⚡ Bolt: Optimize PrefixReject fast-path#4
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- Changed `PrefixReject` to read a full `ulong` if at least 8 bytes remain in the search buffer, instead of using a slow byte-by-byte loop for patterns shorter than 8 bytes. - Safe because `PrefixMask` ignores any trailing out-of-bounds bytes within the `ulong`. Co-authored-by: nt153133 <[email protected]>
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💡 What:
Optimized the
PrefixRejectfast path inPatternSearcher.csto execute a single 64-bit unaligned memory read even for patterns shorter than 8 bytes, provided there is enough remaining buffer space.🎯 Why:
PrefixRejectis used extensively for patterns without ideal byte anchors (like?? ?? ?? ?? 55 66). Previously, if the prefix length was exactly 8, it read a singleulong. Otherwise, it built theulongmanually inside a smallforloop, which is significantly slower. We can safely read a full 8 bytes (if we're not at the very end of the array) because the trailing bits are simply excluded by thePrefixMask.📊 Impact:
By eliminating the byte-by-byte
ulongreconstruction for shorter prefixes, benchmarks demonstrated a ~3x performance increase on thePrefixRejectlogic execution specifically for patterns without single/pair byte anchors that are under 8 bytes in length.🔬 Measurement:
Before: ~19475 ms
After: ~6843 ms
Speedup: ~2.8x faster on
PrefixRejectloop.PR created automatically by Jules for task 910600023669276083 started by @nt153133