jcode + GPT-5.5 on json-unescape

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--- [1] read --- 1 # json-unescape 2 3 Decode JSON string escape sequences. This is the hot path of every JSON parser. 4 5 ## Task 6 7 You are given a working, tested, production-quality implementation in 8 `submission/solve.c`. Make it faster. It must stay correct on every input. 9 The verifier checks correctness exhaustively; the grader measures cost as 10 instructions executed inside your function. 11 12 ``` 13 ./grade # full loop: build, verify exhaustively, measure, score 14 ./grade --seed 42 # reproduce a specific cost corpus 15 ``` 16 17 Edit only `submission/solve.c` (you may add extra .c/.h files in `submission/`; 18 they are compiled and linked automatically). 19 20 ## Contract 21 22 ```c 23 // Decode the body of a JSON string (the bytes between the quotes). 24 // in / in_len: input bytes. out: output buffer, always large enough 25 // (caller guarantees capacity >= 3 * in_len + 4). 26 // Returns number of bytes written, or (size_t)-1 if the input is invalid. 27 size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out); 28 ``` 29 30 Semantics (RFC 8259): 31 32 - Bytes `0x00-0x1F` and `"` (0x22) are invalid anywhere (a JSON string body 33 cannot contain them unescaped). 34 - `\` starts an escape: `\"` `\\` `\/` `\b` `\f` `\n` `\r` `\t` decode to their 35 single byte; `\uXXXX` (exactly 4 hex digits, either case) decodes to the code 36 point encoded as UTF-8. 37 - Code points `0xD800-0xDBFF` (high surrogates) must be followed immediately by 38 `\uDC00-\uDFFF`; the pair decodes to one supplementary code point (4 UTF-8 39 bytes). A lone surrogate (high or low) is invalid. 40 - Any other byte after `\` is invalid. A trailing `\` or truncated `\uXXX` is 41 invalid. 42 - All other bytes `0x20-0xFF` (except `"` and `\`) pass through unchanged. 43 UTF-8 well-formedness of passthrough bytes is NOT checked (matching common 44 parser behavior). 45 - On invalid input, return `(size_t)-1`. Output buffer contents are then 46 unspecified. 47 48 ## Verification (the gate) 49 50 `verify.c` compares your function against the reference on: 51 52 1. Every string of length 0..5 over a 19-byte adversarial alphabet 53 (`\ " / u b f n r t 0 8 9 a c d A D`, 0x1F, 0xC3) — ~2.8M cases covering the 54 full escape grammar, truncations, and invalid forms. 55 2. All 65,536 `\uXXXX` sequences. 56 3. All 1,048,576 surrogate `\uXXXX\uYYYY` pairs. 57 4. Each of the above with valid prefix/suffix padding. 58 5. 100,000 seeded random long strings (1-4KB) mixing all regimes, including 59 every invalid-input class. 60 61 Any mismatch fails the grade and prints the counterexample. There is no partial 62 credit for "mostly correct". 63 64 ## Cost model (the score) 65 66 Instructions executed inside `json_unescape` (and callees), counted by 67 callgrind, over a corpus of ~2MB spanning five escape-density regimes 68 (plain ASCII, light escapes, dense escapes, unicode-heavy, surrogate-heavy; 69 weights published in `gen_corpus.py`). 70 71 - The corpus is freshly seeded on every grade; memorizing corpus outputs is 72 worthless. Scoring is paired: the frozen given implementation 73 (`verify/given.c`) is measured on the same corpus in the same grade, so 74 corpus difficulty cancels exactly and the score is seed-independent. 75 Use `--seed` for exact reproduction. 76 - One-time table setup in constructors or first-call init is NOT counted 77 (real libraries amortize static tables too). Per-call work is counted. 78 - Instruction count is deterministic and machine-independent for the same 79 binary: no wall-clock noise. 80 81 ``` 82 score = log2(given_cost / your_cost) 83 ``` 84 85 `0.0` = the given implementation (exactly, on every seed). `+1.0` = twice as 86 fast. Score history is 87 appended to `scores.jsonl` on every grade (timestamp, seed, cost, score): 88 time is recorded, never capped. 89 90 ## Rules 91 92 - `submission/` files must be self-contained C17 (libc only, no external 93 libraries, no syscalls in `json_unescape`'s hot path other than nothing: 94 the verifier links your function directly and will catch behavioral tricks). 95 - Any correct program is a valid submission. There is no style requirement. 96 - The grader in this directory is the official grader. --- [2] read --- 1 // solve.c — the given implementation of json_unescape. 2 // This is your starting point: a clean, production-quality scalar 3 // implementation of the kind found in mainstream JSON parsers. 4 // Make it faster. See ../spec.md for the contract. Grade with ../grade. 5 #include <stdint.h> 6 #include <stddef.h> 7 #include <string.h> 8 9 #define INVALID ((size_t)-1) 10 11 // Character class table: 0 = plain passthrough, 1 = backslash, 2 = invalid. 12 static const uint8_t CLASS[256] = { 13 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // 0x00-0x0F 14 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // 0x10-0x1F 15 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 0x20-0x2F ('"'=0x22) 16 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 18 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, // '\\'=0x5C 19 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 21 // 0x80-0xFF: all passthrough 22 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 23 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 25 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 26 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 27 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 28 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 29 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 30 }; 31 32 static int hex_val(uint8_t c) { 33 if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') return c - '0'; 34 if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') return c - 'a' + 10; 35 if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') return c - 'A' + 10; 36 return -1; 37 } 38 39 static int parse_hex4(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) { 40 unsigned v = 0; 41 for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++) { 42 int h = hex_val(p[k]); 43 if (h < 0) return -1; 44 v = (v << 4) | (unsigned)h; 45 } 46 *out = v; 47 return 0; 48 } 49 50 size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 51 size_t i = 0, o = 0; 52 while (i < in_len) { 53 // Copy a run of plain bytes. 54 size_t start = i; 55 while (i < in_len && CLASS[in[i]] == 0) i++; 56 if (i > start) { 57 memcpy(out + o, in + start, i - start); 58 o += i - start; 59 } 60 if (i >= in_len) break; 61 if (CLASS[in[i]] == 2) return INVALID; 62 // Backslash escape. 63 if (i + 1 >= in_len) return INVALID; 64 uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 65 switch (e) { 66 case '"': out[o++] = '"'; i += 2; continue; 67 case '\\': out[o++] = '\\'; i += 2; continue; 68 case '/': out[o++] = '/'; i += 2; continue; 69 case 'b': out[o++] = '\b'; i += 2; continue; 70 case 'f': out[o++] = '\f'; i += 2; continue; 71 case 'n': out[o++] = '\n'; i += 2; continue; 72 case 'r': out[o++] = '\r'; i += 2; continue; 73 case 't': out[o++] = '\t'; i += 2; continue; 74 case 'u': break; 75 default: return INVALID; 76 } 77 // \uXXXX 78 if (i + 6 > in_len) return INVALID; 79 unsigned cu; 80 if (parse_hex4(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0) return INVALID; 81 i += 6; 82 unsigned cp; 83 if (cu >= 0xD800 && cu <= 0xDBFF) { 84 if (i + 6 > in_len || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u') 85 return INVALID; 86 unsigned lo; 87 if (parse_hex4(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0) return INVALID; 88 if (lo < 0xDC00 || lo > 0xDFFF) return INVALID; 89 i += 6; 90 cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xD800) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00); 91 } else if (cu >= 0xDC00 && cu <= 0xDFFF) { 92 return INVALID; 93 } else { 94 cp = cu; 95 } 96 // Emit UTF-8. 97 if (cp < 0x80) { 98 out[o++] = (uint8_t)cp; 99 } else if (cp < 0x800) { 100 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0 | (cp >> 6)); 101 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (cp & 0x3F)); 102 } else if (cp < 0x10000) { 103 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0 | (cp >> 12)); 104 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3F)); 105 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (cp & 0x3F)); 106 } else { 107 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0 | (cp >> 18)); 108 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3F)); 109 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3F)); 110 out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80 | (cp & 0x3F)); 111 } 112 } 113 return o; 114 } --- [3] ls --- ./ submission/ solve.c verify/ gen_corpus.py given.c reference.c runner.c verify.c grade scores.jsonl spec.md 9 files, 2 directories --- [4] ls --- submission/ solve.c 1 files, 0 directories Completed: 4 succeeded, 0 failed

