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If there is any nonsense in it, please consult the -man page, in case the conversion went wrong. -<br> -<ul> -<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">PCRE JUST-IN-TIME COMPILER SUPPORT</a> -<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">8-BIT, 16-BIT AND 32-BIT SUPPORT</a> -<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">AVAILABILITY OF JIT SUPPORT</a> -<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">SIMPLE USE OF JIT</a> -<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS AND PATTERN ITEMS</a> -<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">RETURN VALUES FROM JIT EXECUTION</a> -<li><a name="TOC7" href="#SEC7">SAVING AND RESTORING COMPILED PATTERNS</a> -<li><a name="TOC8" href="#SEC8">CONTROLLING THE JIT STACK</a> -<li><a name="TOC9" href="#SEC9">JIT STACK FAQ</a> -<li><a name="TOC10" href="#SEC10">EXAMPLE CODE</a> -<li><a name="TOC11" href="#SEC11">JIT FAST PATH API</a> -<li><a name="TOC12" href="#SEC12">SEE ALSO</a> -<li><a name="TOC13" href="#SEC13">AUTHOR</a> -<li><a name="TOC14" href="#SEC14">REVISION</a> -</ul> -<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">PCRE JUST-IN-TIME COMPILER SUPPORT</a><br> -<P> -Just-in-time compiling is a heavyweight optimization that can greatly speed up -pattern matching. However, it comes at the cost of extra processing before the -match is performed. Therefore, it is of most benefit when the same pattern is -going to be matched many times. This does not necessarily mean many calls of a -matching function; if the pattern is not anchored, matching attempts may take -place many times at various positions in the subject, even for a single call. -Therefore, if the subject string is very long, it may still pay to use JIT for -one-off matches. -</P> -<P> -JIT support applies only to the traditional Perl-compatible matching function. -It does not apply when the DFA matching function is being used. The code for -this support was written by Zoltan Herczeg. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">8-BIT, 16-BIT AND 32-BIT SUPPORT</a><br> -<P> -JIT support is available for all of the 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit PCRE -libraries. To keep this documentation simple, only the 8-bit interface is -described in what follows. If you are using the 16-bit library, substitute the -16-bit functions and 16-bit structures (for example, <i>pcre16_jit_stack</i> -instead of <i>pcre_jit_stack</i>). If you are using the 32-bit library, -substitute the 32-bit functions and 32-bit structures (for example, -<i>pcre32_jit_stack</i> instead of <i>pcre_jit_stack</i>). -</P> -<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">AVAILABILITY OF JIT SUPPORT</a><br> -<P> -JIT support is an optional feature of PCRE. The "configure" option --enable-jit -(or equivalent CMake option) must be set when PCRE is built if you want to use -JIT. The support is limited to the following hardware platforms: -<pre> - ARM v5, v7, and Thumb2 - Intel x86 32-bit and 64-bit - MIPS 32-bit - Power PC 32-bit and 64-bit - SPARC 32-bit (experimental) -</pre> -If --enable-jit is set on an unsupported platform, compilation fails. -</P> -<P> -A program that is linked with PCRE 8.20 or later can tell if JIT support is -available by calling <b>pcre_config()</b> with the PCRE_CONFIG_JIT option. The -result is 1 when JIT is available, and 0 otherwise. However, a simple program -does not need to check this in order to use JIT. The normal API is implemented -in a way that falls back to the interpretive code if JIT is not available. For -programs that need the best possible performance, there is also a "fast path" -API that is JIT-specific. -</P> -<P> -If your program may sometimes be linked with versions of PCRE that are older -than 8.20, but you want to use JIT when it is available, you can test the -values of PCRE_MAJOR and PCRE_MINOR, or the existence of a JIT macro such as -PCRE_CONFIG_JIT, for compile-time control of your code. Also beware that the -<b>pcre_jit_exec()</b> function was not available at all before 8.32, -and may not be available at all if PCRE isn't compiled with ---enable-jit. See the "JIT FAST PATH API" section below for details. