jcode + GPT-5.6 Sol 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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--- [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 #!/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() --- [3] 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 } Completed: 3 succeeded, 0 failed

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#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Shared grader for jcode bench tasks. Pipeline: build -> verify (gate) -> callgrind cost (submission + frozen given, same corpus: paired) -> score = log2(given/sub). Appends to scores.jsonl. Each task directory provides: submission/*.c, verify/verify.c (+reference.c optional), verify/given.c (frozen given impl, function prefixed given_), verify/runner.c (honors -DRUNNER_GIVEN), verify/gen_corpus.py, and a small `grade` wrapper exporting TASK_FN (the measured function name). """ import argparse, json, math, os, re, subprocess, sys, time, glob def sh(cmd, **kw): return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, **kw) def main(here, fn, extra_cflags=None, verify_args=None): SUB = os.path.join(here, "submission") VER = os.path.join(here, "verify") BUILD = os.path.join(here, ".build") CFLAGS = ["-O2", "-std=c17", "-fno-lto", "-g"] + (extra_cflags or []) ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=None) ap.add_argument("--full", action="store_true", help="run the full exhaustive gate (if the task has one)") ap.add_argument("--quiet", action="store_true") args = ap.parse_args() seed = args.seed if args.seed is not None else int(time.time()) % 100000 os.makedirs(BUILD, exist_ok=True) sub_srcs = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(SUB, "*.c"))) if not sub_srcs: sys.exit("no .c files in submission/") t0 = time.time() ref = os.path.join(VER, "reference.c") refs = [ref] if os.path.exists(ref) else [] sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs, *refs, os.path.join(VER, "verify.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"), "-lm", "-lpthread"]) sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-I", SUB, *sub_srcs, os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner"), "-lm"]) if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given")): sh(["cc", *CFLAGS, "-DRUNNER_GIVEN", os.path.join(VER, "given.c"), os.path.join(VER, "runner.c"), "-o", os.path.join(BUILD, "runner_given"), "-lm"]) t_build = time.time() - t0 t0 = time.time() vargs = [str(seed)] + (["--full"] if args.full else []) + (verify_args or []) r = subprocess.run([os.path.join(BUILD, "verify"), *vargs], capture_output=True, text=True) if r.returncode != 0: print(r.stdout, end="") print(r.stderr, end="", file=sys.stderr) print("grade: FAIL (verification)") sys.exit(1) t_verify = time.time() - t0 def measure(binary, func): corpus = os.path.join(BUILD, f"corpus_{seed}.bin") if not os.path.exists(corpus): sh(["python3", os.path.join(VER, "gen_corpus.py"), str(seed), corpus]) cg = os.path.join(BUILD, f"callgrind.{binary}.out") if os.path.exists(cg): os.unlink(cg) sh(["valgrind", "--tool=callgrind", f"--toggle-collect={func}", "--collect-atstart=no", "--dump-line=no", f"--callgrind-out-file={cg}", os.path.join(BUILD, binary), corpus]) total = 0 with open(cg) as f: for line in f: ls = line.strip() if re.match(r"^\d+ \d+$", ls) or re.match(r"^\d+ \d+ ", ls): total += int(ls.split()[1]) if total == 0: sys.exit(f"cost extraction failed (did you rename {func}?)") return total t0 = time.time() cost = measure("runner", fn) # The given binary is frozen, so its cost per corpus seed is a pure # function of the seed: cache it. gcache = os.path.join(BUILD, f"given_cost_{seed}.json") if os.path.exists(gcache): with open(gcache) as f: given = json.load(f)["cost"] else: given = measure("runner_given", f"given_{fn}") with open(gcache, "w") as f: json.dump({"cost": given}, f) t_measure = time.time() - t0 score = math.log2(given / cost) rec = {"ts": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ", time.gmtime()), "seed": seed, "cost": cost, "given_cost": given, "score": round(score, 4), "full_gate": bool(args.full)} with open(os.path.join(here, "scores.jsonl"), "a") as f: f.write(json.dumps(rec) + "\n") if not args.quiet: print(f"build {t_build:5.1f}s") print(f"verify {t_verify:5.1f}s PASS{' (FULL gate)' if args.full else ''}") print(f"measure {t_measure:5.1f}s {cost:,} instructions (given: {given:,})") print(f"SCORE {score:+.4f} ({given / cost:.3f}x)") --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"content": "// Fast RFC 8259 JSON string-body decoder.\n#include <stddef.h>\n#include <stdint.h>\n#include <string.h>\n#include <emmintrin.h>\n\n#define INVALID ((size_t)-1)\n\n// Values below 0xfe are decoded simple escapes. 0xfe is 'u', 0xff invalid.\nstatic uint8_t escape_value[256];\n// Two hexadecimal characters -> one byte, or bit 8 set for invalid input.\nstatic uint16_t hex_pair[65536];\n\nstatic unsigned hex_digit(unsigned c) {\n if (c - '0' <= 9) return c - '0';\n c |= 0x20;\n if (c - 'a' <= 5) return c - 'a' + 10;\n return 256;\n}\n\n__attribute__((constructor))\nstatic void make_tables(void) {\n memset(escape_value, 0xff, sizeof escape_value);\n escape_value['\"'] = '\"';\n escape_value['\\\\'] = '\\\\';\n escape_value['/'] = '/';\n escape_value['b'] = '\\b';\n escape_value['f'] = '\\f';\n escape_value['n'] = '\\n';\n escape_value['r'] = '\\r';\n escape_value['t'] = '\\t';\n escape_value['u'] = 0xfe;\n\n for (unsigned b = 0; b != 65536; ++b) {\n unsigned a = hex_digit(b & 255);\n unsigned c = hex_digit(b >> 8);\n hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 256 : (uint16_t)((a << 4) | c);\n }\n}\n\nstatic inline uint16_t load16(const uint8_t *p) {\n uint16_t v;\n memcpy(&v, p, sizeof v);\n return v;\n}\n\nstatic inline void store16(uint8_t *p, uint16_t v) {\n memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v);\n}\n\nstatic inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) {\n memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v);\n}\n\nstatic inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) {\n unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)];\n unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)];\n return (a << 8) | b;\n}\n\nsize_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) {\n const uint8_t *p = in;\n const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n uint8_t *q = out;\n const __m128i quote = _mm_set1_epi8('\"');\n const __m128i slash = _mm_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n const __m128i ctrl = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n\n for (;;) {\n // Copy and classify sixteen bytes at once. The speculative output store\n // is safe because the contract gives considerably more than 16 bytes of\n // output headroom, and bytes after the first special one are overwritten.\n while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 16) {\n __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p);\n _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v);\n __m128i special = _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote),\n _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash),\n _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)));\n unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special);\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n p += n;\n q += n;\n break;\n }\n p += 16;\n q += 16;\n }\n\n // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run.\n while (p != end) {\n unsigned c = *p;\n if (c < 0x20 || c == '\"') return INVALID;\n if (c == '\\\\') break;\n *q++ = (uint8_t)c;\n ++p;\n }\n if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out);\n\n // Escape introducer at p.\n if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID;\n unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]];\n if (d < 0xfe) {\n *q++ = (uint8_t)d;\n p += 2;\n continue;\n }\n if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID;\n\n unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2);\n if (cu & 0x10000) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n\n if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) {\n if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 ||\n p[0] != '\\\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID;\n unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2);\n if ((lo & 0x10000) || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - ... [990 characters truncated for page size]

Updated submission/solve.c (142 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. 5- #include <stdint.h> 1+ // Fast RFC 8259 JSON string-body decoder. 3+ #include <stdint.h> 5+ #include <emmintrin.h> 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, ...

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Background task was already finished. Task: 860910nlwy Name: Verify and score first optim Tool: bash Status: failed Session: session_goat_1784448777236_1aecda4e5ec3a661 Started: 2026-07-19T08:14:20.910549736+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T08:14:21.973024551+00:00 Duration: 1.06s Exit code: 1 Notify: true Wake: true Error: Command exited with code 1 Recent events: - Failed · 2026-07-19T08:14:21.973060741+00:00 · Command exited with code 1 Output preview: ```text [stderr] MISMATCH on input (83 bytes): 5c 75 46 36 63 42 dc 62 c0 6d a3 a4 59 75 8c f6 9a 9a f5 40 4b e7 e1 b6 d6 f5 5c 75 37 36 63 41 5c 75 61 39 66 30 31 95 de df c7 aa 5f d1 7d 54 a6 30 6c d2 af eb 94 26 54 5c 75 64 38 62 31 5c 75 64 63 64 31 5c 2f 5c 62 5c 66 5c 5c 5c 75 33 38 43 47 [stderr] expected: INVALID grade: FAIL (verification) [stderr] got (59 bytes): ef 9b 8b dc 62 c0 6d a3 a4 59 75 8c f6 9a 9a f5 40 4b e7 e1 b6 d6 f5 e7 9b 8a ea a7 b0 31 95 de df c7 aa 5f d1 7d 54 a6 30 6c d2 af eb 94 26 54 f0 bc 93 91 2f 08 0c 5c e3 a4 80 --- Command finished with exit code: 1 --- ```

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Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 58+ if ((a | b) & 0x100) return 0x10000; Context after edit (lines 52-63): 52│ memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); 53│ } 54│ 55│ static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 56│ unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 57│ unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 58│ if ((a | b) & 0x100) return 0x10000; 59│ return (a << 8) | b; 60│ } 61│ 62│ size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 63│ const uint8_t *p = in;