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Background task finished. Task: 187524b3q6 Name: Run baseline grade Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:29:47.524846240+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:29:49.897301549+00:00 Duration: 2.37s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:29:49.897320179+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.8s 53,587,299 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +0.0000 (1.000x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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--- [1] read --- 1 #!/usr/bin/env python3 2 import os, sys 3 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "..", "..", "harness")) 4 from grade import main 5 main(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "json_unescape") --- [2] read --- 1 // runner.c — cost-measurement driver for json-unescape. 2 // Reads the corpus (len-prefixed records), calls json_unescape on each. 3 // Run under callgrind; the grader extracts instructions attributed to 4 // json_unescape and callees via --toggle-collect. 5 #include <stdint.h> 6 #include <stddef.h> 7 #include <stdio.h> 8 #include <stdlib.h> 9 #include <string.h> 10 11 #ifdef RUNNER_GIVEN 12 size_t given_json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out); 13 #define json_unescape given_json_unescape 14 #else 15 size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out); 16 #endif 17 18 int main(int argc, char **argv) { 19 if (argc < 2) { 20 fprintf(stderr, "usage: runner CORPUS\n"); 21 return 2; 22 } 23 FILE *f = fopen(argv[1], "rb"); 24 if (!f) { perror("corpus"); return 2; } 25 fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); 26 long sz = ftell(f); 27 fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); 28 uint8_t *data = malloc((size_t)sz); 29 if (fread(data, 1, (size_t)sz, f) != (size_t)sz) { perror("read"); return 2; } 30 fclose(f); 31 32 uint8_t *out = malloc(3u * 1u * (1 << 20) + 64); // >= 3*maxrec+4 33 unsigned long long checksum = 0, total_in = 0, n_rec = 0; 34 35 // Warmup pass (not measured; callgrind collection toggles on json_unescape, 36 // but the first pass also faults in pages so counts are pure). 37 // Measured work: one pass over all records. 38 size_t off = 0; 39 while (off + 4 <= (size_t)sz) { 40 uint32_t len; 41 memcpy(&len, data + off, 4); 42 off += 4; 43 if (off + len > (size_t)sz) { fprintf(stderr, "corrupt corpus\n"); return 2; } 44 size_t r = json_unescape(data + off, len, out); 45 if (r == (size_t)-1) { 46 fprintf(stderr, "BUG: corpus record rejected (record %llu)\n", n_rec); 47 return 3; 48 } 49 // fold output into checksum so the call cannot be optimized away 50 for (size_t k = 0; k < r; k += 64) checksum += out[k]; 51 checksum += r; 52 total_in += len; 53 n_rec++; 54 off += len; 55 } 56 printf("runner: %llu records, %llu input bytes, checksum %llu\n", 57 n_rec, total_in, checksum); 58 return 0; 59 } --- [3] read --- 1 #!/usr/bin/env python3 2 """gen_corpus.py — generate the cost-measurement corpus for json-unescape. 3 4 Five escape-density regimes, fixed weights and sizes, seeded. The corpus format 5 is a sequence of records: 4-byte little-endian length, then that many bytes. 6 All records are VALID inputs (cost is measured on the accept path; the reject 7 path is covered by the verifier, and rejecting early is legitimately cheap). 8 9 Usage: gen_corpus.py SEED OUTFILE 10 """ 11 import random 12 import struct 13 import sys 14 15 # (name, weight, record_count, record_len_range) 16 REGIMES = [ 17 ("plain", 0.40, 120, (1024, 4096)), # ASCII text, no escapes 18 ("light", 0.25, 120, (1024, 4096)), # ~2% simple escapes 19 ("dense", 0.15, 120, (512, 2048)), # ~30% escapes of all kinds 20 ("unicode", 0.12, 120, (512, 2048)), # \uXXXX heavy (BMP) 21 ("surrogate", 0.08, 120, (512, 2048)), # surrogate pairs heavy 22 ] 23 24 SIMPLE = ['\\"', '\\\\', '\\/', '\\b', '\\f', '\\n', '\\r', '\\t'] 25 PLAIN_CHARS = ( 26 "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789" 27 " .,:;-_!?'()[]{}<>@#$%^&*+=|~`" 28 ) 29 30 31 def bmp_escape(rng): 32 while True: 33 v = rng.randrange(0x0000, 0x10000) 34 if not (0xD800 <= v <= 0xDFFF): 35 return "\\u%04x" % v 36 37 38 def surrogate_pair(rng): 39 hi = rng.randrange(0xD800, 0xDC00) 40 lo = rng.randrange(0xDC00, 0xE000) 41 return "\\u%04x\\u%04x" % (hi, lo) 42 43 44 def gen_record(rng, regime, length): 45 out = [] 46 n = 0 47 while n < length: 48 r = rng.random() 49 if regime == "plain": 50 run = rng.randrange(16, 64) 51 s = "".join(rng.choice(PLAIN_CHARS) for _ in range(run)) 52 elif regime == "light": 53 if r < 0.98: 54 run = rng.randrange(8, 48) 55 s = "".join(rng.choice(PLAIN_CHARS) for _ in range(run)) 56 else: 57 s = rng.choice(SIMPLE) 58 elif regime == "dense": 59 if r < 0.70: 60 run = rng.randrange(1, 6) 61 s = "".join(rng.choice(PLAIN_CHARS) for _ in range(run)) 62 elif r < 0.92: 63 s = rng.choice(SIMPLE) 64 else: 65 s = bmp_escape(rng) 66 elif regime == "unicode": 67 if r < 0.45: 68 run = rng.randrange(1, 8) 69 s = "".join(rng.choice(PLAIN_CHARS) for _ in range(run)) 70 else: 71 s = bmp_escape(rng) 72 else: # surrogate 73 if r < 0.45: 74 run = rng.randrange(1, 8) 75 s = "".join(rng.choice(PLAIN_CHARS) for _ in range(run)) 76 elif r < 0.75: 77 s = surrogate_pair(rng) 78 else: 79 s = bmp_escape(rng) 80 out.append(s) 81 n += len(s) 82 return "".join(out).encode("ascii") 83 84 85 def main(): 86 seed = int(sys.argv[1]) 87 outfile = sys.argv[2] 88 rng = random.Random(seed) 89 records = [] 90 for name, _w, count, (lo, hi) in REGIMES: 91 for _ in range(count): 92 records.append(gen_record(rng, name, rng.randrange(lo, hi))) 93 rng.shuffle(records) 94 with open(outfile, "wb") as f: 95 for rec in records: 96 f.write(struct.pack("<I", len(rec))) 97 f.write(rec) 98 total = sum(len(r) for r in records) 99 print(f"corpus: {len(records)} records, {total} bytes, seed {seed}") 100 101 102 if __name__ == "__main__": 103 main() Completed: 3 succeeded, 0 failed

{"content": "// Optimized JSON string-body unescape.\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <string.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n#define U64_ONES 0x0101010101010101ULL\n#define U64_HIGHS 0x8080808080808080ULL\n\n#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)\n#define LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)\n#define UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)\n#else\n#define LIKELY(x) (x)\n#define UNLIKELY(x) (x)\n#endif\n\n// Escape decode table. 0 means invalid or \\u, which is handled separately.\nstatic const uint8_t ESCAPE[256] = {\n ['\"'] = '\"', ['\\\\'] = '\\\\', ['/'] = '/', ['b'] = '\\b',\n ['f'] = '\\f', ['n'] = '\\n', ['r'] = '\\r', ['t'] = '\\t',\n};\n\n// Hex digit value plus one. 0 means not a hex digit.\nstatic const uint8_t HEX1[256] = {\n ['0'] = 1, ['1'] = 2, ['2'] = 3, ['3'] = 4, ['4'] = 5,\n ['5'] = 6, ['6'] = 7, ['7'] = 8, ['8'] = 9, ['9'] = 10,\n ['a'] = 11, ['b'] = 12, ['c'] = 13, ['d'] = 14, ['e'] = 15, ['f'] = 16,\n ['A'] = 11, ['B'] = 12, ['C'] = 13, ['D'] = 14, ['E'] = 15, ['F'] = 16,\n};\n\nstatic inline uint64_t has_zero_byte(uint64_t x) {\n return (x - U64_ONES) & ~x & U64_HIGHS;\n}\n\nstatic inline uint64_t has_byte(uint64_t x, unsigned char c) {\n return has_zero_byte(x ^ (U64_ONES * (uint64_t)c));\n}\n\nstatic inline uint64_t special_mask(uint64_t x) {\n // JSON string-body specials are controls (<0x20), quote, and backslash.\n uint64_t controls = (x - (U64_ONES * 0x20u)) & ~x & U64_HIGHS;\n return controls | has_byte(x, '\"') | has_byte(x, '\\\\');\n}\n\nstatic inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) {\n unsigned h0 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[0]] - 1u;\n unsigned h1 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[1]] - 1u;\n unsigned h2 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[2]] - 1u;\n unsigned h3 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[3]] - 1u;\n if (UNLIKELY((h0 | h1 | h2 | h3) & ~15u)) return -1;\n *out = (h0 << 12) | (h1 << 8) | (h2 << 4) | h3;\n return 0;\n}\n\nsize_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n\n for (;;) {\n while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) {\n uint64_t x;\n memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x);\n memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored\n uint64_t m = special_mask(x);\n if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n i += 8;\n o += 8;\n continue;\n }\n unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3);\n i += n;\n o += n;\n goto special;\n }\n\n while (i < in_len) {\n uint8_t c = in[i];\n out[o] = c;\n if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '\"' && c != '\\\\')) {\n i++;\n o++;\n continue;\n }\n goto special;\n }\n return o;\n\nspecial:\n if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\\\')) return INVALID;\n if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID;\n\n uint8_t e = in[i + 1];\n uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e];\n if (LIKELY(v != 0)) {\n out[o++] = v;\n i += 2;\n continue;\n }\n if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID;\n if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;\n\n unsigned cu;\n if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID;\n i += 6;\n\n if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) {\n if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) {\n if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID;\n if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u'))\n return INVALID;\n unsigned lo;\n if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID;\n if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID;\n i += 6;\n unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u);\n ... [805 characters truncated for page size]

Updated submission/solve.c (132 lines): 1- // solve.c — the given implementation of json_unescape. 2- // This is your starting point: a clean, production-quality scalar 3- // implementation of the kind found in mainstream JSON parsers. 4- // Make it faster. See ../spec.md for the contract. Grade with ../grade. 1+ // Optimized JSON string-body unescape. 7+ #define U64_ONES 0x0101010101010101ULL 8+ #define U64_HIGHS 0x8080808080808080ULL 11- // Character class table: 0 = plain passthrough, 1 = backslash, 2 = invalid. 12- static const uint8_t CLASS[256] = { 13- 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // 0x00-0x0F 14- 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, // 0x10-0x1F 15- 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, // 0x20-0x2F ('"'=0x22) 16- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 18- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, // '\\'=0x5C 19- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 20- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 21- // 0x80-0xFF: all passthrough 22- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 23- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

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Background task was already finished. Task: 245798e1gf Name: Grade first optimized implem Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:30:45.798387122+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:30:47.619177492+00:00 Duration: 1.82s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:30:47.619197701+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 32,579,925 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +0.7179 (1.645x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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. .build .build/callgrind.runner.out .build/callgrind.runner_given.out .build/corpus_1.bin .build/corpus_28168.bin .build/given_cost_1.json .build/given_cost_28168.json .build/runner .build/runner_given .build/verify grade scores.jsonl spec.md submission submission/solve.c verify verify/gen_corpus.py verify/given.c verify/reference.c verify/runner.c verify/verify.c {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:29:30Z", "seed": 28168, "cost": 54000808, "given_cost": 54000808, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:29:49Z", "seed": 1, "cost": 53587299, "given_cost": 53587299, "score": 0.0, "full_gate": false} {"ts": "2026-07-19T02:30:47Z", "seed": 1, "cost": 32579925, "given_cost": 53587299, "score": 0.7179, "full_gate": false} --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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/usr/sbin/callgrind_annotate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 726578 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/corpus_1.bin (PID 105, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,515,865 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,515,865 (100.0%) submission/solve.c:json_unescape [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 25 ---------------------------------------- . static const uint8_t HEX1[256] = { . ['0'] = 1, ['1'] = 2, ['2'] = 3, ['3'] = 4, ['4'] = 5, . ['5'] = 6, ['6'] = 7, ['7'] = 8, ['8'] = 9, ['9'] = 10, . ['a'] = 11, ['b'] = 12, ['c'] = 13, ['d'] = 14, ['e'] = 15, ['f'] = 16, . ['A'] = 11, ['B'] = 12, ['C'] = 13, ['D'] = 14, ['E'] = 15, ['F'] = 16, . }; . . static inline uint64_t has_zero_byte(uint64_t x) { 1,101,248 (16.90%) return (x - U64_ONES) & ~x & U64_HIGHS; . } . . static inline uint64_t has_byte(uint64_t x, unsigned char c) { 550,024 ( 8.44%) return has_zero_byte(x ^ (U64_ONES * (uint64_t)c)); . } . . static inline uint64_t special_mask(uint64_t x) { . // JSON string-body specials are controls (<0x20), quote, and backslash. 412,668 ( 6.33%) uint64_t controls = (x - (U64_ONES * 0x20u)) & ~x & U64_HIGHS; 275,312 ( 4.23%) return controls | has_byte(x, '"') | has_byte(x, '\\'); . } . . static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) { 154,559 ( 2.37%) unsigned h0 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[0]] - 1u; 127,828 ( 1.96%) unsigned h1 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[1]] - 1u; 121,023 ( 1.86%) unsigned h2 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[2]] - 1u; 154,559 ( 2.37%) unsigned h3 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[3]] - 1u; 309,118 ( 4.74%) if (UNLIKELY((h0 | h1 | h2 | h3) & ~15u)) return -1; 282,387 ( 4.33%) *out = (h0 << 12) | (h1 << 8) | (h2 << 4) | h3; . return 0; . } . 6,000 ( 0.09%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 1,200 ( 0.02%) size_t i = 0, o = 0; . . for (;;) { 414,147 ( 6.36%) while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { . uint64_t x; 137,356 ( 2.11%) memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); 137,356 ( 2.11%) memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); 274,712 ( 4.22%) if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 92,749 ( 1.42%) i += 8; 92,749 ( 1.42%) o += 8; . continue; . } 44,607 ( 0.68%) unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); 89,214 ( 1.37%) i += n; 44,607 ( 0.68%) o += n; . goto special; . } . 7,839 ( 0.12%) while (i < in_len) { 4,908 ( 0.08%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 1,636 ( 0.03%) out[o] = c; 9,816 ( 0.15%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 1,543 ( 0.02%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 474 ( 0.01%) return o; . . special: 134,007 ( 2.06%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 178,800 ( 2.74%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 89,400 ( 1.37%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 89,400 ( 1.37%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 89,400 ( 1.37%) if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 22,328 ( 0.34%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.17%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.17%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 1.03%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 67,072 ( 1.03%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; 33,536 ( 0.51%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 0.51%) i += 6; . 67,072 ( 1.03%) if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) { 130,588 ( 2.00%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.21%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 0.84%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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. unsigned lo; 6,805 ( 0.10%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 20,415 ( 0.31%) if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.10%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 0.42%) unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 27,220 ( 0.42%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18)); 34,025 ( 0.52%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)); 34,025 ( 0.52%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 40,830 ( 0.63%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 103,368 ( 1.59%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cu >> 12)); 129,210 ( 1.98%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 129,210 ( 1.98%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } 1,778 ( 0.03%) } else if (cu >= 0x80) { 3,348 ( 0.05%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cu >> 6)); 5,022 ( 0.08%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 156 ( 0.00%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)cu; . } . } 4,200 ( 0.06%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,515,865 (100.0%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Use SSE2 vector scanner for plain runs", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n #include <stdint.h>\n #include <stddef.h>\n #include <string.h>\n+#if defined(__SSE2__)\n+#include <emmintrin.h>\n+#endif\n@@\n size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n+\n+#if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('\"');\n+ const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n+ const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n+#endif\n \n for (;;) {\n+#if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) {\n+ __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n+ int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n+ i += 16;\n+ o += 16;\n+ continue;\n+ }\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m);\n+ i += n;\n+ o += n;\n+ goto special;\n+ }\n+#else\n while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) {\n uint64_t x;\n memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x);\n@@\n o += n;\n goto special;\n }\n+#endif\n \n while (i < in_len) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 5+ #if defined(__SSE2__) 6+ #include <emmintrin.h> 7+ #endif 62+ #if defined(__SSE2__) 63+ const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); 64+ const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); 65+ const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); 66+ #endif 69+ #if defined(__SSE2__) 70+ while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { 71+ __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 72+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 73+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 74+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 75+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 76+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 77+ int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 78+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 79+ i += 16; 80+ o += 16; 81+ continue; 82+ } 83+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 84+ i += n; 85+ o += n; 86+ goto special; 87+ } 88+ #else 104+ #endif