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">SIMPLE USE OF JIT</a><br> -<P> -You have to do two things to make use of the JIT support in the simplest way: -<pre> - (1) Call <b>pcre_study()</b> with the PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE option for - each compiled pattern, and pass the resulting <b>pcre_extra</b> block to - <b>pcre_exec()</b>. - - (2) Use <b>pcre_free_study()</b> to free the <b>pcre_extra</b> block when it is - no longer needed, instead of just freeing it yourself. This ensures that - any JIT data is also freed. -</pre> -For a program that may be linked with pre-8.20 versions of PCRE, you can insert -<pre> - #ifndef PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE - #define PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE 0 - #endif -</pre> -so that no option is passed to <b>pcre_study()</b>, and then use something like -this to free the study data: -<pre> - #ifdef PCRE_CONFIG_JIT - pcre_free_study(study_ptr); - #else - pcre_free(study_ptr); - #endif -</pre> -PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE requests the JIT compiler to generate code for complete -matches. If you want to run partial matches using the PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD or -PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT options of <b>pcre_exec()</b>, you should set one or both of -the following options in addition to, or instead of, PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE -when you call <b>pcre_study()</b>: -<pre> - PCRE_STUDY_JIT_PARTIAL_HARD_COMPILE - PCRE_STUDY_JIT_PARTIAL_SOFT_COMPILE -</pre> -If using <b>pcre_jit_exec()</b> and supporting a pre-8.32 version of -PCRE, you can insert: -<pre> - #if PCRE_MAJOR >= 8 && PCRE_MINOR >= 32 - pcre_jit_exec(...); - #else - pcre_exec(...) - #endif -</pre> -but as described in the "JIT FAST PATH API" section below this assumes -version 8.32 and later are compiled with --enable-jit, which may -break. -<br> -<br> -The JIT compiler generates different optimized code for each of the three -modes (normal, soft partial, hard partial). When <b>pcre_exec()</b> is called, -the appropriate code is run if it is available. Otherwise, the pattern is -matched using interpretive code. -</P> -<P> -In some circumstances you may need to call additional functions. These are -described in the section entitled -<a href="#stackcontrol">"Controlling the JIT stack"</a> -below. -</P> -<P> -If JIT support is not available, PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE etc. are ignored, and -no JIT data is created. Otherwise, the compiled pattern is passed to the JIT -compiler, which turns it into machine code that executes much faster than the -normal interpretive code. When <b>pcre_exec()</b> is passed a <b>pcre_extra</b> -block containing a pointer to JIT code of the appropriate mode (normal or -hard/soft partial), it obeys that code instead of running the interpreter. The -result is identical, but the compiled JIT code runs much faster. -</P> -<P> -There are some <b>pcre_exec()</b> options that are not supported for JIT -execution. There are also some pattern items that JIT cannot handle. Details -are given below. In both cases, execution automatically falls back to the -interpretive code. If you want to know whether JIT was actually used for a -particular match, you should arrange for a JIT callback function to be set up -as described in the section entitled -<a href="#stackcontrol">"Controlling the JIT stack"</a> -below, even if you do not need to supply a non-default JIT stack. Such a -callback function is called whenever JIT code is about to be obeyed. If the -execution options are not right for JIT execution, the callback function is not -obeyed. -</P> -<P> -If the JIT compiler finds an unsupported item, no JIT data is generated. You -can find out if JIT execution is available after studying a pattern by calling -<b>pcre_fullinfo()</b> with the PCRE_INFO_JIT option. A result of 1 means that -JIT compilation was successful. A result of 0 means that JIT support is not -available, or the pattern was not studied with PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE etc., or -the JIT compiler was not able to handle the pattern. -</P> -<P> -Once a pattern has been studied, with or without JIT, it can be used as many -times as you like for matching different subject strings. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">UNSUPPORTED OPTIONS AND PATTERN ITEMS</a><br> -<P> -The only <b>pcre_exec()</b> options that are supported for JIT execution are -PCRE_NO_UTF8_CHECK, PCRE_NO_UTF16_CHECK, PCRE_NO_UTF32_CHECK, PCRE_NOTBOL, -PCRE_NOTEOL, PCRE_NOTEMPTY, PCRE_NOTEMPTY_ATSTART, PCRE_PARTIAL_HARD, and -PCRE_PARTIAL_SOFT. -</P> -<P> -The only unsupported pattern items are \C (match a single data unit) when -running in a UTF mode, and a callout immediately before an assertion condition -in a conditional group. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC6" href="#TOC1">RETURN VALUES FROM JIT EXECUTION</a><br> -<P> -When a pattern is matched using JIT execution, the return values are the same -as those given by the interpretive <b>pcre_exec()</b> code, with the addition of -one new error code: PCRE_ERROR_JIT_STACKLIMIT. This means that the memory used -for the JIT stack was insufficient. See -<a href="#stackcontrol">"Controlling the JIT stack"</a> -below for a discussion of JIT stack usage. For compatibility with the -interpretive <b>pcre_exec()</b> code, no more than two-thirds of the -<i>ovector</i> argument is used for passing back captured substrings. -</P> -<P> -The error code PCRE_ERROR_MATCHLIMIT is returned by the JIT code if searching a -very large pattern tree goes on for too long, as it is in the same circumstance -when JIT is not used, but the details of exactly what is counted are not the -same. The PCRE_ERROR_RECURSIONLIMIT error code is never returned by JIT -execution. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC7" href="#TOC1">SAVING AND RESTORING COMPILED PATTERNS</a><br> -<P> -The code that is generated by the JIT compiler is architecture-specific, and is -also position dependent. For those reasons it cannot be saved (in a file or -database) and restored later like the bytecode and other data of a compiled -pattern. Saving and restoring compiled patterns is not something many people -do. More detail about this facility is given in the -<a href="pcreprecompile.html"><b>pcreprecompile</b></a> -documentation. It should be possible to run <b>pcre_study()</b> on a saved and -restored pattern, and thereby recreate the JIT data, but because JIT -compilation uses significant resources, it is probably not worth doing this; -you might as well recompile the original pattern. -<a name="stackcontrol"></a></P> -<br><a name="SEC8" href="#TOC1">CONTROLLING THE JIT STACK</a><br> -<P> -When the compiled JIT code runs, it needs a block of memory to use as a stack. -By default, it uses 32K on the machine stack. However, some large or -complicated patterns need more than this. The error PCRE_ERROR_JIT_STACKLIMIT -is given when there is not enough stack. Three functions are provided for -managing blocks of memory for use as JIT stacks. There is further discussion -about the use of JIT stacks in the section entitled -<a href="#stackcontrol">"JIT stack FAQ"</a> -below. -</P> -<P> -The <b>pcre_jit_stack_alloc()</b> function creates a JIT stack. Its arguments -are a starting size and a maximum size, and it returns a pointer to an opaque -structure of type <b>pcre_jit_stack</b>, or NULL if there is an error. The -<b>pcre_jit_stack_free()</b> function can be used to free a stack that is no -longer needed. (For the technically minded: the address space is allocated by -mmap or VirtualAlloc.) -</P> -<P> -JIT uses far less memory for recursion than the interpretive code, -and a maximum stack size of 512K to 1M should be more than enough for any -pattern. -</P> -<P> -The <b>pcre_assign_jit_stack()</b> function specifies which stack JIT code -should use. Its arguments are as follows: -<pre> - pcre_extra *extra - pcre_jit_callback callback - void *data -</pre> -The <i>extra</i> argument must be the result of studying a pattern with -PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE etc. There are three cases for the values of the other -two options: -<pre> - (1) If <i>callback</i> is NULL and <i>data</i> is NULL, an internal 32K block - on the machine stack is used. - - (2) If <i>callback</i> is NULL and <i>data</i> is not NULL, <i>data</i> must be - a valid JIT stack, the result of calling <b>pcre_jit_stack_alloc()</b>. - - (3) If <i>callback</i> is not NULL, it must point to a function that is - called with <i>data</i> as an argument at the start of matching, in - order to set up a JIT stack. If the return from the callback - function is NULL, the internal 32K stack is used; otherwise the - return value must be a valid JIT stack, the result of calling - <b>pcre_jit_stack_alloc()</b>. -</pre> -A callback function is obeyed whenever JIT code is about to be run; it is not -obeyed when <b>pcre_exec()</b> is called with options that are incompatible for -JIT execution. A callback function can therefore be used to determine whether a -match operation was executed by JIT or by the interpreter. -</P> -<P> -You may safely use the same JIT stack for more than one pattern (either by -assigning directly or by callback), as long as the patterns are all matched -sequentially in the same thread. In a