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Background task was already finished. Task: 875685085a Name: Verify corrected implementat Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_goat_1784448777236_1aecda4e5ec3a661 Started: 2026-07-19T08:14:35.685954184+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T08:14:37.722489803+00:00 Duration: 2.04s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T08:14:37.722534750+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 0.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 21,995,033 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.2496 (2.378x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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--- [1] bash --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile data file '.build/callgrind.runner.out' (creator: callgrind-3.25.1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I1 cache: D1 cache: LL cache: Timerange: Basic block 0 - 883047 Trigger: Program termination Profiled target: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/corpus_42.bin (PID 135, part 1) Events recorded: Ir Events shown: Ir Event sort order: Ir Thresholds: 99 Include dirs: User annotated: Auto-annotation: on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,124,645 (100.0%) PROGRAM TOTALS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir file:function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8,249,290 (200.0%) ???:(below main) [/usr/lib/libc.so.6] 4,124,645 (100.0%) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/submission/solve.c:json_unescape 4,124,645 (100.0%) /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/verify/runner.c:main 4,124,645 (100.0%) ???:0x000000000001f100 [/usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2] 4,124,645 (100.0%) ???:0x00000000000276c0 [/usr/lib/libc.so.6] 4,124,645 (100.0%) verify/runner.c:main [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner] 3,099,461 (75.14%) submission/solve.c:json_unescape [/tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/.build/runner] 1,025,184 (24.86%) /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/16/include/emmintrin.h:json_unescape -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Auto-annotated source: /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/verify/runner.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No information has been collected for /tmp/jcode-bench/20260719T081249Z-jcode-solo-gpt-5.6-sol-json-unescape/tasks/json-unescape/verify/runner.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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) . { 84,982 ( 2.06%) 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) . { 84,982 ( 2.06%) *__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) . { 169,964 ( 4.12%) 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); . } . Use of uninitialized value $line_nums[0] in numeric eq (==) at /usr/sbin/callgrind_annotate line 1184. Use of uninitialized value $pairs[0] in numeric lt (<) at /usr/sbin/callgrind_annotate line 1200. Use of uninitialized value $high in numeric lt (<) at /usr/sbin/callgrind_annotate line 1211. --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- --- [2] bash --- .build/runner: file format elf64-x86-64 Disassembly of section .init: Disassembly of section .plt: Disassembly of section .text: 0000000000001980 <json_unescape>: 1980: 48 89 f8 mov rax,rdi 1983: 48 01 f7 add rdi,rsi 1986: be 1f 1f 1f 1f mov esi,0x1f1f1f1f 198b: 53 push rbx 198c: 66 0f 6e e6 movd xmm4,esi 1990: be 22 22 22 22 mov esi,0x22222222 1995: 49 89 d1 mov r9,rdx 1998: 48 89 d1 mov rcx,rdx 199b: 66 0f 6e de movd xmm3,esi 199f: be 5c 5c 5c 5c mov esi,0x5c5c5c5c 19a4: 66 0f 70 e4 00 pshufd xmm4,xmm4,0x0 19a9: 4c 8d 15 d0 26 02 00 lea r10,[rip+0x226d0] # 24080 <escape_value> 19b0: 66 0f 6e d6 movd xmm2,esi 19b4: 4c 8d 05 c5 26 00 00 lea r8,[rip+0x26c5] # 4080 <hex_pair> 19bb: 66 0f 70 db 00 pshufd xmm3,xmm3,0x0 19c0: 66 0f 70 d2 00 pshufd xmm2,xmm2,0x0 19c5: 48 89 fa mov rdx,rdi 19c8: 48 29 c2 sub rdx,rax 19cb: 48 83 fa 0f cmp rdx,0xf 19cf: 76 41 jbe 1a12 <json_unescape+0x92> 19d1: f3 0f 6f 00 movdqu xmm0,XMMWORD PTR [rax] 19d5: 66 0f 6f ec movdqa xmm5,xmm4 19d9: 66 0f 6f c8 movdqa xmm1,xmm0 19dd: 66 0f 6f f0 movdqa xmm6,xmm0 19e1: 66 0f da e8 pminub xmm5,xmm0 19e5: 0f 11 01 movups XMMWORD PTR [rcx],xmm0 19e8: 66 0f 74 cb pcmpeqb xmm1,xmm3 19ec: 66 0f 74 f2 pcmpeqb xmm6,xmm2 19f0: 66 0f 74 c5 pcmpeqb xmm0,xmm5 19f4: 66 0f eb ce por xmm1,xmm6 19f8: 66 0f eb c1 por xmm0,xmm1 19fc: 66 0f d7 d0 pmovmskb edx,xmm0 1a00: 85 d2 test edx,edx 1a02: 0f 84 e0 00 00 00 je 1ae8 <json_unescape+0x168> 1a08: f3 0f bc d2 tzcnt edx,edx 1a0c: 48 01 d0 add rax,rdx 1a0f: 48 01 d1 add rcx,rdx 1a12: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1a15: 75 1e jne 1a35 <json_unescape+0xb5> 1a17: e9 24 02 00 00 jmp 1c40 <json_unescape+0x2c0> 1a1c: 0f 1f 40 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 1a20: 48 83 c0 01 add rax,0x1 1a24: 48 83 c1 01 add rcx,0x1 1a28: 40 88 71 ff mov BYTE PTR [rcx-0x1],sil 1a2c: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1a2f: 0f 84 0b 02 00 00 je 1c40 <json_unescape+0x2c0> 1a35: 0f b6 30 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax] 1a38: 40 80 fe 1f cmp sil,0x1f 1a3c: 0f 86 96 00 00 00 jbe 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a42: 83 fe 22 cmp esi,0x22 1a45: 0f 84 8d 00 00 00 je 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a4b: 83 fe 5c cmp esi,0x5c 1a4e: 75 d0 jne 1a20 <json_unescape+0xa0> 1a50: 48 89 fe mov rsi,rdi 1a53: 48 29 c6 sub rsi,rax 1a56: 48 83 fe 01 cmp rsi,0x1 1a5a: 74 7c je 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a5c: 0f b6 50 01 movzx edx,BYTE PTR [rax+0x1] 1a60: 45 0f b6 1c 12 movzx r11d,BYTE PTR [r10+rdx*1] 1a65: 41 80 fb fd cmp r11b,0xfd 1a69: 0f 86 89 00 00 00 jbe 1af8 <json_unescape+0x178> 1a6f: 41 81 fb fe 00 00 00 cmp r11d,0xfe 1a76: 75 60 jne 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a78: 48 83 fe 05 cmp rsi,0x5 1a7c: 76 5a jbe 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a7e: 0f b7 50 02 movzx edx,WORD PTR [rax+0x2] 1a82: 41 0f b7 34 50 movzx esi,WORD PTR [r8+rdx*2] 1a87: 0f b7 50 04 movzx edx,WORD PTR [rax+0x4] 1a8b: 41 0f b7 14 50 movzx edx,WORD PTR [r8+rdx*2] 1a90: 41 89 f3 mov r11d,esi 1a93: 41 09 d3 or r11d,edx 1a96: 66 41 f7 c3 00 01 test r11w,0x100 1a9c: 75 3a jne 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1a9e: c1 e6 08 shl esi,0x8 1aa1: 09 f2 or edx,esi 1aa3: 81 e6 00 00 01 00 and esi,0x10000 1aa9: 75 2d jne 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x158> 1aab: 41 89 d3 mov r11d,edx 1aae: 48 8d 70 06 lea rsi,[rax+0x6] 1ab2: 41 81 e3 00 f8 00 00 and r11d,0xf800 1ab9: 41 81 fb 00 d8 00 00 cmp r11d,0xd800 1ac0: 74 7e je 1b40 <json_unescape+0x1c0> 1ac2: 83 fa 7f cmp edx,0x7f 1ac5: 77 49 ja 1b10 <json_unescape+0x190> 1ac7: 88 11 mov BYTE PTR [rcx],dl 1ac9: 48 89 f0 mov rax,rsi 1acc: 48 83 c1 01 add rcx,0x1 1ad0: e9 f0 fe ff ff jmp 19c5 <json_unescape+0x45> 1ad5: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1ad8: 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff mov rax,0xffffffffffffffff 1adf: 5b pop rbx 1ae0: c3 ret 1ae1: 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 1ae8: 48 83 c0 10 add rax,0x10 1aec: 48 83 c1 10 add rcx,0x10 1af0: e9 d0 fe ff ff jmp 19c5 <json_unescape+0x45> 1af5: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1af8: 44 88 19 mov BYTE PTR [rcx],r11b 1afb: 48 83 c0 02 add rax,0x2 1aff: 48 83 c1 01 add rcx,0x1 1b03: e9 bd fe ff ff jmp 19c5 <json_unescape+0x45> 1b08: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0] 1b0f: 00 1b10: 89 d0 mov eax,edx 1b12: c1 e8 06 shr eax,0x6 1b15: 81 fa ff 07 00 00 cmp edx,0x7ff 1b1b: 0f 87 ee 00 00 00 ja 1c0f <json_unescape+0x28f> 1b21: c1 e2 08 shl edx,0x8 1b24: 48 83 c1 02 add rcx,0x2 1b28: 66 81 e2 00 3f and dx,0x3f00 1b2d: 09 d0 or eax,edx 1b2f: 66 0d c0 80 or ax,0x80c0 1b33: 66 89 41 fe mov WORD PTR [rcx-0x2],ax 1b37: 48 89 f0 mov rax,rsi 1b3a: e9 86 fe ff ff jmp 19c5 <json_unescape+0x45> 1b3f: 90 nop 1b40: 81 fa ff db 00 00 cmp e ... 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-- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 48 ---------------------------------------- . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 79,104 ( 1.92%) unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 78,504 ( 1.90%) unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 157,008 ( 3.81%) if ((a | b) & 0x100) return 0x10000; 78,504 ( 1.90%) return (a << 8) | b; . } . 1,800 ( 0.04%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { . const uint8_t *p = in; 600 ( 0.01%) const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 600 ( 0.01%) uint8_t *q = out; . const __m128i quote = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m128i slash = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m128i ctrl = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); . . for (;;) { . // Copy and classify sixteen bytes at once. The speculative output store . // is safe because the contract gives considerably more than 16 bytes of . // output headroom, and bytes after the first special one are overwritten. 343,624 ( 8.33%) while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 16) { . __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v); . __m128i special = _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), . _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), . _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); . unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special); 169,964 ( 4.12%) if (mask) { . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 87,332 ( 2.12%) p += n; 43,666 ( 1.06%) q += n; . break; . } 41,316 ( 1.00%) p += 16; 82,632 ( 2.00%) q += 16; . } . . // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run. 95,977 ( 2.33%) while (p != end) { 47,272 ( 1.15%) unsigned c = *p; 189,088 ( 4.58%) if (c < 0x20 || c == '"') return INVALID; 94,544 ( 2.29%) if (c == '\\') break; 6,564 ( 0.16%) *q++ = (uint8_t)c; 3,282 ( 0.08%) ++p; . } 1,200 ( 0.03%) if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); . . // Escape introducer at p. 175,960 ( 4.27%) if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 88,580 ( 2.15%) unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 87,980 ( 2.13%) if (d < 0xfe) { 23,416 ( 0.57%) *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 11,708 ( 0.28%) p += 2; 11,708 ( 0.28%) continue; . } 129,128 ( 3.13%) if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2); 64,564 ( 1.57%) if (cu & 0x10000) return INVALID; 82,852 ( 2.01%) p += 6; . 129,128 ( 3.13%) if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 55,760 ( 1.35%) if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 || 13,940 ( 0.34%) p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID; . unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2); 34,850 ( 0.84%) if ((lo & 0x10000) || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 6,970 ( 0.17%) p += 6; 27,880 ( 0.68%) unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 27,880 ( 0.68%) uint32_t w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) | 13,940 ( 0.34%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) | 48,790 ( 1.18%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) | 20,910 ( 0.51%) ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24); . store32(q, w); 13,940 ( 0.34%) q += 4; 50,624 ( 1.23%) } else if (cu < 0x80) { 162 ( 0.00%) *q++ = (uint8_t)cu; 50,516 ( 1.22%) } else if (cu < 0x800) { 52,832 ( 1.28%) uint16_t w = (uint16_t)((0xc0u | (cu >> 6)) | 1,544 ( 0.04%) ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 8)); . store16(q, w); 772 ( 0.02%) q += 2; . } else { 122,430 ( 2.97%) uint32_t w = (0xe0u | (cu >> 12)) | 73,458 ( 1.78%) ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 63)) << 8) | 48,972 ( 1.19%) ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 16); . store32(q, w); // one harmless byte of speculative output 24,486 ( 0.59%) q += 3; . } . } 1,200 ( 0.03%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,099,461 (75.14%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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

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Edited submission/solve.c Applied: ✓ Edit 1: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 2: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 3: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 4: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 5: replaced 1 occurrence Total: 5 applied, 0 failed Diff: 5- #include <emmintrin.h> 5+ #include <immintrin.h> 62+ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 66- const __m128i quote = _mm_set1_epi8('"'); 67- const __m128i slash = _mm_set1_epi8('\\'); 68- const __m128i ctrl = _mm_set1_epi8(0x1f); 67+ const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); 68+ const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); 69+ const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); 71- // Copy and classify sixteen bytes at once. The speculative output store 72- // is safe because the contract gives considerably more than 16 bytes of 73- // output headroom, and bytes after the first special one are overwritten. 74- while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 16) { 75- __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); 76- _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v); 77- __m128i special = _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), 78- _mm_or_si128(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), 79- _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); 80- unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special); 72+ // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output 73+ // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store 74+ // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 75+ // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 76+ while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 77+ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 78+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 79+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), 80+ _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), 81+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); 82+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); ...