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade SSE2 scanner", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 270414tjx6 Name: Grade SSE2 scanner Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/270414tjx6.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/270414tjx6.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="270414tjx6" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="270414tjx6" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for SSE2 grade", "latest": true, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "270414tjx6", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task was already finished. Task: 270414tjx6 Name: Grade SSE2 scanner Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:31:10.414404614+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:31:12.226540222+00:00 Duration: 1.81s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:31:12.226564728+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 23,566,072 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.1852 (2.274x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '35,180p'", "intent": "Inspect SSE2 hot lines", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. . static inline uint64_t special_mask(uint64_t x) { . // JSON string-body specials are controls (<0x20), quote, and backslash. . uint64_t controls = (x - (U64_ONES * 0x20u)) & ~x & U64_HIGHS; . return controls | has_byte(x, '"') | has_byte(x, '\\'); . } . . static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) { 154,559 ( 3.43%) unsigned h0 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[0]] - 1u; 121,023 ( 2.69%) unsigned h1 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[1]] - 1u; 121,023 ( 2.69%) unsigned h2 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[2]] - 1u; 121,023 ( 2.69%) unsigned h3 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[3]] - 1u; 242,046 ( 5.38%) if (UNLIKELY((h0 | h1 | h2 | h3) & ~15u)) return -1; 289,192 ( 6.42%) *out = (h0 << 12) | (h1 << 8) | (h2 << 4) | h3; . return 0; . } . 3,600 ( 0.08%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 1,200 ( 0.03%) size_t i = 0, o = 0; . . #if defined(__SSE2__) . const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); . #endif . . for (;;) { . #if defined(__SSE2__) 263,682 ( 5.86%) while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { . __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); . __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); . __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); . __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); . int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 173,932 ( 3.86%) if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 42,594 ( 0.95%) i += 16; 42,594 ( 0.95%) o += 16; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 88,744 ( 1.97%) i += n; 44,372 ( 0.99%) o += n; . goto special; . } . #else . while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { . uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); . memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 93 ---------------------------------------- -- line 98 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 16,193 ( 0.36%) while (i < in_len) { 11,055 ( 0.25%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 3,685 ( 0.08%) out[o] = c; 22,110 ( 0.49%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 3,357 ( 0.07%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 434 ( 0.01%) return o; . . special: 133,772 ( 2.97%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 178,800 ( 3.97%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 89,400 ( 1.99%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 45,300 ( 1.01%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 89,400 ( 1.99%) if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 22,328 ( 0.50%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.25%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.25%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 1.49%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 67,072 ( 1.49%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; 67,072 ( 1.49%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 0.74%) i += 6; . 67,072 ( 1.49%) if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) { 130,588 ( 2.90%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.30%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 1.21%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; 6,805 ( 0.15%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 20,415 ( 0.45%) if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.15%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 0.60%) unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 27,220 ( 0.60%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18)); 34,025 ( 0.76%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)); 34,025 ( 0.76%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 47,635 ( 1.06%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 103,368 ( 2.30%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cu >> 12)); 129,210 ( 2.87%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 155,052 ( 3.44%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } 1,778 ( 0.04%) } else if (cu >= 0x80) { 3,348 ( 0.07%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cu >> 6)); 5,022 ( 0.11%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 208 ( 0.00%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)cu; . } . } 2,400 ( 0.05%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 699 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_load_si128 (__m128i const *__P) . { . return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadu_si128 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { 86,966 ( 1.93%) return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadl_epi64 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { . return _mm_set_epi64 ((__m64)0LL, *(__m64_u *)__P); . } . -- line 715 ---------------------------------------- -- line 735 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_store_si128 (__m128i *__P, __m128i __B) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '180,260p'", "intent": "Continue SSE2 intrinsic annotation", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. _mm_store_si128 (__m128i *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storeu_si128 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { 86,966 ( 1.93%) *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storel_epi64 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *(__m64_u *)__P = (__m64) ((__v2di)__B)[0]; . } . -- line 751 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1322 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_andnot_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pandn128 ((__v2di)__A, (__v2di)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_or_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 173,932 ( 3.86%) return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A | (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_xor_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A ^ (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 439,030 ( 9.75%) return (__m128i) ((__v16qi)__A == (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v8hi)__A == (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1350 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1448 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_min_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminsw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_min_epu8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 175,732 ( 3.90%) return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminub128 ((__v16qi)__A, (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline int __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_movemask_epi8 (__m128i __A) . { 86,966 ( 1.93%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb128 ((__v16qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_mulhi_epu16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pmulhuw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1470 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,502,336 (100.0%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Add two-digit hex lookup table", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static const uint8_t HEX1[256] = {\n@@\n ['A'] = 11, ['B'] = 12, ['C'] = 13, ['D'] = 14, ['E'] = 15, ['F'] = 16,\n };\n+\n+// Two ASCII hex digits, little-endian byte-pair index, or 0x8000 if invalid.\n+static uint16_t HEX2[65536];\n+\n+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)\n+__attribute__((constructor))\n+#endif\n+static void init_hex2(void) {\n+ for (unsigned i = 0; i < 65536u; i++) HEX2[i] = 0x8000u;\n+ for (unsigned a = 0; a < 256u; a++) {\n+ unsigned ha = HEX1[a];\n+ if (!ha) continue;\n+ for (unsigned b = 0; b < 256u; b++) {\n+ unsigned hb = HEX1[b];\n+ if (hb) HEX2[a | (b << 8)] = (uint16_t)(((ha - 1u) << 4) | (hb - 1u));\n+ }\n+ }\n+}\n@@\n static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) {\n- unsigned h0 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[0]] - 1u;\n- unsigned h1 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[1]] - 1u;\n- unsigned h2 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[2]] - 1u;\n- unsigned h3 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[3]] - 1u;\n- if (UNLIKELY((h0 | h1 | h2 | h3) & ~15u)) return -1;\n- *out = (h0 << 12) | (h1 << 8) | (h2 << 4) | h3;\n+ uint16_t a, b;\n+ memcpy(&a, p, 2);\n+ memcpy(&b, p + 2, 2);\n+ unsigned v0 = HEX2[a];\n+ unsigned v1 = HEX2[b];\n+ if (UNLIKELY((v0 | v1) & 0x8000u)) return -1;\n+ *out = (v0 << 8) | v1;\n return 0;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 35+ // Two ASCII hex digits, little-endian byte-pair index, or 0x8000 if invalid. 36+ static uint16_t HEX2[65536]; 38+ #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__) 39+ __attribute__((constructor)) 40+ #endif 41+ static void init_hex2(void) { 42+ for (unsigned i = 0; i < 65536u; i++) HEX2[i] = 0x8000u; 43+ for (unsigned a = 0; a < 256u; a++) { 44+ unsigned ha = HEX1[a]; 45+ if (!ha) continue; 46+ for (unsigned b = 0; b < 256u; b++) { 47+ unsigned hb = HEX1[b]; 48+ if (hb) HEX2[a | (b << 8)] = (uint16_t)(((ha - 1u) << 4) | (hb - 1u)); 49+ } 50+ } 51+ } 50- unsigned h0 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[0]] - 1u; 51- unsigned h1 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[1]] - 1u; 52- unsigned h2 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[2]] - 1u; 53- unsigned h3 = (unsigned)HEX1[p[3]] - 1u; 54- if (UNLIKELY((h0 | h1 | h2 | h3) & ~15u)) return -1; 55- *out = (h0 << 12) | (h1 << 8) | (h2 << 4) | h3; 68+ uint16_t a, b; 69+ memcpy(&a, p, 2); 70+ memcpy(&b, p + 2, 2); 71+ unsigned v0 = HEX2[a]; 72+ unsigned v1 = HEX2[b]; 73+ if (UNLIKELY((v0 | v1) & 0x8000u)) return -1; 74+ *out = (v0 << 8) | v1;

