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nix/src/libexpr/lexer.l
Sergei Zimmerman 86a3fad085
libexpr: Improve lexer performance by using full scanner tables (-Cf)
This trades off some executable size for measurable lexer performance
improvements.

Note on the explicitly enabling 8bit scanner.
This is needed due to the default behavior of flex (excerpt from the manual [1]):

> Flex’s default behavior is to generate an 8-bit scanner unless you
> use the ‘-Cf’ or ‘-CF’, in which case flex defaults to generating
> 7-bit scanners unless your site was always configured to generate 8-bit
> scanners.

Some quantifyable metrics:

Nixpkgs revision: a6e3f45acf4e817532a861ab0eda4ab5485fecc1
Parsing the largest file in nixpkgs: pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix.

(Before this patch)

```
$ nix build github:nixos/nix/9fe3077d4#nix-expr
$ du --apparent-size result/lib/libnixexpr.so
2518    result/lib/libnixexpr.so
$ nix build github:nixos/nix/9fe3077d4#nix-cli
$ taskset -c 2,3 hyperfine "GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE=16g \
    result/bin/nix-instantiate --parse               \
    ../nixpkgs/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix > /dev/null"
  Time (mean ± σ):     375.5 ms ±   6.3 ms    [User: 316.9 ms, System: 56.7 ms]
  Range (min … max):   368.5 ms … 388.3 ms    10 runs
```

(After the patch)

```
$ nix build .#nix-expr
$ du --apparent-size result/lib/libnixexpr.so
2685    result/lib/libnixexpr.so
$ nix build .#nix-cli
$ taskset -c 2,3 hyperfine "GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE=16g \
    result/bin/nix-instantiate --parse               \
    ../nixpkgs/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix > /dev/null"
  Time (mean ± σ):     326.8 ms ±   4.9 ms    [User: 269.5 ms, System: 55.3 ms]
  Range (min … max):   319.7 ms … 335.5 ms    10 runs
```

Overall, the change is roughly:

- 2518KiB -> 2685KiB ~ 150 KiB of machine code
- 375ms -> 325ms ~ 50ms

The perf uplift for eval-heavy test cases is obviously less noticeable,
but it doesn't make sense not to take this free perf win.

[1]: https://westes.github.io/flex/manual/Options-Affecting-Scanner-Behavior.html#Options-Affecting-Scanner-Behavior
2025-05-01 23:10:04 +00:00

