => write!(f, "binding under the parent was refused: {e}"),
350 }
351 }
352}
353
354impl std::error::Error for KernelError {}
355
356impl From<crate::compile::assembly::AssemblyError> for KernelError {
357 fn from(e: crate::compile::assembly::AssemblyError) -> Self {
358 // The interpreter's build path speaks `AssemblyError`, so a
359 // fold failure travels as one; it is the same failure the
360 // compiled engines report directly, and reads as the same kind
361 // here.
362 match e {
363 crate::compile::assembly::AssemblyError::ConstantFold(reason) => {
364 KernelError::ConstantFold { reason }
365 }
366 crate::compile::assembly::AssemblyError::ConstInit { name, reason } => {
367 KernelError::ConstInit { name, reason }
368 }
369 other => KernelError::Assembly(other),
370 }
371 }
372}