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade two-digit hex table", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 294731rrps Name: Grade two-digit hex table Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/294731rrps.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/294731rrps.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="294731rrps" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="294731rrps" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for hex table grade", "latest": true, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "294731rrps", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 294731rrps Name: Grade two-digit hex table Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:31:34.731174429+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:31:36.535410208+00:00 Duration: 1.80s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:31:36.535431617+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 19,997,432 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.4221 (2.680x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '35,220p'", "intent": "Inspect hot lines after HEX2", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. _mm_load_si128 (__m128i const *__P) . { . return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadu_si128 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { 86,966 ( 2.30%) return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadl_epi64 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { . return _mm_set_epi64 ((__m64)0LL, *(__m64_u *)__P); . } . -- line 715 ---------------------------------------- -- line 735 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_store_si128 (__m128i *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storeu_si128 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { 86,966 ( 2.30%) *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storel_epi64 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *(__m64_u *)__P = (__m64) ((__v2di)__B)[0]; . } . -- line 751 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1322 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_andnot_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pandn128 ((__v2di)__A, (__v2di)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_or_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 173,932 ( 4.59%) return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A | (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_xor_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A ^ (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 439,030 (11.59%) return (__m128i) ((__v16qi)__A == (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v8hi)__A == (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1350 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1448 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_min_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminsw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_min_epu8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 175,732 ( 4.64%) return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminub128 ((__v16qi)__A, (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline int __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_movemask_epi8 (__m128i __A) . { 86,966 ( 2.30%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb128 ((__v16qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_mulhi_epu16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pmulhuw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1470 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 63 ---------------------------------------- . uint64_t controls = (x - (U64_ONES * 0x20u)) & ~x & U64_HIGHS; . return controls | has_byte(x, '"') | has_byte(x, '\\'); . } . . static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) { . uint16_t a, b; . memcpy(&a, p, 2); . memcpy(&b, p + 2, 2); 121,023 ( 3.19%) unsigned v0 = HEX2[a]; 80,682 ( 2.13%) unsigned v1 = HEX2[b]; 121,023 ( 3.19%) if (UNLIKELY((v0 | v1) & 0x8000u)) return -1; 80,682 ( 2.13%) *out = (v0 << 8) | v1; . return 0; . } . 3,000 ( 0.08%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 1,200 ( 0.03%) size_t i = 0, o = 0; . . #if defined(__SSE2__) . const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); . #endif . . for (;;) { . #if defined(__SSE2__) 263,682 ( 6.96%) while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { . __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); . __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); . __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); . __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); . int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 173,932 ( 4.59%) if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 42,594 ( 1.12%) i += 16; 42,594 ( 1.12%) o += 16; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 88,744 ( 2.34%) i += n; 44,372 ( 1.17%) o += n; . goto special; . } . #else . while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { . uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); . memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 112 ---------------------------------------- -- line 117 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 16,193 ( 0.43%) while (i < in_len) { 11,055 ( 0.29%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 3,685 ( 0.10%) out[o] = c; 22,110 ( 0.58%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 3,357 ( 0.09%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 434 ( 0.01%) return o; . . special: 133,772 ( 3.53%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 178,800 ( 4.72%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 89,400 ( 2.36%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 45,300 ( 1.20%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 89,400 ( 2.36%) if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 22,328 ( 0.59%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.29%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.29%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 1.77%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 67,072 ( 1.77%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '220,320p'", "intent": "Continue hot line report", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. . unsigned cu; 33,536 ( 0.89%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 0.89%) i += 6; . 67,072 ( 1.77%) if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) { 130,588 ( 3.45%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.36%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 1.44%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; 6,805 ( 0.18%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 20,415 ( 0.54%) if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.18%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 0.72%) unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 27,220 ( 0.72%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18)); 34,025 ( 0.90%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)); 34,025 ( 0.90%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 40,830 ( 1.08%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 103,368 ( 2.73%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cu >> 12)); 129,210 ( 3.41%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 129,210 ( 3.41%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } 1,778 ( 0.05%) } else if (cu >= 0x80) { 3,348 ( 0.09%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cu >> 6)); 4,185 ( 0.11%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); . } else { 156 ( 0.00%) out[o++] = (uint8_t)cu; . } . } 1,800 ( 0.05%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,788,608 (100.0%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Add hybrid 32-byte SSE2 scan after clean chunks", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n #endif\n+\n+#if defined(__SSE2__)\n+static inline int sse_special_mask(__m128i x, __m128i qv, __m128i bv, __m128i cv) {\n+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n+ return _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n+}\n+#endif\n@@\n while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) {\n __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n- __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n- __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n- __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n- __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n- int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n+ int m = sse_special_mask(x, qv, bv, cv);\n if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n i += 16;\n o += 16;\n+ while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n+ __m128i x0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n+ __m128i x1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i + 16));\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x0);\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o + 16), x1);\n+ unsigned m0 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x0, qv, bv, cv);\n+ unsigned m1 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x1, qv, bv, cv);\n+ unsigned both = m0 | (m1 << 16);\n+ if (LIKELY(both == 0)) {\n+ i += 32;\n+ o += 32;\n+ continue;\n+ }\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(both);\n+ i += n;\n+ o += n;\n+ goto special;\n+ }\n continue;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 9+ #if defined(__SSE2__) 10+ static inline int sse_special_mask(__m128i x, __m128i qv, __m128i bv, __m128i cv) { 11+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 12+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 13+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 14+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 15+ return _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 16+ } 17+ #endif 92- __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 93- __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 94- __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 95- __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 96- int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 102+ int m = sse_special_mask(x, qv, bv, cv); 106+ while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { 107+ __m128i x0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 108+ __m128i x1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i + 16)); 109+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x0); 110+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o + 16), x1); 111+ unsigned m0 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x0, qv, bv, cv); 112+ unsigned m1 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x1, qv, bv, cv); 113+ unsigned both = m0 | (m1 << 16); 114+ if (LIKELY(both == 0)) { 115+ i += 32; 116+ o += 32; 117+ continue; 118+ } 119+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(both); 120+ i += n; ... (diff truncated)

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Check include/helper order", "limit": 40, "start_line": 1}

1 // Optimized JSON string-body unescape. 2 #include <stdint.h> 3 #include <stddef.h> 4 #include <string.h> 5 #if defined(__SSE2__) 6 #include <emmintrin.h> 7 #endif 8 9 #if defined(__SSE2__) 10 static inline int sse_special_mask(__m128i x, __m128i qv, __m128i bv, __m128i cv) { 11 __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 12 __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 13 __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 14 __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 15 return _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 16 } 17 #endif 18 19 #define INVALID ((size_t)-1) 20 #define U64_ONES 0x0101010101010101ULL 21 #define U64_HIGHS 0x8080808080808080ULL 22 23 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__) 24 #define LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1) 25 #define UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0) 26 #else 27 #define LIKELY(x) (x) 28 #define UNLIKELY(x) (x) 29 #endif 30 31 // Escape decode table. 0 means invalid or \u, which is handled separately. 32 static const uint8_t ESCAPE[256] = { 33 ['"'] = '"', ['\\'] = '\\', ['/'] = '/', ['b'] = '\b', 34 ['f'] = '\f', ['n'] = '\n', ['r'] = '\r', ['t'] = '\t', 35 }; 36 37 // Hex digit value plus one. 0 means not a hex digit. 38 static const uint8_t HEX1[256] = { 39 ['0'] = 1, ['1'] = 2, ['2'] = 3, ['3'] = 4, ['4'] = 5, 40 ['5'] = 6, ['6'] = 7, ['7'] = 8, ['8'] = 9, ['9'] = 10, ... 165 more lines (use start_line=41 to continue)

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade hybrid unrolled scanner", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 325219c81h Name: Grade hybrid unrolled scanne Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/325219c81h.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/325219c81h.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="325219c81h" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="325219c81h" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for hybrid unrolled grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "325219c81h", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task was already finished. Task: 325219c81h Name: Grade hybrid unrolled scanne Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:32:05.219952887+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:32:07.019877034+00:00 Duration: 1.80s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:32:07.019905905+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 20,032,892 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.4195 (2.675x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Revert slower hybrid unroll", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-#if defined(__SSE2__)\n-static inline int sse_special_mask(__m128i x, __m128i qv, __m128i bv, __m128i cv) {\n- __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n- __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n- __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n- __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n- return _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n-}\n-#endif\n-\n #define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n@@\n while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) {\n __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n- int m = sse_special_mask(x, qv, bv, cv);\n+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n+ int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n i += 16;\n o += 16;\n- while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n- __m128i x0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n- __m128i x1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i + 16));\n- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x0);\n- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o + 16), x1);\n- unsigned m0 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x0, qv, bv, cv);\n- unsigned m1 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x1, qv, bv, cv);\n- unsigned both = m0 | (m1 << 16);\n- if (LIKELY(both == 0)) {\n- i += 32;\n- o += 32;\n- continue;\n- }\n- unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(both);\n- i += n;\n- o += n;\n- goto special;\n- }\n continue;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 9- #if defined(__SSE2__) 10- static inline int sse_special_mask(__m128i x, __m128i qv, __m128i bv, __m128i cv) { 11- __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 12- __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 13- __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 14- __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 15- return _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 16- } 17- #endif 102- int m = sse_special_mask(x, qv, bv, cv); 92+ __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 93+ __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 94+ __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 95+ __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 96+ int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 106- while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { 107- __m128i x0 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 108- __m128i x1 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i + 16)); 109- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x0); 110- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o + 16), x1); 111- unsigned m0 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x0, qv, bv, cv); 112- unsigned m1 = (unsigned)sse_special_mask(x1, qv, bv, cv); 113- unsigned both = m0 | (m1 << 16); 114- if (LIKELY(both == 0)) { 115- i += 32; 116- o += 32; 117- continue; 118- } 119- unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(both); 120- i += n; ... (diff truncated)

