fix(tvix/eval): Replace inner NixString repr with Box<Bstr>

Storing a full BString here incurs the extra overhead of the capacity
for the inner byte-vector, which we basically never use as Nix strings
are immutable (and we don't do any mutation / sharing analysis).
Switching to a Box<BStr> cuts us from 72 bytes to 64 bytes per
string (and there are a lot of strings!)

Change-Id: I11f34c14a08fa02759f260b1c78b2a2b981714e4
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/10794
Autosubmit: aspen <root@gws.fyi>
Reviewed-by: flokli <flokli@flokli.de>
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI

tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! See //tvix/eval/docs/builtins.md for a some context on the
 //! available builtins in Nix.
 
-use bstr::ByteVec;
+use bstr::{ByteSlice, ByteVec};
 use builtin_macros::builtins;
 use genawaiter::rc::Gen;
 use imbl::OrdMap;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub async fn coerce_value_to_path(
     .await
     {
         Ok(vs) => {
-            let path = (**vs).clone().into_path_buf()?;
+            let path = vs.to_path()?.to_owned();
             if path.is_absolute() {
                 Ok(Ok(path))
             } else {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub async fn coerce_value_to_path(
 mod pure_builtins {
     use std::ffi::OsString;
 
-    use bstr::{BString, ByteSlice};
+    use bstr::{BString, ByteSlice, B};
     use imbl::Vector;
     use itertools::Itertools;
     use os_str_bytes::OsStringBytes;
@@ -171,26 +171,23 @@ mod pure_builtins {
     #[builtin("baseNameOf")]
     async fn builtin_base_name_of(co: GenCo, s: Value) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
         let span = generators::request_span(&co).await;
-        let mut s = match s {
-            val @ Value::Catchable(_) => return Ok(val),
-            _ => s
-                .coerce_to_string(
-                    co,
-                    CoercionKind {
-                        strong: false,
-                        import_paths: false,
-                    },
-                    span,
-                )
-                .await?
-                .to_contextful_str()?,
-        };
+        let s = s
+            .coerce_to_string(
+                co,
+                CoercionKind {
+                    strong: false,
+                    import_paths: false,
+                },
+                span,
+            )
+            .await?
+            .to_contextful_str()?;
 
-        let bs = s.as_mut_bstring();
+        let mut bs = (**s).to_owned();
         if let Some(last_slash) = bs.rfind_char('/') {
-            *bs = bs[(last_slash + 1)..].into();
+            bs = bs[(last_slash + 1)..].into();
         }
-        Ok(s.into())
+        Ok(NixString::new_inherit_context_from(&s, bs).into())
     }
 
     #[builtin("bitAnd")]
@@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ mod pure_builtins {
             .map(|last_slash| {
                 let x = &str[..last_slash];
                 if x.is_empty() {
-                    b"/"
+                    B("/")
                 } else {
                     x
                 }
@@ -356,8 +353,7 @@ mod pure_builtins {
             ))))
         } else {
             Ok(Value::from(NixString::new_inherit_context_from(
-                &str,
-                result.into(),
+                &str, result,
             )))
         }
     }
@@ -1190,7 +1186,7 @@ mod pure_builtins {
             // push the unmatched characters preceding the match
             ret.push_back(Value::from(NixString::new_inherit_context_from(
                 &s,
-                (&text[pos..thematch.start()]).into(),
+                &text[pos..thematch.start()],
             )));
 
             // Push a list with one element for each capture
@@ -1363,7 +1359,7 @@ mod pure_builtins {
 
         Ok(Value::from(NixString::new_inherit_context_from(
             &x,
-            (&x[beg..end]).into(),
+            &x[beg..end],
         )))
     }
 

tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ impl NixContext {
 
 // FIXME: when serializing, ignore the context?
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
-pub struct NixString(BString, Option<NixContext>);
+pub struct NixString(Box<BStr>, Option<NixContext>);
 
 impl PartialEq for NixString {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
@@ -180,45 +180,66 @@ impl Ord for NixString {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Box<BStr>> for NixString {
+    fn from(value: Box<BStr>) -> Self {
+        Self(value, None)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<BString> for NixString {
+    fn from(value: BString) -> Self {
+        Self(Vec::<u8>::from(value).into_boxed_slice().into(), None)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<&BStr> for NixString {
     fn from(value: &BStr) -> Self {
-        Self(value.to_owned(), None)
+        value.to_owned().into()
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&[u8]> for NixString {
     fn from(value: &[u8]) -> Self {
-        Self(value.into(), None)
+        Self::from(value.to_owned())
     }
 }
 