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Command started in background. Task ID: 910021mxb9 Name: Verify and score AVX2 scan Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/910021mxb9.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/910021mxb9.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="910021mxb9" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="910021mxb9" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task was already finished. Task: 910021mxb9 Name: Verify and score AVX2 scan Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_goat_1784448777236_1aecda4e5ec3a661 Started: 2026-07-19T08:15:10.021715364+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T08:15:13.192950372+00:00 Duration: 3.17s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T08:15:13.192999247+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.2s 18,542,218 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.4960 (2.821x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"intent": "Avoid repeated SIMD rescans in dense escape blocks", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n+ const uint8_t *scalar_until = in;\n \n for (;;) {\n@@\n- while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {\n+ while (p >= scalar_until && (size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {\n+ const uint8_t *block = p;\n __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p);\n@@\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n p += n;\n q += n;\n+ // Re-vectorizing after every escape is best for sparse input.\n+ // With several specials in this block, however, finish the\n+ // block scalarly so one classification serves all of them.\n+ scalar_until = __builtin_popcount(mask) >= 3 ? block + 32 : p;\n break;\n@@\n- while (p != end) {\n+ const uint8_t *plain_end = p < scalar_until ? scalar_until : end;\n+ while (p != plain_end) {\n unsigned c = *p;\n@@\n }\n if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out);\n+ if (p == scalar_until) continue;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (5 hunks) 70+ const uint8_t *scalar_until = in; 76- while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 77+ while (p >= scalar_until && (size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 78+ const uint8_t *block = p; 89+ // Re-vectorizing after every escape is best for sparse input. 90+ // With several specials in this block, however, finish the 91+ // block scalarly so one classification serves all of them. 92+ scalar_until = __builtin_popcount(mask) >= 3 ? block + 32 : p; 94- while (p != end) { 100+ const uint8_t *plain_end = p < scalar_until ? scalar_until : end; 101+ while (p != plain_end) { 109+ if (p == scalar_until) continue;

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{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Fix low-density escape loop termination", "new_string": " if (p == scalar_until && *p != '\\\\') continue;", "old_string": " if (p == scalar_until) continue;", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 109- if (p == scalar_until) continue; 109+ if (p == scalar_until && *p != '\\') continue; Context after edit (lines 106-112): 106│ ++p; 107│ } 108│ if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); 109│ if (p == scalar_until && *p != '\\') continue; 110│ 111│ // Escape introducer at p. 112│ if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify fixed density-adaptive strategy", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 5.6s 25,871,130 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.0154 (2.022x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Revert slower density-adaptive scalar strategy", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- const uint8_t *scalar_until = in;\n@@\n- while (p >= scalar_until && (size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {\n- const uint8_t *block = p;\n+ while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {\n@@\n- // Re-vectorizing after every escape is best for sparse input.\n- // With several specials in this block, however, finish the\n- // block scalarly so one classification serves all of them.\n- scalar_until = __builtin_popcount(mask) >= 3 ? block + 32 : p;\n break;\n@@\n- const uint8_t *plain_end = p < scalar_until ? scalar_until : end;\n- while (p != plain_end) {\n+ while (p != end) {\n@@\n- if (p == scalar_until && *p != '\\\\') continue;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (5 hunks) 70- const uint8_t *scalar_until = in; 77- while (p >= scalar_until && (size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 78- const uint8_t *block = p; 76+ while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 89- // Re-vectorizing after every escape is best for sparse input. 90- // With several specials in this block, however, finish the 91- // block scalarly so one classification serves all of them. 92- scalar_until = __builtin_popcount(mask) >= 3 ? block + 32 : p; 100- const uint8_t *plain_end = p < scalar_until ? scalar_until : end; 101- while (p != plain_end) { 94+ while (p != end) { 109- if (p == scalar_until && *p != '\\') continue;

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-- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 48 ---------------------------------------- . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 79,104 ( 2.25%) unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 78,504 ( 2.23%) unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 157,008 ( 4.46%) if ((a | b) & 0x100) return 0x10000; 78,504 ( 2.23%) return (a << 8) | b; . } . . __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 3,000 ( 0.09%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { . const uint8_t *p = in; 600 ( 0.02%) const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 600 ( 0.02%) uint8_t *q = out; . const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); . . for (;;) { . // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output . // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store . // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 . // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 255,088 ( 7.25%) while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { . __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); . _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); . __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), . _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); . unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 124,670 ( 3.54%) if (mask) { . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 86,306 ( 2.45%) p += n; 43,153 ( 1.23%) q += n; . break; . } 19,182 ( 0.55%) p += 32; 38,364 ( 1.09%) q += 32; . } . . // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run. 104,531 ( 2.97%) while (p != end) { 51,555 ( 1.47%) unsigned c = *p; 206,820 ( 5.88%) if (c < 0x20 || c == '"') return INVALID; 103,110 ( 2.93%) if (c == '\\') break; 15,130 ( 0.43%) *q++ = (uint8_t)c; 7,565 ( 0.22%) ++p; . } 1,800 ( 0.05%) if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); . . // Escape introducer at p. 175,960 ( 5.00%) if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 88,580 ( 2.52%) unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 87,980 ( 2.50%) if (d < 0xfe) { 23,416 ( 0.67%) *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 11,708 ( 0.33%) p += 2; 11,708 ( 0.33%) continue; . } 129,128 ( 3.67%) if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2); 64,564 ( 1.83%) if (cu & 0x10000) return INVALID; 82,852 ( 2.35%) p += 6; . 129,128 ( 3.67%) if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 55,760 ( 1.58%) if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 || 13,940 ( 0.40%) p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID; . unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2); 34,850 ( 0.99%) if ((lo & 0x10000) || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 6,970 ( 0.20%) p += 6; 27,880 ( 0.79%) unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 27,880 ( 0.79%) uint32_t w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) | 13,940 ( 0.40%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) | 48,790 ( 1.39%) ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) | 20,910 ( 0.59%) ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24); . store32(q, w); 13,940 ( 0.40%) q += 4; 50,624 ( 1.44%) } else if (cu < 0x80) { 162 ( 0.00%) *q++ = (uint8_t)cu; 50,516 ( 1.44%) } else if (cu < 0x800) { 52,832 ( 1.50%) uint16_t w = (uint16_t)((0xc0u | (cu >> 6)) | 1,544 ( 0.04%) ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 8)); . store16(q, w); 772 ( 0.02%) q += 2; . } else { 122,430 ( 3.48%) uint32_t w = (0xe0u | (cu >> 12)) | 73,458 ( 2.09%) ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 63)) << 8) | 48,972 ( 1.39%) ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 16); . store32(q, w); // one harmless byte of speculative output 24,486 ( 0.70%) q += 3; . } . } 1,800 ( 0.05%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,952,074 (83.90%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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Edited submission/solve.c Applied: ✓ Edit 1: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 2: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 3: replaced 1 occurrence Total: 3 applied, 0 failed Diff: 12- static uint16_t hex_pair[65536]; 12+ static uint32_t hex_pair[65536]; 37- hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 256 : (uint16_t)((a << 4) | c); 37+ hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c); 58- if ((a | b) & 0x100) return 0x10000;

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Edited submission/solve.c Applied: ✓ Edit 1: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 2: replaced 1 occurrence Total: 2 applied, 0 failed Diff: 113- if (cu & 0x10000) return INVALID; 113+ if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID; 120- if ((lo & 0x10000) || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 120+ if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score single-check hexadecimal parser", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.9s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 17,475,618 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.5814 (2.993x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Table-drive UTF-8 encoding for all Unicode scalar values", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static uint32_t hex_pair[65536];\n+// Low 32 bits are little-endian UTF-8 bytes; bits 32.. are byte count.\n+static uint64_t utf8_value[0x110000];\n@@\n for (unsigned b = 0; b != 65536; ++b) {\n@@\n hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c);\n }\n+ for (unsigned cp = 0; cp != 0x110000; ++cp) {\n+ uint32_t w;\n+ unsigned n;\n+ if (cp < 0x80) {\n+ w = cp; n = 1;\n+ } else if (cp < 0x800) {\n+ w = (0xc0u | (cp >> 6)) | ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 8); n = 2;\n+ } else if (cp < 0x10000) {\n+ w = (0xe0u | (cp >> 12)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 16); n = 3;\n+ } else {\n+ w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) |\n+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) |\n+ ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24); n = 4;\n+ }\n+ utf8_value[cp] = w | ((uint64_t)n << 32);\n+ }\n@@\n- if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) {\n+ unsigned cp = cu;\n+ if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) {\n@@\n- unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n- uint32_t w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) |\n- ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24);\n- store32(q, w);\n- q += 4;\n- } else if (cu < 0x80) {\n- *q++ = (uint8_t)cu;\n- } else if (cu < 0x800) {\n- uint16_t w = (uint16_t)((0xc0u | (cu >> 6)) |\n- ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 8));\n- store16(q, w);\n- q += 2;\n- } else {\n- uint32_t w = (0xe0u | (cu >> 12)) |\n- ((0x80u | ((cu >> 6) & 63)) << 8) |\n- ((0x80u | (cu & 63)) << 16);\n- store32(q, w); // one harmless byte of speculative output\n- q += 3;\n+ cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n }\n+ uint64_t encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n+ store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes\n+ q += encoded >> 32;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (5 hunks) 13+ // Low 32 bits are little-endian UTF-8 bytes; bits 32.. are byte count. 14+ static uint64_t utf8_value[0x110000]; 41+ for (unsigned cp = 0; cp != 0x110000; ++cp) { 42+ uint32_t w; 43+ unsigned n; 44+ if (cp < 0x80) { 45+ w = cp; n = 1; 46+ } else if (cp < 0x800) { 47+ w = (0xc0u | (cp >> 6)) | ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 8); n = 2; 48+ } else if (cp < 0x10000) { 49+ w = (0xe0u | (cp >> 12)) | 50+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 8) | 51+ ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 16); n = 3; 52+ } else { 53+ w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) | 54+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) | 55+ ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) | 56+ ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24); n = 4; 57+ } 58+ utf8_value[cp] = w | ((uint64_t)n << 32); 59+ } 137+ unsigned cp = cu; 122- unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 123- uint32_t w = (0xf0u | (cp >> 18)) | 124- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 12) & 63)) << 8) | 125- ((0x80u | ((cp >> 6) & 63)) << 16) | 126- ((0x80u | (cp & 63)) << 24); 127- store32(q, w); 128- q += 4; 129- } else if (cu < 0x80) { ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score table-driven UTF-8 encoding", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 15,596,358 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.7456 (3.353x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