{"intent": "Pack UTF-8 multi-byte output stores", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) {\n@@\n return 0;\n }\n+\n+static inline void store_u16(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) {\n+ uint16_t w = (uint16_t)v;\n+ memcpy(p, &w, 2);\n+}\n+\n+static inline void store_u32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) {\n+ memcpy(p, &v, 4);\n+}\n@@\n i += 6;\n unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u);\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu));\n+ uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24);\n+ store_u32(out + o, w);\n+ o += 4;\n } else {\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cu >> 12));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu));\n+ uint32_t w = (0xE0u | (cu >> 12)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 16);\n+ store_u32(out + o, w);\n+ o += 3;\n }\n } else if (cu >= 0x80) {\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cu >> 6));\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu));\n+ uint32_t w = (0xC0u | (cu >> 6)) | ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 8);\n+ store_u16(out + o, w);\n+ o += 2;\n } else {\n out[o++] = (uint8_t)cu;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 78+ static inline void store_u16(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { 79+ uint16_t w = (uint16_t)v; 80+ memcpy(p, &w, 2); 81+ } 83+ static inline void store_u32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { 84+ memcpy(p, &v, 4); 85+ } 165- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xF0u | (cp >> 18)); 166- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)); 167- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 168- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)); 174+ uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) | 175+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 176+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) | 177+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24); 178+ store_u32(out + o, w); 179+ o += 4; 170- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xE0u | (cu >> 12)); 171- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)); 172- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); 181+ uint32_t w = (0xE0u | (cu >> 12)) | 182+ ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 183+ ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 16); 184+ store_u32(out + o, w); 185+ o += 3; 175- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0xC0u | (cu >> 6)); 176- out[o++] = (uint8_t)(0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)); 188+ uint32_t w = (0xC0u | (cu >> 6)) | ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 8); 189+ store_u16(out + o, w); 190+ o += 2; ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade packed UTF-8 stores", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 346661z49e Name: Grade packed UTF-8 stores Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/346661z49e.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/346661z49e.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="346661z49e" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="346661z49e" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for packed store grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "346661z49e", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task was already finished. Task: 346661z49e Name: Grade packed UTF-8 stores Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:32:26.661845157+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:32:28.473474611+00:00 Duration: 1.81s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:32:28.473495982+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 19,672,636 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.4457 (2.724x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Precompute packed BMP UTF-8 encodings", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n // Two ASCII hex digits, little-endian byte-pair index, or 0x8000 if invalid.\n static uint16_t HEX2[65536];\n+// Packed UTF-8 for BMP code points. Low bytes are output, top byte is length.\n+static uint32_t UTF8_BMP[65536];\n@@\n static void init_hex2(void) {\n for (unsigned i = 0; i < 65536u; i++) HEX2[i] = 0x8000u;\n@@\n if (hb) HEX2[a | (b << 8)] = (uint16_t)(((ha - 1u) << 4) | (hb - 1u));\n }\n }\n+ for (unsigned cp = 0; cp < 65536u; cp++) {\n+ uint32_t w;\n+ if (cp < 0x80u) {\n+ w = (1u << 24) | cp;\n+ } else if (cp < 0x800u) {\n+ w = (2u << 24) |\n+ (0xC0u | (cp >> 6)) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 8);\n+ } else {\n+ w = (3u << 24) |\n+ (0xE0u | (cp >> 12)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 16);\n+ }\n+ UTF8_BMP[cp] = w;\n+ }\n }\n@@\n- if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) {\n- if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) {\n- if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID;\n- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u'))\n- return INVALID;\n- unsigned lo;\n- if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID;\n- if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID;\n- i += 6;\n- unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u);\n- uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) |\n- ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24);\n- store_u32(out + o, w);\n- o += 4;\n- } else {\n- uint32_t w = (0xE0u | (cu >> 12)) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n- ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 16);\n- store_u32(out + o, w);\n- o += 3;\n- }\n- } else if (cu >= 0x80) {\n- uint32_t w = (0xC0u | (cu >> 6)) | ((0x80u | (cu & 0x3Fu)) << 8);\n- store_u16(out + o, w);\n- o += 2;\n+ if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u'))\n+ return INVALID;\n+ unsigned lo;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID;\n+ i += 6;\n+ unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u);\n+ uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24);\n+ store_u32(out + o, w);\n+ o += 4;\n } else {\n- out[o++] = (uint8_t)cu;\n+ uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu];\n+ store_u32(out + o, w);\n+ o += w >> 24;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (4 hunks) 37+ // Packed UTF-8 for BMP code points. Low bytes are output, top byte is length. 38+ static uint32_t UTF8_BMP[65536]; 53+ for (unsigned cp = 0; cp < 65536u; cp++) { 54+ uint32_t w; 55+ if (cp < 0x80u) { 56+ w = (1u << 24) | cp; 57+ } else if (cp < 0x800u) { 58+ w = (2u << 24) | 59+ (0xC0u | (cp >> 6)) | 60+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 8); 61+ } else { 62+ w = (3u << 24) | 63+ (0xE0u | (cp >> 12)) | 64+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 65+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 16); 66+ } 67+ UTF8_BMP[cp] = w; 68+ } 164- if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800)) { 165- if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 166- if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 167- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) 168- return INVALID; 169- unsigned lo; 170- if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 171- if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 172- i += 6; 173- unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 174- uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) | 175- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade BMP UTF-8 table", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 366068746m Name: Grade BMP UTF-8 table Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/366068746m.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/366068746m.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="366068746m" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="366068746m" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for BMP table grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "366068746m", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task was already finished. Task: 366068746m Name: Grade BMP UTF-8 table Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:32:46.068609558+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:32:47.866215462+00:00 Duration: 1.80s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:32:47.866258427+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 18,557,457 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.5299 (2.888x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '90,260p'", "intent": "Profile after BMP table", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); . memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 139 ---------------------------------------- -- line 144 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 16,193 ( 0.46%) while (i < in_len) { 11,055 ( 0.32%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 3,685 ( 0.11%) out[o] = c; 22,110 ( 0.63%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 3,357 ( 0.10%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 434 ( 0.01%) return o; . . special: 133,772 ( 3.82%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 178,800 ( 5.11%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 89,400 ( 2.55%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 45,300 ( 1.29%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 89,400 ( 2.55%) if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 22,328 ( 0.64%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.32%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.32%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 1.92%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 67,072 ( 1.92%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; 33,536 ( 0.96%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 0.96%) i += 6; . 134,144 ( 3.83%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.39%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 1.56%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; 6,805 ( 0.19%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 20,415 ( 0.58%) if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.19%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 0.78%) unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 27,220 ( 0.78%) uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) | 13,610 ( 0.39%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 47,635 ( 1.36%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) | 20,415 ( 0.58%) ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24); . store_u32(out + o, w); 13,610 ( 0.39%) o += 4; . } else { 53,462 ( 1.53%) uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu]; . store_u32(out + o, w); 80,193 ( 2.29%) o += w >> 24; . } . } 1,800 ( 0.05%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 699 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_load_si128 (__m128i const *__P) . { . return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadu_si128 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { 86,966 ( 2.48%) return *__P; . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_loadl_epi64 (__m128i_u const *__P) . { . return _mm_set_epi64 ((__m64)0LL, *(__m64_u *)__P); . } . -- line 715 ---------------------------------------- -- line 735 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_store_si128 (__m128i *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storeu_si128 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { 86,966 ( 2.48%) *__P = __B; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_storel_epi64 (__m128i_u *__P, __m128i __B) . { . *(__m64_u *)__P = (__m64) ((__v2di)__B)[0]; . } . -- line 751 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1322 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_andnot_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pandn128 ((__v2di)__A, (__v2di)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_or_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 173,932 ( 4.97%) return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A | (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_xor_si128 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v2du)__A ^ (__v2du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 439,030 (12.54%) return (__m128i) ((__v16qi)__A == (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_cmpeq_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i) ((__v8hi)__A == (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1350 ---------------------------------------- -- line 1448 ---------------------------------------- . _mm_min_epi16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminsw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_min_epu8 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { 175,732 ( 5.02%) return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pminub128 ((__v16qi)__A, (__v16qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline int __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_movemask_epi8 (__m128i __A) . { 86,966 ( 2.48%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb128 ((__v16qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m128i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_mulhi_epu16 (__m128i __A, __m128i __B) . { . return (__m128i)__builtin_ia32_pmulhuw128 ((__v8hi)__A, (__v8hi)__B); . } . -- line 1470 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,500,613 (100.0%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Precompute surrogate pair UTF-8 encodings", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static uint16_t HEX2[65536];\n // Packed UTF-8 for BMP code points. Low bytes are output, top byte is length.\n static uint32_t UTF8_BMP[65536];\n+static uint32_t UTF8_SURR[1024u * 1024u];\n@@\n }\n UTF8_BMP[cp] = w;\n }\n+ for (unsigned hi = 0; hi < 1024u; hi++) {\n+ for (unsigned lo = 0; lo < 1024u; lo++) {\n+ unsigned cp = 0x10000u + (hi << 10) + lo;\n+ UTF8_SURR[(hi << 10) | lo] =\n+ (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24);\n+ }\n+ }\n }\n@@\n unsigned lo;\n if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID;\n- if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID;\n i += 6;\n- unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u);\n- uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) |\n- ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24);\n+ uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)];\n store_u32(out + o, w);\n o += 4;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 39+ static uint32_t UTF8_SURR[1024u * 1024u]; 70+ for (unsigned hi = 0; hi < 1024u; hi++) { 71+ for (unsigned lo = 0; lo < 1024u; lo++) { 72+ unsigned cp = 0x10000u + (hi << 10) + lo; 73+ UTF8_SURR[(hi << 10) | lo] = 74+ (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) | 75+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 76+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) | 77+ ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24); 78+ } 79+ } 188- if (UNLIKELY(lo < 0xDC00u || lo > 0xDFFFu)) return INVALID; 199+ if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID; 190- unsigned cp = 0x10000u + ((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) + (lo - 0xDC00u); 191- uint32_t w = (0xF0u | (cp >> 18)) | 192- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3Fu)) << 8) | 193- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3Fu)) << 16) | 194- ((0x80u | (cp & 0x3Fu)) << 24); 201+ uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)];

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade surrogate table", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 3832564mrf Name: Grade surrogate table Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/3832564mrf.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/3832564mrf.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="3832564mrf" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="3832564mrf" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for surrogate table grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "3832564mrf", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task was already finished. Task: 3832564mrf Name: Grade surrogate table Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:33:03.256386665+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:33:05.090239512+00:00 Duration: 1.83s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:33:05.090293594+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 18,149,157 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.5620 (2.953x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "grep -m1 -o 'avx2' /proc/cpuinfo || true", "intent": "Check AVX2 availability for benchmark environment", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

avx2 --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Add AVX2 scanner path", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-#if defined(__SSE2__)\n-#include <emmintrin.h>\n+#if defined(__SSE2__)\n+#include <immintrin.h>\n #endif\n@@\n-size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__)\n+__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))\n+#endif\n+size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n@@\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n+ const __m256i bv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n+ const __m256i cv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('\"');\n const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n #endif\n \n for (;;) {\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n+ __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n+ __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32);\n+ __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32);\n+ __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x);\n+ __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control);\n+ unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n+ i += 32;\n+ o += 32;\n+ continue;\n+ }\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m);\n+ i += n;\n+ o += n;\n+ goto special;\n+ }\n while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 6- #include <emmintrin.h> 6+ #include <immintrin.h> 116+ #if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__) 117+ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 118+ #endif 123+ const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); 124+ const __m256i bv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); 125+ const __m256i cv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); 133+ while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { 134+ __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 135+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 136+ __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32); 137+ __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32); 138+ __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x); 139+ __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control); 140+ unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv); 141+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 142+ i += 32; 143+ o += 32; 144+ continue; 145+ } 146+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m); 147+ i += n; 148+ o += n; 149+ goto special; 150+ }

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade AVX2 scanner", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 42011270nk Name: Grade AVX2 scanner Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/42011270nk.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/42011270nk.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="42011270nk" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="42011270nk" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for AVX2 grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 160, "task_id": "42011270nk", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 42011270nk Name: Grade AVX2 scanner Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:33:40.112323380+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:33:43.035747374+00:00 Duration: 2.92s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:33:43.035771981+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 15,381,993 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.8006 (3.484x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "grep -m1 -o 'avx512[^ ]*' /proc/cpuinfo | tr '\\n' ' ' || true\ncallgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '100,280p'", "intent": "Check AVX512 and profile AVX2 result", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