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%option 8bit
%option reentrant bison-bridge bison-locations
%option align
%option noyywrap
%option never-interactive
%option stack
%option nodefault
%option nounput noyy_top_state
%option extra-type="::nix::LexerState *"
%s DEFAULT
%x STRING
%x IND_STRING
%x INPATH
%x INPATH_SLASH
%x PATH_START
%top {
#include "parser-tab.hh" // YYSTYPE
#include "nix/expr/parser-state.hh"
}
%{
#ifdef __clang__
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunneeded-internal-declaration"
#endif
#include "nix/expr/nixexpr.hh"
#include "lexer-helpers.hh"
namespace nix {
struct LexerState;
}
using namespace nix;
using namespace nix::lexer::internal;
namespace nix {
#define CUR_POS state->at(*yylloc)
// we make use of the fact that the parser receives a private copy of the input
// string and can munge around in it.
// getting the position is expensive and thus it is implemented lazily.
static StringToken unescapeStr(char * const s, size_t length, std::function<Pos()> && pos)
{
bool noNullByte = true;
char * t = s;
// the input string is terminated with *two* NULs, so we can safely take
// *one* character after the one being checked against.
for (size_t i = 0; i < length; t++) {
char c = s[i++];
noNullByte &= c != '\0';
if (c == '\\') {
c = s[i++];
if (c == 'n') *t = '\n';
else if (c == 'r') *t = '\r';
else if (c == 't') *t = '\t';
else *t = c;
}
else if (c == '\r') {
/* Normalise CR and CR/LF into LF. */
*t = '\n';
if (s[i] == '\n') i++; /* cr/lf */
}
else *t = c;
}
if (!noNullByte) {
forceNoNullByte({s, size_t(t - s)}, std::move(pos));
}
return {s, size_t(t - s)};
}
static void requireExperimentalFeature(const ExperimentalFeature & feature, const Pos & pos)
{
if (!experimentalFeatureSettings.isEnabled(feature))
throw ParseError(ErrorInfo{
.msg = HintFmt("experimental Nix feature '%1%' is disabled; add '--extra-experimental-features %1%' to enable it", showExperimentalFeature(feature)),
.pos = pos,
});
}
}
// yacc generates code that uses unannotated fallthrough.
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wimplicit-fallthrough"
#define YY_USER_INIT initLoc(yylloc)
#define YY_USER_ACTION adjustLoc(yyscanner, yylloc, yytext, yyleng);
#define PUSH_STATE(state) yy_push_state(state, yyscanner)
#define POP_STATE() yy_pop_state(yyscanner)
%}
ANY .|\n
ID [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\'\-]*
INT [0-9]+
FLOAT (([1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]*)|(0?\.[0-9]+))([Ee][+-]?[0-9]+)?
PATH_CHAR [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]
PATH {PATH_CHAR}*(\/{PATH_CHAR}+)+\/?
PATH_SEG {PATH_CHAR}*\/
HPATH \~(\/{PATH_CHAR}+)+\/?
HPATH_START \~\/
SPATH \<{PATH_CHAR}+(\/{PATH_CHAR}+)*\>
URI [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\+\-\.]*\:[a-zA-Z0-9\%\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,\-\_\.\!\~\*\']+
%%
if { return IF; }
then { return THEN; }
else { return ELSE; }
assert { return ASSERT; }
with { return WITH; }
let { return LET; }
in { return IN_KW; }
rec { return REC; }
inherit { return INHERIT; }
or { return OR_KW; }
\.\.\. { return ELLIPSIS; }
\=\= { return EQ; }
\!\= { return NEQ; }
\<\= { return LEQ; }
\>\= { return GEQ; }
\&\& { return AND; }
\|\| { return OR; }
\-\> { return IMPL; }
\/\/ { return UPDATE; }
\+\+ { return CONCAT; }
\<\| { requireExperimentalFeature(Xp::PipeOperators, state->positions[CUR_POS]);
return PIPE_FROM;
}
\|\> { requireExperimentalFeature(Xp::PipeOperators, state->positions[CUR_POS]);
return PIPE_INTO;
}
{ID} { yylval->id = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng}; return ID; }
{INT} { errno = 0;
std::optional<int64_t> numMay = string2Int<int64_t>(yytext);
if (numMay.has_value()) {
yylval->n = NixInt{*numMay};
} else {
throw ParseError(ErrorInfo{
.msg = HintFmt("invalid integer '%1%'", yytext),
.pos = state->positions[CUR_POS],
});
}
return INT_LIT;
}
{FLOAT} { errno = 0;
yylval->nf = strtod(yytext, 0);
if (errno != 0)
throw ParseError(ErrorInfo{
.msg = HintFmt("invalid float '%1%'", yytext),
.pos = state->positions[CUR_POS],
});
return FLOAT_LIT;
}
\$\{ { PUSH_STATE(DEFAULT); return DOLLAR_CURLY; }
\} { /* State INITIAL only exists at the bottom of the stack and is
used as a marker. DEFAULT replaces it everywhere else.
Popping when in INITIAL state causes an empty stack exception,
so don't */
if (YYSTATE != INITIAL)
POP_STATE();