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--- [1] bash --- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 69 ---------------------------------------- . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 39,852 ( 1.36%) unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 39,252 ( 1.34%) unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 117,756 ( 4.02%) return (a << 8) | b; . } . . __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 1,200 ( 0.04%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { . const uint8_t *p = in; 600 ( 0.02%) const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 600 ( 0.02%) uint8_t *q = out; . const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); . const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); . const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); . . for (;;) { . // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output . // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store . // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 . // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 255,088 ( 8.71%) while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { . __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); . _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); . __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), . _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); . unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 124,670 ( 4.26%) if (mask) { . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 86,306 ( 2.95%) p += n; 43,153 ( 1.47%) q += n; . break; . } 19,182 ( 0.65%) p += 32; 38,364 ( 1.31%) q += 32; . } . . // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run. 104,531 ( 3.57%) while (p != end) { 51,555 ( 1.76%) unsigned c = *p; 206,820 ( 7.06%) if (c < 0x20 || c == '"') return INVALID; 103,110 ( 3.52%) if (c == '\\') break; 15,130 ( 0.52%) *q++ = (uint8_t)c; 7,565 ( 0.26%) ++p; . } 1,800 ( 0.06%) if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); . . // Escape introducer at p. 175,960 ( 6.01%) if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 88,580 ( 3.02%) unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 87,980 ( 3.00%) if (d < 0xfe) { 23,416 ( 0.80%) *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 11,708 ( 0.40%) p += 2; 11,708 ( 0.40%) continue; . } 129,128 ( 4.41%) if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID; . . unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2); 64,564 ( 2.20%) if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID; 32,282 ( 1.10%) p += 6; . . unsigned cp = cu; 129,128 ( 4.41%) if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 55,760 ( 1.90%) if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 || 13,940 ( 0.48%) p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID; . unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2); 20,910 ( 0.71%) if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 6,970 ( 0.24%) p += 6; 27,880 ( 0.95%) cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); . } 64,564 ( 2.20%) uint64_t encoded = utf8_value[cp]; 32,282 ( 1.10%) store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes 129,128 ( 4.41%) q += encoded >> 32; . } 600 ( 0.02%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,363,022 (80.66%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- --- [2] bash --- .build/runner: file format elf64-x86-64 Disassembly of section .init: Disassembly of section .plt: Disassembly of section .text: 0000000000001a40 <json_unescape>: 1a40: 49 89 d1 mov r9,rdx 1a43: 48 89 d1 mov rcx,rdx 1a46: ba 1f 1f 1f 1f mov edx,0x1f1f1f1f 1a4b: 48 89 f8 mov rax,rdi 1a4e: c5 f9 6e e2 vmovd xmm4,edx 1a52: ba 22 22 22 22 mov edx,0x22222222 1a57: 48 8d 3c 37 lea rdi,[rdi+rsi*1] 1a5b: c5 f9 6e da vmovd xmm3,edx 1a5f: ba 5c 5c 5c 5c mov edx,0x5c5c5c5c 1a64: c4 e2 7d 58 e4 vpbroadcastd ymm4,xmm4 1a69: c5 f9 6e d2 vmovd xmm2,edx 1a6d: 4c 8d 15 0c 26 8c 00 lea r10,[rip+0x8c260c] # 8c4080 <escape_value> 1a74: c4 e2 7d 58 db vpbroadcastd ymm3,xmm3 1a79: 4c 8d 05 00 26 88 00 lea r8,[rip+0x882600] # 884080 <hex_pair> 1a80: c4 e2 7d 58 d2 vpbroadcastd ymm2,xmm2 1a85: 48 89 fa mov rdx,rdi 1a88: 48 29 c2 sub rdx,rax 1a8b: 48 83 fa 1f cmp rdx,0x1f 1a8f: 76 36 jbe 1ac7 <json_unescape+0x87> 1a91: c5 fe 6f 00 vmovdqu ymm0,YMMWORD PTR [rax] 1a95: c5 fd 74 cb vpcmpeqb ymm1,ymm0,ymm3 1a99: c5 fd 74 f2 vpcmpeqb ymm6,ymm0,ymm2 1a9d: c5 dd da e8 vpminub ymm5,ymm4,ymm0 1aa1: c5 fe 7f 01 vmovdqu YMMWORD PTR [rcx],ymm0 1aa5: c5 fd 74 c5 vpcmpeqb ymm0,ymm0,ymm5 1aa9: c5 f5 eb ce vpor ymm1,ymm1,ymm6 1aad: c5 f5 eb c0 vpor ymm0,ymm1,ymm0 1ab1: c5 fd d7 d0 vpmovmskb edx,ymm0 1ab5: 85 d2 test edx,edx 1ab7: 0f 84 d3 00 00 00 je 1b90 <json_unescape+0x150> 1abd: f3 0f bc d2 tzcnt edx,edx 1ac1: 48 01 d0 add rax,rdx 1ac4: 48 01 d1 add rcx,rdx 1ac7: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1aca: 75 21 jne 1aed <json_unescape+0xad> 1acc: e9 3f 01 00 00 jmp 1c10 <json_unescape+0x1d0> 1ad1: 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 1ad8: 48 83 c0 01 add rax,0x1 1adc: 48 83 c1 01 add rcx,0x1 1ae0: 40 88 71 ff mov BYTE PTR [rcx-0x1],sil 1ae4: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1ae7: 0f 84 23 01 00 00 je 1c10 <json_unescape+0x1d0> 1aed: 0f b6 30 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax] 1af0: 40 80 fe 1f cmp sil,0x1f 1af4: 0f 86 86 00 00 00 jbe 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1afa: 83 fe 22 cmp esi,0x22 1afd: 0f 84 7d 00 00 00 je 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1b03: 83 fe 5c cmp esi,0x5c 1b06: 75 d0 jne 1ad8 <json_unescape+0x98> 1b08: 48 89 fe mov rsi,rdi 1b0b: 48 29 c6 sub rsi,rax 1b0e: 48 83 fe 01 cmp rsi,0x1 1b12: 74 6c je 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1b14: 0f b6 50 01 movzx edx,BYTE PTR [rax+0x1] 1b18: 45 0f b6 1c 12 movzx r11d,BYTE PTR [r10+rdx*1] 1b1d: 41 80 fb fd cmp r11b,0xfd 1b21: 76 7d jbe 1ba0 <json_unescape+0x160> 1b23: 41 81 fb fe 00 00 00 cmp r11d,0xfe 1b2a: 75 54 jne 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1b2c: 48 83 fe 05 cmp rsi,0x5 1b30: 76 4e jbe 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1b32: 0f b7 50 02 movzx edx,WORD PTR [rax+0x2] 1b36: 0f b7 70 04 movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0x4] 1b3a: 41 8b 14 90 mov edx,DWORD PTR [r8+rdx*4] 1b3e: c1 e2 08 shl edx,0x8 1b41: 41 0b 14 b0 or edx,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1b45: 81 fa ff ff 00 00 cmp edx,0xffff 1b4b: 77 33 ja 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1b4d: 41 89 d3 mov r11d,edx 1b50: 48 8d 70 06 lea rsi,[rax+0x6] 1b54: 41 81 e3 00 f8 00 00 and r11d,0xf800 1b5b: 41 81 fb 00 d8 00 00 cmp r11d,0xd800 1b62: 74 4c je 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b64: 48 8d 05 15 25 00 00 lea rax,[rip+0x2515] # 4080 <utf8_value> 1b6b: 48 8b 04 d0 mov rax,QWORD PTR [rax+rdx*8] 1b6f: 89 01 mov DWORD PTR [rcx],eax 1b71: 48 c1 e8 20 shr rax,0x20 1b75: 48 01 c1 add rcx,rax 1b78: 48 89 f0 mov rax,rsi 1b7b: e9 05 ff ff ff jmp 1a85 <json_unescape+0x45> 1b80: 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff mov rax,0xffffffffffffffff 1b87: c5 f8 77 vzeroupper 1b8a: c3 ret 1b8b: 0f 1f 44 00 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0] 1b90: 48 83 c0 20 add rax,0x20 1b94: 48 83 c1 20 add rcx,0x20 1b98: e9 e8 fe ff ff jmp 1a85 <json_unescape+0x45> 1b9d: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1ba0: 44 88 19 mov BYTE PTR [rcx],r11b 1ba3: 48 83 c0 02 add rax,0x2 1ba7: 48 83 c1 01 add rcx,0x1 1bab: e9 d5 fe ff ff jmp 1a85 <json_unescape+0x45> 1bb0: 81 fa ff db 00 00 cmp edx,0xdbff 1bb6: 77 c8 ja 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1bb8: 49 89 fb mov r11,rdi 1bbb: 49 29 f3 sub r11,rsi 1bbe: 49 83 fb 05 cmp r11,0x5 1bc2: 76 bc jbe 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1bc4: 80 78 06 5c cmp BYTE PTR [rax+0x6],0x5c 1bc8: 75 b6 jne 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1bca: 80 78 07 75 cmp BYTE PTR [rax+0x7],0x75 1bce: 75 b0 jne 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1bd0: 0f b7 70 08 movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0x8] 1bd4: 45 8b 1c b0 mov r11d,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1bd8: 0f b7 70 0a movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0xa] 1bdc: 41 c1 e3 08 shl r11d,0x8 1be0: 45 0b 1c b0 or r11d,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1be4: 41 8d b3 00 24 ff ff lea esi,[r11-0xdc00] 1beb: 81 fe ff 03 00 00 cmp esi,0x3ff 1bf1: 77 8d ja 1b80 <json_unescape+0x140> 1bf3: 81 ea 00 d8 00 00 sub edx,0xd800 1bf9: 48 8d 70 0c lea rsi,[rax+0xc] 1bfd: c1 e2 0a shl edx,0xa 1c00: 41 8d 94 13 00 24 00 lea edx,[r11+rdx*1+0x2400] 1c07: 00 1c08: e9 57 ff ff ff jmp 1b64 <json_unescape+0x124> 1c0d: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1c10: 48 89 c8 mov rax,rcx 1c13: 4c 29 c8 sub rax,r9 1c16: e9 6c ff ff ff jmp 1b87 <json_unescape+0x147> Disassembly of section .fini: --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- Completed: 2 succeeded, 0 failed

{"intent": "Bypass redundant scalar reclassification of SIMD-found escapes", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n p += n;\n q += n;\n- break;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ goto escape;\n@@\n if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out);\n \n // Escape introducer at p.\n+escape:\n if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID;\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 107- break; 107+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 108+ goto escape; 125+ escape:

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score direct SIMD-to-escape dispatch", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 13,370,655 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.9677 (3.911x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Elide escape-length check when SIMD proves ample input remains", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n- goto escape;\n+ goto escape_room2;\n@@\n escape:\n if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID;\n+escape_room2:\n unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]];\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 108- goto escape; 108+ goto escape_room2; 127+ escape_room2:

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Make label placement valid C17", "new_string": "escape_room2:;", "old_string": "escape_room2:", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 127- escape_room2: 127+ escape_room2:; Context after edit (lines 124-130): 124│ // Escape introducer at p. 125│ escape: 126│ if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 127│ escape_room2:; 128│ unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 129│ if (d < 0xfe) { 130│ *q++ = (uint8_t)d;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score SIMD-proven bounds fast path", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 12,983,455 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.0101 (4.028x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "objdump -d -Mintel --disassemble=json_unescape .build/runner | sed -n '55,180p'", "intent": "Inspect current escape dispatch assembly", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

1af5: 0f 85 b5 00 00 00 jne 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1afb: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1afe: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b01: 48 83 f9 05 cmp rcx,0x5 1b05: 0f 86 a5 00 00 00 jbe 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b0b: 0f b7 48 02 movzx ecx,WORD PTR [rax+0x2] 1b0f: 0f b7 70 04 movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0x4] 1b13: 41 8b 0c 88 mov ecx,DWORD PTR [r8+rcx*4] 1b17: c1 e1 08 shl ecx,0x8 1b1a: 41 0b 0c b0 or ecx,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1b1e: 81 f9 ff ff 00 00 cmp ecx,0xffff 1b24: 0f 87 86 00 00 00 ja 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b2a: 89 cb mov ebx,ecx 1b2c: 48 8d 70 06 lea rsi,[rax+0x6] 1b30: 81 e3 00 f8 00 00 and ebx,0xf800 1b36: 81 fb 00 d8 00 00 cmp ebx,0xd800 1b3c: 0f 84 9e 00 00 00 je 1be0 <json_unescape+0x1a0> 1b42: 49 8b 04 cb mov rax,QWORD PTR [r11+rcx*8] 1b46: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1b49: 89 02 mov DWORD PTR [rdx],eax 1b4b: 48 c1 e8 20 shr rax,0x20 1b4f: 48 01 c2 add rdx,rax 1b52: 48 89 f0 mov rax,rsi 1b55: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b58: 48 83 f9 1f cmp rcx,0x1f 1b5c: 0f 87 3b ff ff ff ja 1a9d <json_unescape+0x5d> 1b62: 48 39 f8 cmp rax,rdi 1b65: 75 1e jne 1b85 <json_unescape+0x145> 1b67: e9 d4 00 00 00 jmp 1c40 <json_unescape+0x200> 1b6c: 0f 1f 40 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 1b70: 48 83 c0 01 add rax,0x1 1b74: 48 83 c2 01 add rdx,0x1 1b78: 40 88 72 ff mov BYTE PTR [rdx-0x1],sil 1b7c: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1b7f: 0f 84 bb 00 00 00 je 1c40 <json_unescape+0x200> 1b85: 0f b6 30 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax] 1b88: 40 80 fe 1f cmp sil,0x1f 1b8c: 76 22 jbe 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b8e: 83 fe 22 cmp esi,0x22 1b91: 74 1d je 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b93: 83 fe 5c cmp esi,0x5c 1b96: 75 d8 jne 1b70 <json_unescape+0x130> 1b98: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1b9b: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b9e: 48 83 f9 01 cmp rcx,0x1 1ba2: 0f 85 34 ff ff ff jne 1adc <json_unescape+0x9c> 1ba8: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0] 1baf: 00 1bb0: 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff mov rax,0xffffffffffffffff 1bb7: c5 f8 77 vzeroupper 1bba: 48 8b 5d f8 mov rbx,QWORD PTR [rbp-0x8] 1bbe: c9 leave 1bbf: c3 ret 1bc0: 48 83 c0 20 add rax,0x20 1bc4: 48 83 c2 20 add rdx,0x20 1bc8: e9 c0 fe ff ff jmp 1a8d <json_unescape+0x4d> 1bcd: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1bd0: 40 88 32 mov BYTE PTR [rdx],sil 1bd3: 48 83 c0 02 add rax,0x2 1bd7: 48 83 c2 01 add rdx,0x1 1bdb: e9 ad fe ff ff jmp 1a8d <json_unescape+0x4d> 1be0: 81 f9 ff db 00 00 cmp ecx,0xdbff 1be6: 77 c8 ja 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1be8: 48 89 fb mov rbx,rdi 1beb: 48 29 f3 sub rbx,rsi 1bee: 48 83 fb 05 cmp rbx,0x5 1bf2: 76 bc jbe 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1bf4: 80 78 06 5c cmp BYTE PTR [rax+0x6],0x5c 1bf8: 75 b6 jne 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1bfa: 80 78 07 75 cmp BYTE PTR [rax+0x7],0x75 1bfe: 75 b0 jne 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1c00: 0f b7 70 08 movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0x8] 1c04: 41 8b 1c b0 mov ebx,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1c08: 0f b7 70 0a movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0xa] 1c0c: c1 e3 08 shl ebx,0x8 1c0f: 41 0b 1c b0 or ebx,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1c13: 8d b3 00 24 ff ff lea esi,[rbx-0xdc00] 1c19: 81 fe ff 03 00 00 cmp esi,0x3ff 1c1f: 77 8f ja 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1c21: 81 e9 00 d8 00 00 sub ecx,0xd800 1c27: 48 8d 70 0c lea rsi,[rax+0xc] 1c2b: c1 e1 0a shl ecx,0xa 1c2e: 8d 8c 0b 00 24 00 00 lea ecx,[rbx+rcx*1+0x2400] 1c35: e9 08 ff ff ff jmp 1b42 <json_unescape+0x102> 1c3a: 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 nop WORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0] 1c40: 48 89 d0 mov rax,rdx 1c43: 4c 29 d0 sub rax,r10 1c46: e9 6c ff ff ff jmp 1bb7 <json_unescape+0x177> Disassembly of section .fini: --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "objdump -d -Mintel --disassemble=json_unescape .build/runner | sed -n '1,100p'", "intent": "Inspect fast escape entry assembly", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

.build/runner: file format elf64-x86-64 Disassembly of section .init: Disassembly of section .plt: Disassembly of section .text: 0000000000001a40 <json_unescape>: 1a40: 55 push rbp 1a41: b9 1f 1f 1f 1f mov ecx,0x1f1f1f1f 1a46: 48 89 f8 mov rax,rdi 1a49: 49 89 d2 mov r10,rdx 1a4c: c5 f9 6e f1 vmovd xmm6,ecx 1a50: b9 22 22 22 22 mov ecx,0x22222222 1a55: 48 01 f7 add rdi,rsi 1a58: c5 f9 6e e9 vmovd xmm5,ecx 1a5c: b9 5c 5c 5c 5c mov ecx,0x5c5c5c5c 1a61: 4c 8d 0d 18 26 8c 00 lea r9,[rip+0x8c2618] # 8c4080 <escape_value> 1a68: 48 89 e5 mov rbp,rsp 1a6b: 53 push rbx 1a6c: c5 f9 6e e1 vmovd xmm4,ecx 1a70: 4c 8d 05 09 26 88 00 lea r8,[rip+0x882609] # 884080 <hex_pair> 1a77: c4 e2 7d 58 f6 vpbroadcastd ymm6,xmm6 1a7c: c4 e2 7d 58 ed vpbroadcastd ymm5,xmm5 1a81: c4 e2 7d 58 e4 vpbroadcastd ymm4,xmm4 1a86: 4c 8d 1d f3 25 00 00 lea r11,[rip+0x25f3] # 4080 <utf8_value> 1a8d: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1a90: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1a93: 48 83 f9 1f cmp rcx,0x1f 1a97: 0f 86 c5 00 00 00 jbe 1b62 <json_unescape+0x122> 1a9d: c5 fe 6f 00 vmovdqu ymm0,YMMWORD PTR [rax] 1aa1: c5 fd 74 cd vpcmpeqb ymm1,ymm0,ymm5 1aa5: c5 fd 74 dc vpcmpeqb ymm3,ymm0,ymm4 1aa9: c5 cd da d0 vpminub ymm2,ymm6,ymm0 1aad: c5 fe 7f 02 vmovdqu YMMWORD PTR [rdx],ymm0 1ab1: c5 fd 74 c2 vpcmpeqb ymm0,ymm0,ymm2 1ab5: c5 f5 eb cb vpor ymm1,ymm1,ymm3 1ab9: c5 f5 eb c0 vpor ymm0,ymm1,ymm0 1abd: c5 fd d7 c8 vpmovmskb ecx,ymm0 1ac1: 85 c9 test ecx,ecx 1ac3: 0f 84 f7 00 00 00 je 1bc0 <json_unescape+0x180> 1ac9: f3 0f bc c9 tzcnt ecx,ecx 1acd: 48 01 c8 add rax,rcx 1ad0: 80 38 5c cmp BYTE PTR [rax],0x5c 1ad3: 0f 85 d7 00 00 00 jne 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1ad9: 48 01 ca add rdx,rcx 1adc: 0f b6 48 01 movzx ecx,BYTE PTR [rax+0x1] 1ae0: 41 0f b6 34 09 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [r9+rcx*1] 1ae5: 40 80 fe fd cmp sil,0xfd 1ae9: 0f 86 e1 00 00 00 jbe 1bd0 <json_unescape+0x190> 1aef: 81 fe fe 00 00 00 cmp esi,0xfe 1af5: 0f 85 b5 00 00 00 jne 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1afb: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1afe: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b01: 48 83 f9 05 cmp rcx,0x5 1b05: 0f 86 a5 00 00 00 jbe 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b0b: 0f b7 48 02 movzx ecx,WORD PTR [rax+0x2] 1b0f: 0f b7 70 04 movzx esi,WORD PTR [rax+0x4] 1b13: 41 8b 0c 88 mov ecx,DWORD PTR [r8+rcx*4] 1b17: c1 e1 08 shl ecx,0x8 1b1a: 41 0b 0c b0 or ecx,DWORD PTR [r8+rsi*4] 1b1e: 81 f9 ff ff 00 00 cmp ecx,0xffff 1b24: 0f 87 86 00 00 00 ja 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b2a: 89 cb mov ebx,ecx 1b2c: 48 8d 70 06 lea rsi,[rax+0x6] 1b30: 81 e3 00 f8 00 00 and ebx,0xf800 1b36: 81 fb 00 d8 00 00 cmp ebx,0xd800 1b3c: 0f 84 9e 00 00 00 je 1be0 <json_unescape+0x1a0> 1b42: 49 8b 04 cb mov rax,QWORD PTR [r11+rcx*8] 1b46: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1b49: 89 02 mov DWORD PTR [rdx],eax 1b4b: 48 c1 e8 20 shr rax,0x20 1b4f: 48 01 c2 add rdx,rax 1b52: 48 89 f0 mov rax,rsi 1b55: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b58: 48 83 f9 1f cmp rcx,0x1f 1b5c: 0f 87 3b ff ff ff ja 1a9d <json_unescape+0x5d> 1b62: 48 39 f8 cmp rax,rdi 1b65: 75 1e jne 1b85 <json_unescape+0x145> 1b67: e9 d4 00 00 00 jmp 1c40 <json_unescape+0x200> 1b6c: 0f 1f 40 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 1b70: 48 83 c0 01 add rax,0x1 1b74: 48 83 c2 01 add rdx,0x1 1b78: 40 88 72 ff mov BYTE PTR [rdx-0x1],sil 1b7c: 48 39 c7 cmp rdi,rax 1b7f: 0f 84 bb 00 00 00 je 1c40 <json_unescape+0x200> 1b85: 0f b6 30 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax] 1b88: 40 80 fe 1f cmp sil,0x1f 1b8c: 76 22 jbe 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b8e: 83 fe 22 cmp esi,0x22 1b91: 74 1d je 1bb0 <json_unescape+0x170> 1b93: 83 fe 5c cmp esi,0x5c 1b96: 75 d8 jne 1b70 <json_unescape+0x130> 1b98: 48 89 f9 mov rcx,rdi 1b9b: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1b9e: 48 83 f9 01 cmp rcx,0x1 1ba2: 0f 85 34 ff ff ff jne 1adc <json_unescape+0x9c> --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Read current function before dispatch refactor", "limit": 220, "start_line": 75}