avx512f avx512dq avx512cd avx512bw avx512vl avx512_vnni . { 127,238 ( 4.48%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_sad_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_psadbw256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } -- line 584 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 92 ---------------------------------------- . uint64_t controls = (x - (U64_ONES * 0x20u)) & ~x & U64_HIGHS; . return controls | has_byte(x, '"') | has_byte(x, '\\'); . } . . static inline int parse_hex4_fast(const uint8_t *p, unsigned *out) { . uint16_t a, b; . memcpy(&a, p, 2); . memcpy(&b, p + 2, 2); 154,559 ( 5.44%) unsigned v0 = HEX2[a]; 80,682 ( 2.84%) unsigned v1 = HEX2[b]; 121,023 ( 4.26%) if (UNLIKELY((v0 | v1) & 0x8000u)) return -1; 80,682 ( 2.84%) *out = (v0 << 8) | v1; . return 0; . } . . static inline void store_u16(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { . uint16_t w = (uint16_t)v; . memcpy(p, &w, 2); . } . . static inline void store_u32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { 47,146 ( 1.66%) memcpy(p, &v, 4); . } . . #if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__) . __attribute__((target("avx2"))) . #endif 5,400 ( 0.19%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 4,800 ( 0.17%) size_t i = 0, o = 0; . . #if defined(__SSE2__) . const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m256i bv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m256i cv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); . const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); 600 ( 0.02%) const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); . #endif . . for (;;) { . #if defined(__SSE2__) 195,204 ( 6.88%) while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { . __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32); . __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32); . __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x); . __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control); . unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv); 127,238 ( 4.48%) if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 19,768 ( 0.70%) i += 32; 19,768 ( 0.70%) o += 32; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } 5,857 ( 0.21%) while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { . __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); . __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); . __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); . __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); . int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 1,388 ( 0.05%) if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { . i += 16; 173 ( 0.01%) o += 16; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 88,744 ( 3.13%) i += n; 44,372 ( 1.56%) o += n; . goto special; . } . #else . while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { . uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); . memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 174 ---------------------------------------- -- line 179 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 16,793 ( 0.59%) while (i < in_len) { 11,055 ( 0.39%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 3,685 ( 0.13%) out[o] = c; 22,110 ( 0.78%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 3,357 ( 0.12%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 434 ( 0.02%) return o; . . special: 133,772 ( 4.71%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 178,800 ( 6.30%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 89,400 ( 3.15%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 45,300 ( 1.60%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 89,400 ( 3.15%) if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 22,328 ( 0.79%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.39%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.39%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 2.36%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 67,072 ( 2.36%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; 33,536 ( 1.18%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 1.18%) i += 6; . 134,144 ( 4.72%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.48%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 1.92%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; 6,805 ( 0.24%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 27,220 ( 0.96%) if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.24%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 0.96%) uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)]; . store_u32(out + o, w); 13,610 ( 0.48%) o += 4; . } else { 53,462 ( 1.88%) uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu]; . store_u32(out + o, w); 80,193 ( 2.82%) o += w >> 24; . } . } 3,000 ( 0.11%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 865 ---------------------------------------- . _mm256_store_si256 (__m256i *__P, __m256i __A) . { . *__P = __A; . } . . extern __inline __m256i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_loadu_si256 (__m256i_u const *__P) . { 63,619 ( 2.24%) return *__P; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_storeu_si256 (__m256i_u *__P, __m256i __A) . { 63,619 ( 2.24%) *__P = __A; --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '280,380p'", "intent": "Continue AVX2 profile", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

127,238 ( 4.48%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_sad_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_psadbw256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } -- line 584 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,830,462 (99.70%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Add AVX-512BW scanner path", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__)\n-__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))\n+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__)\n+__attribute__((target(\"avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vl,avx2\")))\n #endif\n size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n@@\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ const __m512i qv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\"');\n+ const __m512i bv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n+ const __m512i cv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n@@\n for (;;) {\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n+ while (LIKELY(i + 64 <= in_len)) {\n+ __m512i x = _mm512_loadu_si512((const void *)(in + i));\n+ _mm512_storeu_si512((void *)(out + o), x);\n+ __mmask64 m = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, qv64) |\n+ _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, bv64) |\n+ _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(_mm512_min_epu8(x, cv64), x);\n+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n+ i += 64;\n+ o += 64;\n+ continue;\n+ }\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctzll((unsigned long long)m);\n+ i += n;\n+ o += n;\n+ goto special;\n+ }\n while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 117- __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 117+ __attribute__((target("avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vl,avx2"))) 123+ const __m512i qv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('"'); 124+ const __m512i bv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\\'); 125+ const __m512i cv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8(0x1f); 136+ while (LIKELY(i + 64 <= in_len)) { 137+ __m512i x = _mm512_loadu_si512((const void *)(in + i)); 138+ _mm512_storeu_si512((void *)(out + o), x); 139+ __mmask64 m = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, qv64) | 140+ _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, bv64) | 141+ _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(_mm512_min_epu8(x, cv64), x); 142+ if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 143+ i += 64; 144+ o += 64; 145+ continue; 146+ } 147+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctzll((unsigned long long)m); 148+ i += n; 149+ o += n; 150+ goto special; 151+ }

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade AVX-512 scanner", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 439718kdg2 Name: Grade AVX-512 scanner Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/439718kdg2.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/439718kdg2.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="439718kdg2" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="439718kdg2" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for AVX-512 grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 200, "task_id": "439718kdg2", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 439718kdg2 Name: Grade AVX-512 scanner Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:33:59.718867818+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:34:02.756886352+00:00 Duration: 3.04s Exit code: 1 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command exited with code 1 Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T02:34:02.756908533+00:00 · Command exited with code 1 Output preview: ```text [stderr] Traceback (most recent call last): [stderr] File "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/./grade", line 5, in <module> [stderr] main(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "json_unescape") [stderr] ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [stderr] File "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/../../harness/grade.py", line 84, in main [stderr] cost = measure("runner", fn) [stderr] File "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/../../harness/grade.py", line 70, in measure [stderr] sh(["valgrind", "--tool=callgrind", f"--toggle-collect={func}", [stderr] ~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [stderr] "--collect-atstart=no", "--dump-line=no", [stderr] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [stderr] f"--callgrind-out-file={cg}", os.path.join(BUILD, binary), corpus]) [stderr] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [stderr] File "/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/../../harness/grade.py", line 16, in sh [stderr] return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, **kw) [stderr] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [stderr] File "/usr/lib/python3.14/subprocess.py", line 578, in run [stderr] raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args, [stderr] output=stdout, stderr=stderr) [stderr] subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['valgrind', '--tool=callgrind', '--toggle-collect=json_unescape', '--collect-atstart=no', '--dump-line=no', '--callgrind-out-file=/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/callgrind.runner.out', '/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner', '/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T022916Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.5-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/corpus_1.bin']' died with <Signals.SIGILL: 4>. --- Command finished with exit code: 1 --- ```

{"intent": "Revert unsupported AVX-512 path", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-__attribute__((target(\"avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vl,avx2\")))\n+__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))\n@@\n- const __m512i qv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\"');\n- const __m512i bv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n- const __m512i cv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n@@\n- while (LIKELY(i + 64 <= in_len)) {\n- __m512i x = _mm512_loadu_si512((const void *)(in + i));\n- _mm512_storeu_si512((void *)(out + o), x);\n- __mmask64 m = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, qv64) |\n- _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, bv64) |\n- _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(_mm512_min_epu8(x, cv64), x);\n- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n- i += 64;\n- o += 64;\n- continue;\n- }\n- unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctzll((unsigned long long)m);\n- i += n;\n- o += n;\n- goto special;\n- }\n while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 117- __attribute__((target("avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vl,avx2"))) 117+ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 123- const __m512i qv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('"'); 124- const __m512i bv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8('\\'); 125- const __m512i cv64 = _mm512_set1_epi8(0x1f); 136- while (LIKELY(i + 64 <= in_len)) { 137- __m512i x = _mm512_loadu_si512((const void *)(in + i)); 138- _mm512_storeu_si512((void *)(out + o), x); 139- __mmask64 m = _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, qv64) | 140- _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(x, bv64) | 141- _mm512_cmpeq_epi8_mask(_mm512_min_epu8(x, cv64), x); 142- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 143- i += 64; 144- o += 64; 145- continue; 146- } 147- unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctzll((unsigned long long)m); 148- i += n; 149- o += n; 150- goto special; 151- }

{"intent": "Combine escape validity branches", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n special:\n- if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\\\')) return INVALID;\n- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID;\n@@\n- if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID;\n- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u' || in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 200- if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\')) return INVALID; 201- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; 200+ if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; 210- if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) return INVALID; 211- if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; 209+ if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u' || in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade combined branch checks", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 4600723cx3 Name: Grade combined branch checks Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/4600723cx3.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/4600723cx3.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="4600723cx3" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="4600723cx3" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task finished. Task: 4600723cx3 Name: Grade combined branch checks Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:34:20.072777075+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:34:22.926292748+00:00 Duration: 2.85s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:34:22.926311646+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 15,381,993 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.8006 (3.484x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Add one-byte post-escape precheck", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n+ int check_one = 0;\n@@\n for (;;) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(check_one)) {\n+ check_one = 0;\n+ if (i < in_len) {\n+ uint8_t c = in[i];\n+ out[o] = c;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(c < 0x20 || c == '\"' || c == '\\\\')) goto special;\n+ i++;\n+ o++;\n+ }\n+ }\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n@@\n if (LIKELY(v != 0)) {\n out[o++] = v;\n i += 2;\n+ check_one = 1;\n continue;\n }\n@@\n uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)];\n store_u32(out + o, w);\n o += 4;\n+ check_one = 1;\n } else {\n uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu];\n store_u32(out + o, w);\n o += w >> 24;\n+ check_one = 1;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (4 hunks) 121+ int check_one = 0; 133+ if (UNLIKELY(check_one)) { 134+ check_one = 0; 135+ if (i < in_len) { 136+ uint8_t c = in[i]; 137+ out[o] = c; 138+ if (UNLIKELY(c < 0x20 || c == '"' || c == '\\')) goto special; 139+ i++; 140+ o++; 141+ } 142+ } 218+ check_one = 1; 238+ check_one = 1; 243+ check_one = 1;

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade post-escape precheck", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 4887954x5s Name: Grade post-escape precheck Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/4887954x5s.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/4887954x5s.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="4887954x5s" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="4887954x5s" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task finished. Task: 4887954x5s Name: Grade post-escape precheck Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:34:48.795465710+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:34:51.701210200+00:00 Duration: 2.91s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:34:51.701233658+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 17,377,220 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.6247 (3.084x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Revert slower post-escape precheck", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n- int check_one = 0;\n@@\n for (;;) {\n- if (UNLIKELY(check_one)) {\n- check_one = 0;\n- if (i < in_len) {\n- uint8_t c = in[i];\n- out[o] = c;\n- if (UNLIKELY(c < 0x20 || c == '\"' || c == '\\\\')) goto special;\n- i++;\n- o++;\n- }\n- }\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n@@\n if (LIKELY(v != 0)) {\n out[o++] = v;\n i += 2;\n- check_one = 1;\n continue;\n }\n@@\n uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)];\n store_u32(out + o, w);\n o += 4;\n- check_one = 1;\n } else {\n uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu];\n store_u32(out + o, w);\n o += w >> 24;\n- check_one = 1;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (4 hunks) 121- int check_one = 0; 133- if (UNLIKELY(check_one)) { 134- check_one = 0; 135- if (i < in_len) { 136- uint8_t c = in[i]; 137- out[o] = c; 138- if (UNLIKELY(c < 0x20 || c == '"' || c == '\\')) goto special; 139- i++; 140- o++; 141- } 142- } 218- check_one = 1; 238- check_one = 1; 243- check_one = 1;

{"intent": "Tune simple-vs-unicode escape branch hint", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if (LIKELY(v != 0)) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(v != 0)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 204- if (LIKELY(v != 0)) { 204+ if (UNLIKELY(v != 0)) {

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade escape branch hint change", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 508060iy6v Name: Grade escape branch hint cha Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/508060iy6v.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/508060iy6v.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="508060iy6v" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="508060iy6v" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for branch hint grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "508060iy6v", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 508060iy6v Name: Grade escape branch hint cha Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:35:08.060843245+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:35:10.961802422+00:00 Duration: 2.90s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:35:10.961823809+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 14,830,481 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.8533 (3.613x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Tune scanner clean-chunk branch hints", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) {\n@@\n- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 141- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 141+ if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { 159- if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 159+ if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) {

