From: "tmm1 (Aman Gupta)" Date: 2014-01-08T18:07:51+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:59640] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9382][Open] [patch] add opt_aref_str and opt_aset_str Issue #9382 has been reported by tmm1 (Aman Gupta). ---------------------------------------- Bug #9382: [patch] add opt_aref_str and opt_aset_str https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9382 Author: tmm1 (Aman Gupta) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: tmm1 (Aman Gupta) Category: Target version: current: 2.2.0 ruby -v: trunk Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN @charliesome, @normalperson and I have been working on a patch to add two new instructions: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9188#note-9 These optimize Hash#[] and Hash#[]=, when used with a string literal key. Before: 0010 putstring "str" 0012 opt_aref After: 0010 opt_aref_str , "str" The opt_(aref|aset)_str instructions avoid str_duplicate, resulting in reduced allocation overhead. For example, this loop requires zero allocations after the patch: hash={}; loop{ hash["key"] += 1 } In our rails app, 2.5% of iseqs can benefit from these optimizations: $ ruby -rconfig/environment -e' p ObjectSpace.each_object(RubyVM::InstructionSequence).count ' 63314 $ ruby -rconfig/environment -e' p ObjectSpace.each_object(RubyVM::InstructionSequence).select{ |i| i.disasm.match(/ opt_(aref|aset)_str /) }.size ' 1464 @headius is also adding a similar optimization to jruby: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8998#note-15 I plan to commit the patch above, so if you have any feedback on the implementation please share. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/