75 76 static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 77 unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 78 unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 79 return (a << 8) | b; 80 } 81 82 __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 83 size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 84 const uint8_t *p = in; 85 const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 86 uint8_t *q = out; 87 const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); 88 const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); 89 const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); 90 91 for (;;) { 92 // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output 93 // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store 94 // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 95 // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 96 while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 97 __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 98 _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 99 __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), 100 _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), 101 _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); 102 unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 103 if (mask) { 104 unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 105 p += n; 106 q += n; 107 if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 108 goto escape_room2; 109 } 110 p += 32; 111 q += 32; 112 } 113 114 // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run. 115 while (p != end) { 116 unsigned c = *p; 117 if (c < 0x20 || c == '"') return INVALID; 118 if (c == '\\') break; 119 *q++ = (uint8_t)c; 120 ++p; 121 } 122 if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); 123 124 // Escape introducer at p. 125 escape: 126 if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 127 escape_room2:; 128 unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 129 if (d < 0xfe) { 130 *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 131 p += 2; 132 continue; 133 } 134 if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID; 135 136 unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2); 137 if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID; 138 p += 6; 139 140 unsigned cp = cu; 141 if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 142 if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 || 143 p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID; 144 unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2); 145 if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 146 p += 6; 147 cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 148 } 149 uint64_t encoded = utf8_value[cp]; 150 store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes 151 q += encoded >> 32; 152 } 153 }

{"intent": "Split checked tail and bounds-proven vector escape paths", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n+ unsigned d, cu, cp;\n+ uint64_t encoded;\n@@\n q += n;\n if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n- goto escape_room2;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n@@\n- // Escape introducer at p.\n-escape:\n+ // Tail escape: establish enough room before joining the fast labels.\n if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID;\n-escape_room2:;\n- unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]];\n- if (d < 0xfe) {\n- *q++ = (uint8_t)d;\n- p += 2;\n- continue;\n- }\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID;\n+ if ((size_t)(end - p) >= 12) goto unicode_room12;\n \n- unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2);\n+ // A short Unicode tail cannot contain a complete surrogate pair.\n+ cu = parse4(p + 2);\n if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n+ if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) return INVALID;\n+ cp = cu;\n+ goto emit;\n \n- unsigned cp = cu;\n+simple_escape:\n+ *q++ = (uint8_t)d;\n+ p += 2;\n+ continue;\n+\n+unicode_room12:\n+ cu = parse4(p + 2);\n+ if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID;\n+ p += 6;\n+ cp = cu;\n if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) {\n- if (cu >= 0xdc00 || (size_t)(end - p) < 6 ||\n- p[0] != '\\\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID;\n+ if (cu >= 0xdc00 || p[0] != '\\\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID;\n unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2);\n if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n }\n- uint64_t encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n+emit:\n+ encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 90+ unsigned d, cu, cp; 91+ uint64_t encoded; 108- goto escape_room2; 110+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 111+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 112+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; 113+ goto unicode_room12; 124- // Escape introducer at p. 125- escape: 129+ // Tail escape: establish enough room before joining the fast labels. 127- escape_room2:; 128- unsigned d = escape_value[p[1]]; 129- if (d < 0xfe) { 130- *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 131- p += 2; 132- continue; 133- } 131+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 132+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 134+ if ((size_t)(end - p) >= 12) goto unicode_room12; 136- unsigned cu = parse4(p + 2); 136+ // A short Unicode tail cannot contain a complete surrogate pair. 137+ cu = parse4(p + 2); 140+ if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) return INVALID; 141+ cp = cu; 142+ goto emit; 140- unsigned cp = cu; 144+ simple_escape: 145+ *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 146+ p += 2; ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score split checked and fast escape paths", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 12,404,160 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.0760 (4.216x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"edits": [{"new_string": "static uint32_t hex_hi[65536];\nstatic uint32_t hex_lo[65536];", "old_string": "static uint32_t hex_pair[65536];", "replace_all": false}, {"new_string": " uint32_t v = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c);\n hex_lo[b] = v;\n hex_hi[b] = v > 255 ? 0x10000u : v << 8;", "old_string": " hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c);", "replace_all": false}, {"new_string": "static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) {\n return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)];\n}", "old_string": "static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) {\n unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)];\n unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)];\n return (a << 8) | b;\n}", "replace_all": false}], "file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Pre-shift high hexadecimal pairs to remove runtime shifts"}

Edited submission/solve.c Applied: ✓ Edit 1: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 2: replaced 1 occurrence ✓ Edit 3: replaced 1 occurrence Total: 3 applied, 0 failed Diff: 12- static uint32_t hex_pair[65536]; 12+ static uint32_t hex_hi[65536]; 13+ static uint32_t hex_lo[65536]; 39- hex_pair[b] = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c); 40+ uint32_t v = (a | c) & 256 ? 0x10000u : (uint32_t)((a << 4) | c); 41+ hex_lo[b] = v; 42+ hex_hi[b] = v > 255 ? 0x10000u : v << 8; 77- unsigned a = hex_pair[load16(p)]; 78- unsigned b = hex_pair[load16(p + 2)]; 79- return (a << 8) | b; 80+ return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)];

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score pre-shifted hexadecimal pair tables", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 12,056,875 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.1169 (4.338x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Classify quote and backslash together with one byte shuffle", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static uint64_t utf8_value[0x110000];\n+static const uint8_t special_shuffle[32] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = {\n+ 1, 0, 0x22, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 0x5c, 12, 15, 14,\n+ 1, 0, 0x22, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 0x5c, 12, 15, 14\n+};\n@@\n- const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('\"');\n- const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\\\');\n+ const __m256i punct = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)special_shuffle);\n@@\n- __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote),\n- _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash),\n- _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)));\n+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)),\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 16+ static const uint8_t special_shuffle[32] __attribute__((aligned(32))) = { 17+ 1, 0, 0x22, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 0x5c, 12, 15, 14, 18+ 1, 0, 0x22, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8, 11, 10, 0x5c, 12, 15, 14 19+ }; 88- const __m256i quote = _mm256_set1_epi8('"'); 89- const __m256i slash = _mm256_set1_epi8('\\'); 92+ const __m256i punct = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)special_shuffle); 102- __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, quote), 103- _mm256_or_si256(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, slash), 104- _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v))); 105+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256( 106+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), 107+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score shuffle-based punctuation classification", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 11,664,865 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.1646 (4.483x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Unroll plain vector scan to reduce loop overhead", "new_string": " #pragma GCC unroll 2\n while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {", "old_string": " while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 102+ #pragma GCC unroll 2 Context after edit (lines 99-106): 99│ // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store 100│ // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 101│ // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 102│ #pragma GCC unroll 2 103│ while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 104│ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 105│ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 106│ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score unrolled vector scan", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.7s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 11,664,865 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.1646 (4.483x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Remove ineffective unroll directive", "new_string": " while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {", "old_string": " #pragma GCC unroll 2\n while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 102- #pragma GCC unroll 2 Context after edit (lines 99-105): 99│ // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store 100│ // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 101│ // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 102│ while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 103│ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 104│ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 105│ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(

{"intent": "Replace per-vector remaining-length subtraction with pointer comparison", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const uint8_t *p = in;\n const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n+ const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in;\n@@\n- while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) {\n+ while (p < vector_end) {\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 91+ const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in; 102- while ((size_t)(end - p) >= 32) { 103+ while (p < vector_end) {

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score pointer-bound vector loop", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 1.0s PASS measure 0.6s 11,042,745 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2437 (4.736x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Vectorize sixteen-byte tails before scalar fallback", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const uint8_t *p = in;\n const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in;\n+ const uint8_t *half_end = in_len >= 16 ? end - 15 : in;\n@@\n const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f);\n+ const __m128i punct128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(punct);\n+ const __m128i ctrl128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(ctrl);\n@@\n q += 32;\n }\n+\n+ while (p < half_end) {\n+ __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p);\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v);\n+ __m128i special = _mm_or_si128(\n+ _mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm_shuffle_epi8(punct128, v)),\n+ _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl128), v));\n+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special);\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ p += n;\n+ q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+ p += 16;\n+ q += 16;\n+ }\n \n // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run.\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (3 hunks) 92+ const uint8_t *half_end = in_len >= 16 ? end - 15 : in; 96+ const __m128i punct128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(punct); 97+ const __m128i ctrl128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(ctrl); 127+ while (p < half_end) { 128+ __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); 129+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v); 130+ __m128i special = _mm_or_si128( 131+ _mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm_shuffle_epi8(punct128, v)), 132+ _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl128), v)); 133+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special); 134+ if (mask) { 135+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 136+ p += n; 137+ q += n; 138+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 139+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 140+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 141+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; 142+ goto unicode_room12; 143+ } 144+ p += 16; 145+ q += 16; 146+ }

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score vectorized sixteen-byte tails", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.9s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 11,042,218 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2438 (4.736x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Profile remaining optimized hotspots", "tool_calls": [{"command": "callgrind_annotate --inclusive=no --auto=yes --threshold=0.1 .build/callgrind.runner.out 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/Auto-annotated source: submission\\/solve.c/,/Auto-annotated source:/p' | head -280", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "tool": "bash", "wake": false}, {"command": "objdump -d -Mintel --disassemble=json_unescape .build/runner | sed -n '1,260p'", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "tool": "bash", "wake": false}]}