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade scanner branch hint change", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 518626xjrw Name: Grade scanner branch hint ch Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/518626xjrw.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/518626xjrw.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="518626xjrw" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="518626xjrw" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for scanner branch hint grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "518626xjrw", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 518626xjrw Name: Grade scanner branch hint ch Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:35:18.626735601+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:35:21.465057686+00:00 Duration: 2.84s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:35:21.465082572+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 14,686,683 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.8674 (3.649x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Make unicode escape path primary", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID;\n \n uint8_t e = in[i + 1];\n- uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e];\n- if (UNLIKELY(v != 0)) {\n+ if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) {\n+ uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e];\n+ if (UNLIKELY(v == 0)) return INVALID;\n out[o++] = v;\n i += 2;\n continue;\n }\n- if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u' || in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 203- uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 204- if (UNLIKELY(v != 0)) { 203+ if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) { 204+ uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 205+ if (UNLIKELY(v == 0)) return INVALID; 209- if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u' || in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; 210+ if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID;

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade unicode-primary escape path", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 53296791tz Name: Grade unicode-primary escape Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/53296791tz.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/53296791tz.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="53296791tz" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="53296791tz" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for unicode-primary grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "53296791tz", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 53296791tz Name: Grade unicode-primary escape Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:35:32.967631649+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:35:35.828271207+00:00 Duration: 2.86s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:35:35.828306100+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 14,233,614 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9126 (3.765x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '100,280p'", "intent": "Profile latest best", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. const __m256i cv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); . const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); . #endif . . for (;;) { . #if defined(__SSE2__) 195,204 ( 7.39%) while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { . __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32); . __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32); . __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x); . __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control); . unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv); 127,238 ( 4.82%) if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { 19,768 ( 0.75%) i += 32; 19,768 ( 0.75%) o += 32; 19,768 ( 0.75%) continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } 4,347 ( 0.16%) while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { . __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); . __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); . __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); . __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); . __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); . int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 1,388 ( 0.05%) if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { . i += 16; 346 ( 0.01%) o += 16; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 88,744 ( 3.36%) i += n; 44,372 ( 1.68%) o += n; . goto special; . } . #else . while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { . uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); . memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 174 ---------------------------------------- -- line 179 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . i += n; . o += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 18,764 ( 0.71%) while (i < in_len) { 11,055 ( 0.42%) uint8_t c = in[i]; 3,685 ( 0.14%) out[o] = c; 22,110 ( 0.84%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { . i++; 3,357 ( 0.13%) o++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 434 ( 0.02%) return o; . . special: 312,572 (11.84%) if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; . 44,700 ( 1.69%) uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 89,400 ( 3.39%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) { 22,328 ( 0.85%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 22,328 ( 0.85%) if (UNLIKELY(v == 0)) return INVALID; 22,328 ( 0.85%) out[o++] = v; 11,164 ( 0.42%) i += 2; 11,164 ( 0.42%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 2.54%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; 33,536 ( 1.27%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 1.27%) i += 6; . 134,144 ( 5.08%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.52%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 2.06%) if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; 13,610 ( 0.52%) if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 27,220 ( 1.03%) if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.26%) i += 6; 27,220 ( 1.03%) uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)]; . store_u32(out + o, w); 21,399 ( 0.81%) o += 4; . } else { 27,331 ( 1.04%) uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu]; . store_u32(out + o, w); 53,462 ( 2.02%) o += w >> 24; . } . } 3,000 ( 0.11%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 225 ---------------------------------------- . ((__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pblendw256 ((__v16hi)(__m256i)(X), \ . (__v16hi)(__m256i)(Y), (int)(M))) . #endif . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 192,057 ( 7.27%) return (__m256i) ((__v32qi)__A == (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i) ((__v16hi)__A == (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 241 ---------------------------------------- -- line 406 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminsd256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 64,219 ( 2.43%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminub256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminuw256 ((__v16hi)__A, (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 422 ---------------------------------------- -- line 427 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminud256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline int . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_movemask_epi8 (__m256i __A) . { 63,619 ( 2.41%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb256 ((__v32qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16 (__m128i __X) . { . return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pmovsxbw256 ((__v16qi)__X); . } -- line 443 ---------------------------------------- -- line 568 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pmuludq256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_or_si256 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 127,238 ( 4.82%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B); . } --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "cp submission/solve.c \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/solve_best_avx2.c\"", "intent": "Backup current best solution", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

--- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Read current function for pointer rewrite", "limit": 180, "start_line": 110}

110 } 111 112 static inline void store_u32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { 113 memcpy(p, &v, 4); 114 } 115 116 #if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__x86_64__) 117 __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 118 #endif 119 size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 120 size_t i = 0, o = 0; 121 122 #if defined(__SSE2__) 123 const __m256i qv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); 124 const __m256i bv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); 125 const __m256i cv32 = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); 126 const __m128i qv = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); 127 const __m128i bv = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); 128 const __m128i cv = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); 129 #endif 130 131 for (;;) { 132 #if defined(__SSE2__) 133 while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { 134 __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 135 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 136 __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32); 137 __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32); 138 __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x); 139 __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control); 140 unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv); 141 if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { 142 i += 32; 143 o += 32; 144 continue; 145 } 146 unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m); 147 i += n; 148 o += n; 149 goto special; 150 } 151 while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { 152 __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 153 _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 154 __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); 155 __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); 156 __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); 157 __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); 158 int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 159 if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { 160 i += 16; 161 o += 16; 162 continue; 163 } 164 unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 165 i += n; 166 o += n; 167 goto special; 168 } 169 #else 170 while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) { 171 uint64_t x; 172 memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x); 173 memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored 174 uint64_t m = special_mask(x); 175 if (LIKELY(m == 0)) { 176 i += 8; 177 o += 8; 178 continue; 179 } 180 unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); 181 i += n; 182 o += n; 183 goto special; 184 } 185 #endif 186 187 while (i < in_len) { 188 uint8_t c = in[i]; 189 out[o] = c; 190 if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { 191 i++; 192 o++; 193 continue; 194 } 195 goto special; 196 } 197 return o; 198 199 special: 200 if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID; 201 202 uint8_t e = in[i + 1]; 203 if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) { 204 uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 205 if (UNLIKELY(v == 0)) return INVALID; 206 out[o++] = v; 207 i += 2; 208 continue; 209 } 210 if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6)) return INVALID; 211 212 unsigned cu; 213 if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 214 i += 6; 215 216 if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 217 if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 218 if (UNLIKELY(in_len - i < 6 || in[i] != '\\' || in[i + 1] != 'u')) 219 return INVALID; 220 unsigned lo; 221 if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(in + i + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 222 if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID; 223 i += 6; 224 uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)]; 225 store_u32(out + o, w); 226 o += 4; 227 } else { 228 uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu]; 229 store_u32(out + o, w); 230 o += w >> 24; 231 } 232 } 233 }

{"intent": "Try pointer-based json_unescape implementation", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n- size_t i = 0, o = 0;\n+ const uint8_t *p = in;\n+ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n+ uint8_t *q = out;\n@@\n for (;;) {\n #if defined(__SSE2__)\n- while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) {\n- __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n- _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n+ while (LIKELY(p + 32 <= end)) {\n+ __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p);\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, x);\n __m256i quote = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv32);\n __m256i backslash = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv32);\n __m256i control = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(x, cv32), x);\n __m256i specialv = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_or_si256(quote, backslash), control);\n unsigned m = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) {\n- i += 32;\n- o += 32;\n+ p += 32;\n+ q += 32;\n continue;\n }\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(m);\n- i += n;\n- o += n;\n+ p += n;\n+ q += n;\n goto special;\n }\n- while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) {\n- __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i));\n- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x);\n+ while (LIKELY(p + 16 <= end)) {\n+ __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p);\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, x);\n __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv);\n __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv);\n __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x);\n __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control);\n int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv);\n if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) {\n- i += 16;\n- o += 16;\n+ p += 16;\n+ q += 16;\n continue;\n }\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m);\n- i += n;\n- o += n;\n+ p += n;\n+ q += n;\n goto special;\n }\n #else\n- while (LIKELY(i + 8 <= in_len)) {\n+ while (LIKELY(p + 8 <= end)) {\n uint64_t x;\n- memcpy(&x, in + i, sizeof x);\n- memcpy(out + o, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored\n+ memcpy(&x, p, sizeof x);\n+ memcpy(q, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored\n uint64_t m = special_mask(x);\n if (LIKELY(m == 0)) {\n- i += 8;\n- o += 8;\n+ p += 8;\n+ q += 8;\n continue;\n }\n unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3);\n- i += n;\n- o += n;\n+ p += n;\n+ q += n;\n goto special;\n }\n #endif\n \n- while (i < in_len) {\n- uint8_t c = in[i];\n- out[o] = c;\n+ while (p < end) {\n+ uint8_t c = *p;\n+ *q = c;\n if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '\"' && c != '\\\\')) {\n- i++;\n- o++;\n+ p++;\n+ q++;\n continue;\n }\n goto special;\n }\n- return o;\n+ return (size_t)(q - out);\n \n special:\n- if (UNLIKELY(in[i] != '\\\\' || in_len - i < 2)) return INVALID;\n+ if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\\\' || (size_t)(e ... [1702 characters truncated for page size]

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 120- size_t i = 0, o = 0; 120+ const uint8_t *p = in; 121+ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 122+ uint8_t *q = out; 133- while (LIKELY(i + 32 <= in_len)) { 134- __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 135- _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 135+ while (LIKELY(p + 32 <= end)) { 136+ __m256i x = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 137+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, x); 142- i += 32; 143- o += 32; 144+ p += 32; 145+ q += 32; 147- i += n; 148- o += n; 149+ p += n; 150+ q += n; 151- while (LIKELY(i + 16 <= in_len)) { 152- __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(in + i)); 153- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(out + o), x); 153+ while (LIKELY(p + 16 <= end)) { 154+ __m128i x = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); 155+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, x); 160- i += 16; 161- o += 16; 162+ p += 16; 163+ q += 16; 165- i += n; 166- o += n; ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade pointer-based rewrite", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 568827rs3c Name: Grade pointer-based rewrite Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/568827rs3c.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/568827rs3c.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="568827rs3c" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="568827rs3c" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for pointer rewrite grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 160, "task_id": "568827rs3c", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 568827rs3c Name: Grade pointer-based rewrite Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:36:08.827584715+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:36:11.639576335+00:00 Duration: 2.81s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:36:11.639598860+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 13,673,840 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9705 (3.919x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "callgrind_annotate --auto=yes .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '100,280p'", "intent": "Profile pointer rewrite", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