multithread application, if you do not -specify a JIT stack, or if you assign or pass back NULL from a callback, that -is thread-safe, because each thread has its own machine stack. However, if you -assign or pass back a non-NULL JIT stack, this must be a different stack for -each thread so that the application is thread-safe. -</P> -<P> -Strictly speaking, even more is allowed. You can assign the same non-NULL stack -to any number of patterns as long as they are not used for matching by multiple -threads at the same time. For example, you can assign the same stack to all -compiled patterns, and use a global mutex in the callback to wait until the -stack is available for use. However, this is an inefficient solution, and not -recommended. -</P> -<P> -This is a suggestion for how a multithreaded program that needs to set up -non-default JIT stacks might operate: -<pre> - During thread initalization - thread_local_var = pcre_jit_stack_alloc(...) - - During thread exit - pcre_jit_stack_free(thread_local_var) - - Use a one-line callback function - return thread_local_var -</pre> -All the functions described in this section do nothing if JIT is not available, -and <b>pcre_assign_jit_stack()</b> does nothing unless the <b>extra</b> argument -is non-NULL and points to a <b>pcre_extra</b> block that is the result of a -successful study with PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE etc. -<a name="stackfaq"></a></P> -<br><a name="SEC9" href="#TOC1">JIT STACK FAQ</a><br> -<P> -(1) Why do we need JIT stacks? -<br> -<br> -PCRE (and JIT) is a recursive, depth-first engine, so it needs a stack where -the local data of the current node is pushed before checking its child nodes. -Allocating real machine stack on some platforms is difficult. For example, the -stack chain needs to be updated every time if we extend the stack on PowerPC. -Although it is possible, its updating time overhead decreases performance. So -we do the recursion in memory. -</P> -<P> -(2) Why don't we simply allocate blocks of memory with <b>malloc()</b>? -<br> -<br> -Modern operating systems have a nice feature: they can reserve an address space -instead of allocating memory. We can safely allocate memory pages inside this -address space, so the stack could grow without moving memory data (this is -important because of pointers). Thus we can allocate 1M address space, and use -only a single memory page (usually 4K) if that is enough. However, we can still -grow up to 1M anytime if needed. -</P> -<P> -(3) Who "owns" a JIT stack? -<br> -<br> -The owner of the stack is the user program, not the JIT studied pattern or -anything else. The user program must ensure that if a stack is used by -<b>pcre_exec()</b>, (that is, it is assigned to the pattern currently running), -that stack must not be used by any other threads (to avoid overwriting the same -memory area). The best practice for multithreaded programs is to allocate a -stack for each thread, and return this stack through the JIT callback function. -</P> -<P> -(4) When should a JIT stack be freed? -<br> -<br> -You can free a JIT stack at any time, as long as it will not be used by -<b>pcre_exec()</b> again. When you assign the stack to a pattern, only a pointer -is set. There is no reference counting or any other magic. You can free the -patterns and stacks in any order, anytime. Just <i>do not</i> call -<b>pcre_exec()</b> with a pattern pointing to an already freed stack, as that -will cause SEGFAULT. (Also, do not free a stack currently used by -<b>pcre_exec()</b> in another thread). You can also replace the stack for a -pattern at any time. You can even free the previous stack before assigning a -replacement. -</P> -<P> -(5) Should I allocate/free a stack every time before/after calling -<b>pcre_exec()</b>? -<br> -<br> -No, because this is too costly in terms of resources. However, you could -implement some clever idea which release the stack if it is not used in let's -say two minutes. The JIT callback can help to achieve this without keeping a -list of the currently JIT studied patterns. -</P> -<P> -(6) OK, the stack is for long term memory allocation. But what happens if a -pattern causes stack overflow with a stack of 1M? Is that 1M kept until the -stack is freed? -<br> -<br> -Especially on embedded sytems, it might be a good idea to release memory -sometimes without freeing the stack. There is no API for this at the moment. -Probably a function call which returns with the currently allocated memory for -any stack and another which allows releasing memory (shrinking the stack) would -be a good idea if someone needs this. -</P> -<P> -(7) This is too much of a headache. Isn't there any better solution for JIT -stack handling? -<br> -<br> -No, thanks to Windows. If POSIX threads were used everywhere, we could throw -out this complicated API. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC10" href="#TOC1">EXAMPLE CODE</a><br> -<P> -This is a single-threaded example that specifies a JIT stack without using a -callback. -<pre> - int rc; - int ovector[30]; - pcre *re; - pcre_extra *extra; - pcre_jit_stack *jit_stack; - - re = pcre_compile(pattern, 0, &error, &erroffset, NULL); - /* Check for errors */ - extra = pcre_study(re, PCRE_STUDY_JIT_COMPILE, &error); - jit_stack = pcre_jit_stack_alloc(32*1024, 512*1024); - /* Check for error (NULL) */ - pcre_assign_jit_stack(extra, NULL, jit_stack); - rc = pcre_exec(re, extra, subject, length, 0, 0, ovector, 30); - /* Check results */ - pcre_free(re); - pcre_free_study(extra); - pcre_jit_stack_free(jit_stack); - -</PRE> -</P> -<br><a name="SEC11" href="#TOC1">JIT FAST PATH API</a><br> -<P> -Because the API described above falls back to interpreted execution when JIT is -not available, it is convenient for programs that are written for general use -in many environments. However, calling JIT via <b>pcre_exec()</b> does have a -performance impact. Programs that are written for use where JIT is known to be -available, and which need the best possible performance, can instead use a -"fast path" API to call JIT execution directly instead of calling -<b>pcre_exec()</b> (obviously only for patterns that have been successfully -studied by JIT). -</P> -<P> -The fast path function is called <b>pcre_jit_exec()</b>, and it takes exactly -the same arguments as <b>pcre_exec()</b>, plus one additional argument that -must point to a JIT stack. The JIT stack arrangements described above do not -apply. The return values are the same as for <b>pcre_exec()</b>. -</P> -<P> -When you call <b>pcre_exec()</b>, as well as testing for invalid options, a -number of other sanity checks are performed on the arguments. For example, if -the subject pointer is NULL, or its length is negative, an immediate error is -given. Also, unless PCRE_NO_UTF[8|16|32] is set, a UTF subject string is tested -for validity. In the interests of speed, these checks do not happen on the JIT -fast path, and if invalid data is passed, the result is undefined. -</P> -<P> -Bypassing the sanity checks and the <b>pcre_exec()</b> wrapping can give -speedups of more than 10%. -</P> -<P> -Note that the <b>pcre_jit_exec()</b> function is not available in versions of -PCRE before 8.32 (released in November 2012). If you need to support versions -that old you must either use the slower <b>pcre_exec()</b>, or switch between -the two codepaths by checking the values of PCRE_MAJOR and PCRE_MINOR. -</P> -<P> -Due to an unfortunate implementation oversight, even in versions 8.32 -and later there will be no <b>pcre_jit_exec()</b> stub function defined -when PCRE is compiled with --disable-jit, which is the default, and -there's no way to detect whether PCRE was compiled with --enable-jit -via a macro. -</P> -<P> -If you need to support versions older than 8.32, or versions that may -not build with --enable-jit, you must either use the slower -<b>pcre_exec()</b>, or switch between the two codepaths by checking the -values of PCRE_MAJOR and PCRE_MINOR. -</P> -<P> -Switching between the two by checking the version assumes that all the -versions being targeted are built with --enable-jit. To also support -builds that may use --disable-jit either <b>pcre_exec()</b> must be -used, or a compile-time check for JIT via <b>pcre_config()</b> (which -assumes the runtime environment will be the same), or as the Git -project decided to do, simply assume that <b>pcre_jit_exec()</b> is -present in 8.32 or later unless a compile-time flag is provided, see -the "grep: un-break building with PCRE >= 8.32 without --enable-jit" -commit in git.git for an example of that. -</P> -<br><a name="SEC12" href="#TOC1">SEE ALSO</a><br> -<P> -<b>pcreapi</b>(3) -</P> -<br><a name="SEC13" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br> -<P> -Philip Hazel (FAQ by Zoltan Herczeg) -<br> -University Computing Service -<br> -Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. -<br> -</P> -<br><a name="SEC14" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br> -<P> -Last updated: 05 July 2017 -<br> -Copyright © 1997-2017 University of Cambridge. -<br> -<p> -Return to the <a href="index.html">PCRE index page</a>. -</p> |