--- [1] bash --- -- Auto-annotated source: submission/solve.c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -- line 76 ---------------------------------------- . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) { . memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v); . } . . static inline unsigned parse4(const uint8_t *p) { 158,482 ( 7.72%) return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)]; . } . . __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 4,800 ( 0.23%) size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { . const uint8_t *p = in; 600 ( 0.03%) const uint8_t *end = in + in_len; 1,800 ( 0.09%) const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in; 1,200 ( 0.06%) const uint8_t *half_end = in_len >= 16 ? end - 15 : in; 1,200 ( 0.06%) uint8_t *q = out; . const __m256i punct = _mm256_load_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)special_shuffle); . const __m256i ctrl = _mm256_set1_epi8(0x1f); . const __m128i punct128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(punct); . const __m128i ctrl128 = _mm256_castsi256_si128(ctrl); . unsigned d, cu, cp; . uint64_t encoded; . . for (;;) { . // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output . // store is safe because capacity is at least 3*in_len+4. A full store . // is only made when at least 32 input bytes remain, hence at least 68 . // bytes remain in the output allocation even after maximum shrinking. 127,796 ( 6.22%) while (p < vector_end) { . __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); . _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); . __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256( . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), . _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)); . unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 124,670 ( 6.07%) if (mask) { . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); . p += n; . q += n; 600 ( 0.03%) if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; . d = escape_value[p[1]]; . if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; . if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; . goto unicode_room12; . } 19,182 ( 0.93%) p += 32; 19,182 ( 0.93%) q += 32; . } . 3,182 ( 0.15%) while (p < half_end) { . __m128i v = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); . _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, v); . __m128i special = _mm_or_si128( . _mm_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm_shuffle_epi8(punct128, v)), . _mm_cmpeq_epi8(_mm_min_epu8(v, ctrl128), v)); . unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm_movemask_epi8(special); 1,334 ( 0.06%) if (mask) { . unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 87,332 ( 4.25%) p += n; 43,666 ( 2.13%) q += n; 87,332 ( 4.25%) if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 131,598 ( 6.41%) d = escape_value[p[1]]; 87,332 ( 4.25%) if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 64,086 ( 3.12%) if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; . goto unicode_room12; . } 154 ( 0.01%) p += 16; 154 ( 0.01%) q += 16; . } . . // The short tail is normally the only scalar plain run. 8,645 ( 0.42%) while (p != end) { 3,606 ( 0.18%) unsigned c = *p; 14,424 ( 0.70%) if (c < 0x20 || c == '"') return INVALID; 7,212 ( 0.35%) if (c == '\\') break; 6,564 ( 0.32%) *q++ = (uint8_t)c; 3,282 ( 0.16%) ++p; . } 1,800 ( 0.09%) if (p == end) return (size_t)(q - out); . . // Tail escape: establish enough room before joining the fast labels. 1,296 ( 0.06%) if ((size_t)(end - p) < 2) return INVALID; 1,296 ( 0.06%) d = escape_value[p[1]]; 818 ( 0.04%) if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 956 ( 0.05%) if (d != 0xfe || (size_t)(end - p) < 6) return INVALID; 682 ( 0.03%) if ((size_t)(end - p) >= 12) goto unicode_room12; . . // A short Unicode tail cannot contain a complete surrogate pair. . cu = parse4(p + 2); 274 ( 0.01%) if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID; 411 ( 0.02%) p += 6; 548 ( 0.03%) if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) return INVALID; . cp = cu; . goto emit; . . simple_escape: 23,416 ( 1.14%) *q++ = (uint8_t)d; 11,708 ( 0.57%) p += 2; 11,708 ( 0.57%) continue; . . unicode_room12: . cu = parse4(p + 2); 64,290 ( 3.13%) if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID; 25,175 ( 1.23%) p += 6; . cp = cu; 128,580 ( 6.26%) if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 41,820 ( 2.04%) if (cu >= 0xdc00 || p[0] != '\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID; . unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2); 20,910 ( 1.02%) if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID; 6,970 ( 0.34%) p += 6; 27,880 ( 1.36%) cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); . } . emit: 33,482 ( 1.63%) encoded = utf8_value[cp]; 32,282 ( 1.57%) store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes 96,846 ( 4.72%) q += encoded >> 32; . } 3,600 ( 0.18%) } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,546,163 (75.28%) events annotated --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- --- [2] bash --- .build/runner: file format elf64-x86-64 Disassembly of section .init: Disassembly of section .plt: Disassembly of section .text: 0000000000001940 <json_unescape>: 1940: 55 push rbp 1941: 4c 8d 04 37 lea r8,[rdi+rsi*1] 1945: 48 89 f8 mov rax,rdi 1948: 4d 8d 48 e1 lea r9,[r8-0x1f] 194c: 48 89 e5 mov rbp,rsp 194f: 41 56 push r14 1951: 41 55 push r13 1953: 41 54 push r12 1955: 49 89 d4 mov r12,rdx 1958: 53 push rbx 1959: 48 83 fe 1f cmp rsi,0x1f 195d: 0f 87 a5 01 00 00 ja 1b08 <json_unescape+0x1c8> 1963: 49 89 f9 mov r9,rdi 1966: 48 83 fe 0f cmp rsi,0xf 196a: 0f 87 98 01 00 00 ja 1b08 <json_unescape+0x1c8> 1970: ba 1f 1f 1f 1f mov edx,0x1f1f1f1f 1975: c5 f9 6f 25 e3 06 00 vmovdqa xmm4,XMMWORD PTR [rip+0x6e3] # 2060 <_IO_stdin_used+0x60> 197c: 00 197d: c5 fd 6f 35 db 06 00 vmovdqa ymm6,YMMWORD PTR [rip+0x6db] # 2060 <_IO_stdin_used+0x60> 1984: 00 1985: 4c 8d 2d f4 26 00 00 lea r13,[rip+0x26f4] # 4080 <utf8_value> 198c: c5 f9 6e da vmovd xmm3,edx 1990: 4c 8d 1d e9 26 8c 00 lea r11,[rip+0x8c26e9] # 8c4080 <hex_hi> 1997: 4c 89 e2 mov rdx,r12 199a: c4 e2 7d 58 db vpbroadcastd ymm3,xmm3 199f: 4c 8d 15 da 26 88 00 lea r10,[rip+0x8826da] # 884080 <hex_lo> 19a6: 48 8d 1d d3 26 90 00 lea rbx,[rip+0x9026d3] # 904080 <escape_value> 19ad: c5 fd 6f eb vmovdqa ymm5,ymm3 19b1: 0f 1f 40 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax+0x0] 19b5: 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 data16 cs nop WORD PTR [rax+rax*1+0x0] 19bc: 00 00 00 00 19c0: 4c 39 c8 cmp rax,r9 19c3: 73 6c jae 1a31 <json_unescape+0xf1> 19c5: c5 fe 6f 08 vmovdqu ymm1,YMMWORD PTR [rax] 19c9: c5 d5 da c1 vpminub ymm0,ymm5,ymm1 19cd: c4 e2 4d 00 d1 vpshufb ymm2,ymm6,ymm1 19d2: c5 fe 7f 0a vmovdqu YMMWORD PTR [rdx],ymm1 19d6: c5 f5 74 c0 vpcmpeqb ymm0,ymm1,ymm0 19da: c5 ed 74 c9 vpcmpeqb ymm1,ymm2,ymm1 19de: c5 fd eb c1 vpor ymm0,ymm0,ymm1 19e2: c5 fd d7 c8 vpmovmskb ecx,ymm0 19e6: 85 c9 test ecx,ecx 19e8: 0f 85 2a 01 00 00 jne 1b18 <json_unescape+0x1d8> 19ee: 48 83 c0 20 add rax,0x20 19f2: 48 83 c2 20 add rdx,0x20 19f6: 4c 39 c8 cmp rax,r9 19f9: 72 ca jb 19c5 <json_unescape+0x85> 19fb: eb 34 jmp 1a31 <json_unescape+0xf1> 19fd: 0f 1f 00 nop DWORD PTR [rax] 1a00: c5 fa 6f 00 vmovdqu xmm0,XMMWORD PTR [rax] 1a04: c4 e2 59 00 c8 vpshufb xmm1,xmm4,xmm0 1a09: c5 e1 da d0 vpminub xmm2,xmm3,xmm0 1a0d: c5 fa 7f 02 vmovdqu XMMWORD PTR [rdx],xmm0 1a11: c5 f1 74 c8 vpcmpeqb xmm1,xmm1,xmm0 1a15: c5 f9 74 c2 vpcmpeqb xmm0,xmm0,xmm2 1a19: c5 f1 eb c0 vpor xmm0,xmm1,xmm0 1a1d: c5 f9 d7 c8 vpmovmskb ecx,xmm0 1a21: 85 c9 test ecx,ecx 1a23: 0f 85 ef 00 00 00 jne 1b18 <json_unescape+0x1d8> 1a29: 48 83 c0 10 add rax,0x10 1a2d: 48 83 c2 10 add rdx,0x10 1a31: 48 39 f8 cmp rax,rdi 1a34: 72 ca jb 1a00 <json_unescape+0xc0> 1a36: 49 39 c0 cmp r8,rax 1a39: 75 1a jne 1a55 <json_unescape+0x115> 1a3b: e9 d0 01 00 00 jmp 1c10 <json_unescape+0x2d0> 1a40: 48 83 c0 01 add rax,0x1 1a44: 48 83 c2 01 add rdx,0x1 1a48: 40 88 72 ff mov BYTE PTR [rdx-0x1],sil 1a4c: 49 39 c0 cmp r8,rax 1a4f: 0f 84 bb 01 00 00 je 1c10 <json_unescape+0x2d0> 1a55: 0f b6 30 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax] 1a58: 40 80 fe 1f cmp sil,0x1f 1a5c: 0f 86 8e 01 00 00 jbe 1bf0 <json_unescape+0x2b0> 1a62: 83 fe 22 cmp esi,0x22 1a65: 0f 84 85 01 00 00 je 1bf0 <json_unescape+0x2b0> 1a6b: 83 fe 5c cmp esi,0x5c 1a6e: 75 d0 jne 1a40 <json_unescape+0x100> 1a70: 4c 89 c1 mov rcx,r8 1a73: 48 29 c1 sub rcx,rax 1a76: 48 83 f9 01 cmp rcx,0x1 1a7a: 0f 84 70 01 00 00 je 1bf0 <json_unescape+0x2b0> 1a80: 0f b6 70 01 movzx esi,BYTE PTR [rax+0x1] 1a84: 4c 8d 35 f5 25 90 00 lea r14,[rip+0x9025f5] # 904080 <escape_value> 1a8b: 45 0f b6 34 36 movzx r14d,BYTE PTR [r14+rsi*1] 1a90: 44 89 f ... [5459 characters truncated for page size]

{"intent": "Use UTF-8 table sentinel for surrogate detection", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n }\n for (unsigned cp = 0; cp != 0x110000; ++cp) {\n+ if (cp >= 0xd800 && cp <= 0xdfff) {\n+ utf8_value[cp] = 0;\n+ continue;\n+ }\n uint32_t w;\n@@\n- unsigned d, cu, cp;\n+ unsigned d, cu;\n@@\n cu = parse4(p + 2);\n if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n- if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) return INVALID;\n- cp = cu;\n+ encoded = utf8_value[cu];\n+ if (encoded == 0) return INVALID;\n goto emit;\n@@\n cu = parse4(p + 2);\n if (cu > 0xffff) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n- cp = cu;\n- if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) {\n+ encoded = utf8_value[cu];\n+ if (encoded == 0) {\n if (cu >= 0xdc00 || p[0] != '\\\\' || p[1] != 'u') return INVALID;\n unsigned lo = parse4(p + 2);\n if (lo > 0xffff || lo - 0xdc00 >= 0x400) return INVALID;\n p += 6;\n- cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n+ unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n+ encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n }\n emit:\n- encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (4 hunks) 49+ if (cp >= 0xd800 && cp <= 0xdfff) { 50+ utf8_value[cp] = 0; 51+ continue; 52+ } 98- unsigned d, cu, cp; 102+ unsigned d, cu; 169- if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) return INVALID; 170- cp = cu; 173+ encoded = utf8_value[cu]; 174+ if (encoded == 0) return INVALID; 182- cp = cu; 183- if ((cu & 0xf800) == 0xd800) { 186+ encoded = utf8_value[cu]; 187+ if (encoded == 0) { 188- cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 192+ unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00); 193+ encoded = utf8_value[cp]; 191- encoded = utf8_value[cp];