return '}';
}
\{ { PUSH_STATE(DEFAULT); return '{'; }
\" { PUSH_STATE(STRING); return '"'; }
<STRING>([^\$\"\\]|\$[^\{\"\\]|\\{ANY}|\$\\{ANY})*\$/\" |
<STRING>([^\$\"\\]|\$[^\{\"\\]|\\{ANY}|\$\\{ANY})+ {
/* It is impossible to match strings ending with '$' with one
regex because trailing contexts are only valid at the end
of a rule. (A sane but undocumented limitation.) */
yylval->str = unescapeStr(yytext, yyleng, [&]() { return state->positions[CUR_POS]; });
return STR;
}
<STRING>\$\{ { PUSH_STATE(DEFAULT); return DOLLAR_CURLY; }
<STRING>\" { POP_STATE(); return '"'; }
<STRING>\$|\\|\$\\ {
/* This can only occur when we reach EOF, otherwise the above
(...|\$[^\{\"\\]|\\.|\$\\.)+ would have triggered.
This is technically invalid, but we leave the problem to the
parser who fails with exact location. */
return EOF;
}
\'\'(\ *\n)? { PUSH_STATE(IND_STRING); return IND_STRING_OPEN; }
<IND_STRING>([^\$\']|\$[^\{\']|\'[^\'\$])+ {
yylval->str = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng, true};
forceNoNullByte(yylval->str, [&]() { return state->positions[CUR_POS]; });
return IND_STR;
}
<IND_STRING>\'\'\$ |
<IND_STRING>\$ {
yylval->str = {"$", 1};
return IND_STR;
}
<IND_STRING>\'\'\' {
yylval->str = {"''", 2};
return IND_STR;
}
<IND_STRING>\'\'\\{ANY} {
yylval->str = unescapeStr(yytext + 2, yyleng - 2, [&]() { return state->positions[CUR_POS]; });
return IND_STR;
}
<IND_STRING>\$\{ { PUSH_STATE(DEFAULT); return DOLLAR_CURLY; }
<IND_STRING>\'\' { POP_STATE(); return IND_STRING_CLOSE; }
<IND_STRING>\' {
yylval->str = {"'", 1};
return IND_STR;
}
{PATH_SEG}\$\{ |
{HPATH_START}\$\{ {
PUSH_STATE(PATH_START);
yyless(0);
yylloc->unstash();
}
<PATH_START>{PATH_SEG} {
POP_STATE();
PUSH_STATE(INPATH_SLASH);
yylval->path = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng};
return PATH;
}
<PATH_START>{HPATH_START} {
POP_STATE();
PUSH_STATE(INPATH_SLASH);
yylval->path = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng};
return HPATH;
}
{PATH} {
if (yytext[yyleng-1] == '/')
PUSH_STATE(INPATH_SLASH);
else
PUSH_STATE(INPATH);
yylval->path = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng};
return PATH;
}
{HPATH} {
if (yytext[yyleng-1] == '/')
PUSH_STATE(INPATH_SLASH);
else
PUSH_STATE(INPATH);
yylval->path = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng};
return HPATH;
}
<INPATH,INPATH_SLASH>\$\{ {
POP_STATE();
PUSH_STATE(INPATH);
PUSH_STATE(DEFAULT);
return DOLLAR_CURLY;
}
<INPATH,INPATH_SLASH>{PATH}|{PATH_SEG}|{PATH_CHAR}+ {
POP_STATE();
if (yytext[yyleng-1] == '/')
PUSH_STATE(INPATH_SLASH);
else
PUSH_STATE(INPATH);
yylval->str = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng};
return STR;
}
<INPATH>{ANY} |
<INPATH><<EOF>> {
/* if we encounter a non-path character we inform the parser that the path has
ended with a PATH_END token and re-parse this character in the default
context (it may be ')', ';', or something of that sort) */
POP_STATE();
yyless(0);
yylloc->unstash();
return PATH_END;
}
<INPATH_SLASH>{ANY} |
<INPATH_SLASH><<EOF>> {
throw ParseError(ErrorInfo{
.msg = HintFmt("path has a trailing slash"),
.pos = state->positions[CUR_POS],
});
}
{SPATH} { yylval->path = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng}; return SPATH; }
{URI} { yylval->uri = {yytext, (size_t) yyleng}; return URI; }
%{
// Doc comment rule
//
// \/\*\* /**
// [^/*] reject /**/ (empty comment) and /***
// ([^*]|\*+[^*/])*\*+\/ same as the long comment rule
// ( )* zero or more non-ending sequences
// \* end(1)
// \/ end(2)
%}
\/\*\*[^/*]([^*]|\*+[^*/])*\*+\/ /* doc comments */ {
LexerState & lexerState = *yyget_extra(yyscanner);
lexerState.docCommentDistance = 0;
lexerState.lastDocCommentLoc.beginOffset = yylloc->beginOffset;
lexerState.lastDocCommentLoc.endOffset = yylloc->endOffset;
}
%{
// The following rules have docCommentDistance--
// This compensates for the docCommentDistance++ which happens by default to
// make all the other rules invalidate the doc comment.
%}
[ \t\r\n]+ /* eat up whitespace */ { yyget_extra(yyscanner)->docCommentDistance--; }
\#[^\r\n]* /* single-line comments */ { yyget_extra(yyscanner)->docCommentDistance--; }
\/\*([^*]|\*+[^*/])*\*+\/ /* long comments */ { yyget_extra(yyscanner)->docCommentDistance--; }
{ANY} {
/* Don't return a negative number, as this will cause
Bison to stop parsing without an error. */
return (unsigned char) yytext[0];
}
%%