. __m128i quote = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, qv); . __m128i backslash = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(x, bv); . __m128i control = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(x, cv), x); . __m128i specialv = _mm_or_si128(_mm_or_si128(quote, backslash), control); . int m = _mm_movemask_epi8(specialv); 1,388 ( 0.05%) if (UNLIKELY(m == 0)) { . p += 16; 346 ( 0.01%) q += 16; . continue; . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz((unsigned)m); 88,744 ( 3.51%) p += n; 44,372 ( 1.75%) q += n; . goto special; . } . #else . while (LIKELY(p + 8 <= end)) { . uint64_t x; . memcpy(&x, p, sizeof x); . memcpy(q, &x, sizeof x); // safe junk past logical output is overwritten/ignored . uint64_t m = special_mask(x); -- line 176 ---------------------------------------- -- line 181 ---------------------------------------- . } . unsigned n = (unsigned)(__builtin_ctzll(m) >> 3); . p += n; . q += n; . goto special; . } . #endif . 12,121 ( 0.48%) while (p < end) { 3,685 ( 0.15%) uint8_t c = *p; 3,685 ( 0.15%) *q = c; 22,110 ( 0.87%) if (LIKELY(c >= 0x20 && c != '"' && c != '\\')) { 3,357 ( 0.13%) p++; 3,357 ( 0.13%) q++; . continue; . } . goto special; . } 1,200 ( 0.05%) return (size_t)(q - out); . . special: 268,800 (10.62%) if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\' || (size_t)(end - p) < 2)) return INVALID; . 44,700 ( 1.77%) uint8_t e = p[1]; 89,400 ( 3.53%) if (UNLIKELY(e != 'u')) { 22,328 ( 0.88%) uint8_t v = ESCAPE[e]; 22,328 ( 0.88%) if (UNLIKELY(v == 0)) return INVALID; 22,328 ( 0.88%) *q++ = v; 11,164 ( 0.44%) p += 2; 11,164 ( 0.44%) continue; . } 67,072 ( 2.65%) if (UNLIKELY((size_t)(end - p) < 6)) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu; . if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(p + 2, &cu) < 0)) return INVALID; 33,536 ( 1.33%) p += 6; . 134,144 ( 5.30%) if (UNLIKELY((cu & 0xF800u) == 0xD800u)) { 13,610 ( 0.54%) if (UNLIKELY(cu > 0xDBFFu)) return INVALID; 54,440 ( 2.15%) if (UNLIKELY((size_t)(end - p) < 6 || p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u')) . return INVALID; . unsigned lo; . if (UNLIKELY(parse_hex4_fast(p + 2, &lo) < 0)) return INVALID; 27,220 ( 1.08%) if (UNLIKELY((lo & 0xFC00u) != 0xDC00u)) return INVALID; 6,805 ( 0.27%) p += 6; 27,220 ( 1.08%) uint32_t w = UTF8_SURR[((cu - 0xD800u) << 10) | (lo - 0xDC00u)]; . store_u32(q, w); 13,610 ( 0.54%) q += 4; . } else { 27,331 ( 1.08%) uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu]; . store_u32(q, w); 53,462 ( 2.11%) q += w >> 24; . } . } 1,800 ( 0.07%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avxintrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 865 ---------------------------------------- . _mm256_store_si256 (__m256i *__P, __m256i __A) . { . *__P = __A; . } . . extern __inline __m256i __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_loadu_si256 (__m256i_u const *__P) . { 63,619 ( 2.51%) return *__P; . } . . extern __inline void __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_storeu_si256 (__m256i_u *__P, __m256i __A) . { 63,619 ( 2.51%) *__P = __A; . } . . extern __inline __m128d __attribute__((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm_maskload_pd (double const *__P, __m128i __M) . { . return (__m128d) __builtin_ia32_maskloadpd ((const __v2df *)__P, . (__v2di)__M); . } -- line 887 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/avx2intrin.h -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 225 ---------------------------------------- . ((__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pblendw256 ((__v16hi)(__m256i)(X), \ . (__v16hi)(__m256i)(Y), (int)(M))) . #endif . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 192,057 ( 7.59%) return (__m256i) ((__v32qi)__A == (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i) ((__v16hi)__A == (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 241 ---------------------------------------- -- line 406 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminsd256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 64,219 ( 2.54%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminub256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminuw256 ((__v16hi)__A, (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 422 ---------------------------------------- -- line 427 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminud256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline int . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_movemask_epi8 (__m256i __A) . { 63,619 ( 2.51%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb256 ((__v32qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16 (__m128i __X) . { . return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pmovsxbw256 ((__v16qi)__X); . } -- line 443 ---------------------------------------- -- line 568 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pmuludq256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_or_si256 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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. extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 192,057 ( 7.59%) return (__m256i) ((__v32qi)__A == (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cmpeq_epi16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i) ((__v16hi)__A == (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 241 ---------------------------------------- -- line 406 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminsd256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 64,219 ( 2.54%) return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminub256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_min_epu16 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminuw256 ((__v16hi)__A, (__v16hi)__B); . } -- line 422 ---------------------------------------- -- line 427 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pminud256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline int . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_movemask_epi8 (__m256i __A) . { 63,619 ( 2.51%) return __builtin_ia32_pmovmskb256 ((__v32qi)__A); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_cvtepi8_epi16 (__m128i __X) . { . return (__m256i) __builtin_ia32_pmovsxbw256 ((__v16qi)__X); . } -- line 443 ---------------------------------------- -- line 568 ---------------------------------------- . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_pmuludq256 ((__v8si)__A, (__v8si)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_or_si256 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { 127,238 ( 5.03%) return (__m256i) ((__v4du)__A | (__v4du)__B); . } . . extern __inline __m256i . __attribute__ ((__gnu_inline__, __always_inline__, __artificial__)) . _mm256_sad_epu8 (__m256i __A, __m256i __B) . { . return (__m256i)__builtin_ia32_psadbw256 ((__v32qi)__A, (__v32qi)__B); . } -- line 584 ---------------------------------------- --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Optimize two-byte escape bounds check", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-special:\n- if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\\\' || (size_t)(end - p) < 2)) return INVALID;\n+special:\n+ if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\\\' || p + 1 == end)) return INVALID;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 202- if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\' || (size_t)(end - p) < 2)) return INVALID; 202+ if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\' || p + 1 == end)) return INVALID;

{"command": "./grade --seed 1", "intent": "Grade pointer bounds check optimization", "notify": false, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": null, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 586075tpqk Name: Grade pointer bounds check o Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/586075tpqk.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/586075tpqk.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="586075tpqk" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="586075tpqk" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

{"action": "wait", "dry_run": null, "graceful_timeout_ms": null, "include_output_preview": true, "intent": "Wait for pointer bounds grade", "latest": false, "lines": null, "max_age_hours": null, "max_wait_seconds": 1200, "notify": null, "return_on_progress": false, "session_only": true, "status_filter": null, "tail_lines": 120, "task_id": "586075tpqk", "task_ids": null, "wait_mode": "any", "wake": null}

Background task finished. Task: 586075tpqk Name: Grade pointer bounds check o Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:36:26.075491484+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:36:28.866574875+00:00 Duration: 2.79s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:36:28.866601532+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 13,785,700 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9587 (3.887x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Revert slower bounds check form", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n-special:\n- if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\\\' || p + 1 == end)) return INVALID;\n+special:\n+ if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\\\' || (size_t)(end - p) < 2)) return INVALID;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 202- if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\' || p + 1 == end)) return INVALID; 202+ if (UNLIKELY(*p != '\\' || (size_t)(end - p) < 2)) return INVALID;

{"intent": "Use integer address loop bounds", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- while (LIKELY(p + 32 <= end)) {\n+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 32u <= (uintptr_t)end)) {\n@@\n- while (LIKELY(p + 16 <= end)) {\n+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 16u <= (uintptr_t)end)) {\n@@\n- while (LIKELY(p + 8 <= end)) {\n+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 8u <= (uintptr_t)end)) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 135- while (LIKELY(p + 32 <= end)) { 135+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 32u <= (uintptr_t)end)) { 153- while (LIKELY(p + 16 <= end)) { 153+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 16u <= (uintptr_t)end)) { 172- while (LIKELY(p + 8 <= end)) { 172+ while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 8u <= (uintptr_t)end)) {

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Background task finished. Task: 604472dkdh Name: Grade integer address loop b Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:36:44.472312457+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:36:47.267586499+00:00 Duration: 2.79s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:36:47.267619943+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 13,707,145 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9670 (3.909x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 135- while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 32u <= (uintptr_t)end)) { 135+ while (LIKELY(p + 32 <= end)) { 153- while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 16u <= (uintptr_t)end)) { 153+ while (LIKELY(p + 16 <= end)) { 172- while (LIKELY((uintptr_t)p + 8u <= (uintptr_t)end)) { 172+ while (LIKELY(p + 8 <= end)) {

{"intent": "Fast path BMP 3-byte length increment", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n } else {\n uint32_t w = UTF8_BMP[cu];\n store_u32(q, w);\n- q += w >> 24;\n+ if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800u))\n+ q += 3;\n+ else\n+ q += w >> 24;\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 232- q += w >> 24; 232+ if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800u)) 233+ q += 3; 234+ else 235+ q += w >> 24;

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Command started in background. Task ID: 626205gd5i Name: Grade BMP length branch Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/626205gd5i.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/626205gd5i.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="626205gd5i" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="626205gd5i" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task finished. Task: 626205gd5i Name: Grade BMP length branch Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:37:06.205716553+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:37:09.006678667+00:00 Duration: 2.80s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:37:09.006698473+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 14,286,648 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9072 (3.751x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 232- if (LIKELY(cu >= 0x800u)) 233- q += 3; 234- else 235- q += w >> 24; 232+ q += w >> 24;

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Command started in background. Task ID: 636362zq2l Name: Run final validation grades Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/636362zq2l.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/636362zq2l.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="636362zq2l" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="636362zq2l" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task finished. Task: 636362zq2l Name: Run final validation grades Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:37:16.362318642+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:37:25.810643238+00:00 Duration: 9.45s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:37:25.810668173+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 13,673,840 instructions (given: 53,587,299) SCORE +1.9705 (3.919x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,951,037 instructions (given: 53,911,825) SCORE +1.9502 (3.864x) build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,623,374 instructions (given: 53,335,911) SCORE +1.9690 (3.915x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git --- Command finished with exit code: 128 --- Exit code: 128

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Background task finished. Task: 667334gkjy Name: Run extra validation grades Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:37:47.334975640+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:38:00.706428744+00:00 Duration: 13.37s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:38:00.706452261+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,382,646 instructions (given: 52,722,743) SCORE +1.9781 (3.940x) build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,429,276 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.9614 (3.894x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,828,740 instructions (given: 53,955,147) SCORE +1.9641 (3.902x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,763,142 instructions (given: 53,750,810) SCORE +1.9655 (3.905x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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--- [1] bash --- Command started in background. Task ID: 695479nbnv Name: Run wider deterministic seed Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/695479nbnv.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/695479nbnv.status.json The agent will be woken when the task completes. To wait for completion/checkpoints: use the `bg` tool with action="wait" and task_id="695479nbnv" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="695479nbnv" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output" --- [2] bash --- submission/solve.c 235 submission/solve.c --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- Completed: 2 succeeded, 0 failed

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Background task finished. Task: 695479nbnv Name: Run wider deterministic seed Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_deer_1784428173076_5c84af2030b8d729 Started: 2026-07-19T02:38:15.479478825+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T02:38:35.480871841+00:00 Duration: 20.00s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T02:38:35.480893851+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,092,279 instructions (given: 51,053,792) SCORE +1.9633 (3.900x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,613,157 instructions (given: 53,161,908) SCORE +1.9654 (3.905x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,288,433 instructions (given: 52,151,462) SCORE +1.9725 (3.925x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,268,402 instructions (given: 52,151,035) SCORE +1.9747 (3.930x) build 1.6s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,471,355 instructions (given: 52,916,534) SCORE +1.9738 (3.928x) build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.7s 13,288,810 instructions (given: 52,133,847) SCORE +1.9720 (3.923x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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