 impl From<Vec<u8>> for NixString {
     fn from(value: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        value.into_boxed_slice().into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Box<[u8]>> for NixString {
+    fn from(value: Box<[u8]>) -> Self {
         Self(value.into(), None)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for NixString {
     fn from(s: &str) -> Self {
-        Self(s.as_bytes().into(), None)
+        s.as_bytes().into()
     }
 }
 
 impl From<String> for NixString {
     fn from(s: String) -> Self {
-        Self(s.into(), None)
+        s.into_bytes().into()
     }
 }
 
-impl From<(String, Option<NixContext>)> for NixString {
-    fn from((s, ctx): (String, Option<NixContext>)) -> Self {
-        NixString(s.into(), ctx)
+impl<T> From<(T, Option<NixContext>)> for NixString
+where
+    NixString: From<T>,
+{
+    fn from((s, ctx): (T, Option<NixContext>)) -> Self {
+        NixString(NixString::from(s).0, ctx)
     }
 }
 
 impl From<Box<str>> for NixString {
     fn from(s: Box<str>) -> Self {
-        Self(s.into_boxed_bytes().into_vec().into(), None)
+        s.into_boxed_bytes().into()
     }
 }
 
@@ -234,12 +255,18 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a NixString> for &'a BStr {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<NixString> for BString {
+impl From<NixString> for Box<BStr> {
     fn from(s: NixString) -> Self {
         s.0
     }
 }
 
+impl From<NixString> for BString {
+    fn from(s: NixString) -> Self {
+        s.0.to_vec().into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for NixString {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         &self.0
@@ -292,7 +319,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NixString {
 }
 
 impl Deref for NixString {
-    type Target = BString;
+    type Target = BStr;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         &self.0
@@ -317,13 +344,19 @@ mod arbitrary {
 }
 
 impl NixString {
-    pub fn new_inherit_context_from(other: &NixString, new_contents: BString) -> Self {
-        Self(new_contents, other.1.clone())
+    pub fn new_inherit_context_from<T>(other: &NixString, new_contents: T) -> Self
+    where
+        NixString: From<T>,
+    {
+        Self(Self::from(new_contents).0, other.1.clone())
     }
 
-    pub fn new_context_from(context: NixContext, contents: BString) -> Self {
+    pub fn new_context_from<T>(context: NixContext, contents: T) -> Self
+    where
+        NixString: From<T>,
+    {
         Self(
-            contents,
+            Self::from(contents).0,
             if context.is_empty() {
                 None
             } else {
@@ -332,12 +365,8 @@ impl NixString {
         )
     }
 
-    pub fn as_mut_bstring(&mut self) -> &mut BString {
-        &mut self.0
-    }
-
     pub fn as_bstr(&self) -> &BStr {
-        BStr::new(self.as_bytes())
+        self
     }
 
     pub fn as_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] {
@@ -345,7 +374,7 @@ impl NixString {
     }
 
     pub fn into_bstring(self) -> BString {
-        self.0
+        (*self.0).to_owned()
     }
 
     /// Return a displayable representation of the string as an
@@ -378,7 +407,7 @@ impl NixString {
 
     pub fn concat(&self, other: &Self) -> Self {
         let mut s = self.to_vec();
-        s.extend(other.0.as_slice());
+        s.extend(&(***other));
 
         let context = [&self.1, &other.1]
             .into_iter()
@@ -386,7 +415,7 @@ impl NixString {
             .fold(NixContext::new(), |acc_ctx, new_ctx| {
                 acc_ctx.join(&mut new_ctx.clone())
             });
-        Self::new_context_from(context, s.into())
+        Self::new_context_from(context, s)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn context_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut NixContext> {
@@ -514,6 +543,11 @@ mod tests {
 
     use crate::properties::{eq_laws, hash_laws, ord_laws};
 
+    #[test]
+    fn size() {
+        assert_eq!(std::mem::size_of::<NixString>(), 64);
+    }
+
     eq_laws!(NixString);
     hash_laws!(NixString);
     ord_laws!(NixString);

tvix/eval/src/vm/mod.rs

@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ where
                                 return frame.error(
                                     self,
                                     ErrorKind::AttributeNotFound {
-                                        name: (**key).clone().into_string_lossy()
+                                        name: key.to_str_lossy().into_owned()
                                     },
                                 );
                             }