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score table-sentinel surrogate detection", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 10,916,083 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2603 (4.791x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Use fixed four-byte length directly for surrogate-pair output", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n p += 6;\n unsigned cp = 0x10000 + ((cu - 0xd800) << 10) + (lo - 0xdc00);\n encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n+ store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded);\n+ q += 4;\n+ continue;\n }\n emit:\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (1 hunks) 194+ store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); 195+ q += 4; 196+ continue;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score direct surrogate output path", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.9s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 10,800,188 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2757 (4.842x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Test more aggressive function-local compiler optimization", "new_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\"), optimize(\"O3\")))", "old_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 91- __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 91+ __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("O3"))) Context after edit (lines 88-94): 88│ return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)]; 89│ } 90│ 91│ __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("O3"))) 92│ size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 93│ const uint8_t *p = in; 94│ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score function-local O3 optimization", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 1.0s PASS measure 0.6s 11,175,232 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2265 (4.680x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Revert slower O3 code generation", "new_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))", "old_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\"), optimize(\"O3\")))", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 91- __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("O3"))) 91+ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) Context after edit (lines 88-94): 88│ return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)]; 89│ } 90│ 91│ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 92│ size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 93│ const uint8_t *p = in; 94│ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Test frame-pointer omission for hot function", "new_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\"), optimize(\"omit-frame-pointer\")))", "old_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 91- __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 91+ __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("omit-frame-pointer"))) Context after edit (lines 88-94): 88│ return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)]; 89│ } 90│ 91│ __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("omit-frame-pointer"))) 92│ size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 93│ const uint8_t *p = in; 94│ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Score frame-pointer omission", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 2.0s verify 0.9s PASS measure 0.6s 10,800,188 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2757 (4.842x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"file_path": "submission/solve.c", "intent": "Remove ineffective compiler option", "new_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\")))", "old_string": "__attribute__((target(\"avx2\"), optimize(\"omit-frame-pointer\")))", "replace_all": false}

Edited submission/solve.c: replaced 1 occurrence(s) 91- __attribute__((target("avx2"), optimize("omit-frame-pointer"))) 91+ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) Context after edit (lines 88-94): 88│ return hex_hi[load16(p)] | hex_lo[load16(p + 2)]; 89│ } 90│ 91│ __attribute__((target("avx2"))) 92│ size_t json_unescape(const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len, uint8_t *out) { 93│ const uint8_t *p = in; 94│ const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;

{"command": "cp submission/solve.c \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/solve.best.c\"", "intent": "Checkpoint best-scoring implementation before further experiments", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

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

{"intent": "Scan paired AVX2 blocks with less loop overhead", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n+ const uint8_t *wide_end = in_len >= 64 ? end - 63 : in;\n const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in;\n@@\n for (;;) {\n+ // Pair two vectors while at least 64 bytes remain. Keeping the first\n+ // pointer fixed saves the pointer updates and loop test between them.\n+ while (p < wide_end) {\n+ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p);\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v);\n+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)),\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));\n+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special);\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ p += n; q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+\n+ v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(p + 32));\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(q + 32), v);\n+ special = _mm256_or_si256(\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)),\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));\n+ mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special);\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = 32u + (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ p += n; q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+ p += 64;\n+ q += 64;\n+ }\n+\n // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 95+ const uint8_t *wide_end = in_len >= 64 ? end - 63 : in; 107+ // Pair two vectors while at least 64 bytes remain. Keeping the first 108+ // pointer fixed saves the pointer updates and loop test between them. 109+ while (p < wide_end) { 110+ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 111+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 112+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256( 113+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), 114+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)); 115+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 116+ if (mask) { 117+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 118+ p += n; q += n; 119+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 120+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 121+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 122+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; 123+ goto unicode_room12; 124+ } 126+ v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(p + 32)); 127+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(q + 32), v); 128+ special = _mm256_or_si256( 129+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), 130+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)); 131+ mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 132+ if (mask) { 133+ unsigned n = 32u + (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 134+ p += n; q += n; 135+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 136+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score paired AVX2 scanning", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.8s verify 1.0s PASS measure 0.6s 10,708,354 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2881 (4.884x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"intent": "Reuse classification masks across dense escape blocks", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n static inline void store32(uint8_t *p, uint32_t v) {\n memcpy(p, &v, sizeof v);\n }\n+\n+static inline void copy_short(uint8_t *q, const uint8_t *p, unsigned n) {\n+ if (n >= 16) {\n+ __m128i a = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p);\n+ __m128i b = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(p + n - 16));\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, a);\n+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(q + n - 16), b);\n+ } else if (n >= 8) {\n+ uint64_t a, b;\n+ memcpy(&a, p, 8); memcpy(&b, p + n - 8, 8);\n+ memcpy(q, &a, 8); memcpy(q + n - 8, &b, 8);\n+ } else if (n >= 4) {\n+ uint32_t a, b;\n+ memcpy(&a, p, 4); memcpy(&b, p + n - 4, 4);\n+ memcpy(q, &a, 4); memcpy(q + n - 4, &b, 4);\n+ } else while (n--) *q++ = *p++;\n+}\n@@\n unsigned d, cu;\n uint64_t encoded;\n+ const uint8_t *pending_base = in, *pending_end = in;\n+ unsigned pending_mask = 0;\n@@\n unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special);\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ pending_base = p; pending_end = p + 32; pending_mask = mask;\n p += n; q += n;\n@@\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = 32u + (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ pending_base = p + 32; pending_end = p + 64; pending_mask = mask;\n p += n; q += n;\n@@\n if (mask) {\n unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ pending_base = p; pending_end = p + 32; pending_mask = mask;\n p += n;\n@@\n simple_escape:\n *q++ = (uint8_t)d;\n p += 2;\n- continue;\n+ goto resume;\n@@\n encoded = utf8_value[cp];\n store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded);\n q += 4;\n- continue;\n+ goto resume;\n@@\n store32(q, (uint32_t)encoded); // harmless speculative bytes\n q += encoded >> 32;\n+resume:\n+ if (p < pending_end) {\n+ unsigned shift = (unsigned)(p - pending_base);\n+ unsigned mask = pending_mask >> shift;\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ copy_short(q, p, n);\n+ p += n; q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+ }\n+ pending_end = in;\n }\n }\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (8 hunks) 87+ static inline void copy_short(uint8_t *q, const uint8_t *p, unsigned n) { 88+ if (n >= 16) { 89+ __m128i a = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)p); 90+ __m128i b = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(const void *)(p + n - 16)); 91+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)q, a); 92+ _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(void *)(q + n - 16), b); 93+ } else if (n >= 8) { 94+ uint64_t a, b; 95+ memcpy(&a, p, 8); memcpy(&b, p + n - 8, 8); 96+ memcpy(q, &a, 8); memcpy(q + n - 8, &b, 8); 97+ } else if (n >= 4) { 98+ uint32_t a, b; 99+ memcpy(&a, p, 4); memcpy(&b, p + n - 4, 4); 100+ memcpy(q, &a, 4); memcpy(q + n - 4, &b, 4); 101+ } else while (n--) *q++ = *p++; 102+ } 122+ const uint8_t *pending_base = in, *pending_end = in; 123+ unsigned pending_mask = 0; 137+ pending_base = p; pending_end = p + 32; pending_mask = mask; 154+ pending_base = p + 32; pending_end = p + 64; pending_mask = mask; 179+ pending_base = p; pending_end = p + 32; pending_mask = mask; 219- continue; 241+ goto resume; 235- continue; 257+ goto resume; 262+ resume: 263+ if (p < pending_end) { 264+ unsigned shift = (unsigned)(p - pending_base); 265+ unsigned mask = pending_mask >> shift; 266+ if (mask) { ... (diff truncated)

{"command": "./grade --seed 42", "intent": "Verify and score cached dense-block masks", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 30000, "wake": false}

build 1.9s verify 1.0s PASS measure 0.6s 13,504,712 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +1.9533 (3.873x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 ---

{"command": "cp \"$JCODE_SCRATCH_DIR/solve.best.c\" submission/solve.c", "intent": "Restore the best checkpoint after cached-mask regression", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

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

{"file": "submission/solve.c", "glob": null, "intent": "Confirm restored checkpoint features", "max_files": 10, "max_regions": 20, "mode": "grep", "path": null, "paths_only": null, "query": "q += 4;", "regex": null, "terms": null, "type": null}

query: q += 4; matches: 1 in 1 files submission/solve.c symbols: no structural items detected - <file scope> - @ 195 q += 4;

{"intent": "Restore proven paired AVX2 scan optimization", "patch_text": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Update File: submission/solve.c\n@@\n const uint8_t *p = in;\n const uint8_t *end = in + in_len;\n+ const uint8_t *wide_end = in_len >= 64 ? end - 63 : in;\n const uint8_t *vector_end = in_len >= 32 ? end - 31 : in;\n@@\n uint64_t encoded;\n \n for (;;) {\n+ while (p < wide_end) {\n+ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p);\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v);\n+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256(\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)),\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));\n+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special);\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ p += n; q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+ v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(p + 32));\n+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(q + 32), v);\n+ special = _mm256_or_si256(\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)),\n+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v));\n+ mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special);\n+ if (mask) {\n+ unsigned n = 32u + (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask);\n+ p += n; q += n;\n+ if (*p != '\\\\') return INVALID;\n+ d = escape_value[p[1]];\n+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape;\n+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID;\n+ goto unicode_room12;\n+ }\n+ p += 64;\n+ q += 64;\n+ }\n+\n // Copy and classify thirty-two bytes at once. The speculative output\n*** End Patch"}

✓ submission/solve.c: modified (2 hunks) 95+ const uint8_t *wide_end = in_len >= 64 ? end - 63 : in; 107+ while (p < wide_end) { 108+ __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)p); 109+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)q, v); 110+ __m256i special = _mm256_or_si256( 111+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), 112+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)); 113+ unsigned mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 114+ if (mask) { 115+ unsigned n = (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 116+ p += n; q += n; 117+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 118+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 119+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 120+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; 121+ goto unicode_room12; 122+ } 123+ v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(const void *)(p + 32)); 124+ _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(void *)(q + 32), v); 125+ special = _mm256_or_si256( 126+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(v, _mm256_shuffle_epi8(punct, v)), 127+ _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(_mm256_min_epu8(v, ctrl), v)); 128+ mask = (unsigned)_mm256_movemask_epi8(special); 129+ if (mask) { 130+ unsigned n = 32u + (unsigned)__builtin_ctz(mask); 131+ p += n; q += n; 132+ if (*p != '\\') return INVALID; 133+ d = escape_value[p[1]]; 134+ if (d < 0xfe) goto simple_escape; 135+ if (d != 0xfe) return INVALID; ... (diff truncated)

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{"command": "./grade --seed 42 --full", "intent": "Run final exhaustive correctness gate and score", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 853297pktf Name: Run final exhaustive correct Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/853297pktf.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/853297pktf.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="853297pktf" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="853297pktf" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task was already finished. Task: 853297pktf Name: Run final exhaustive correct Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_goat_1784448777236_1aecda4e5ec3a661 Started: 2026-07-19T08:30:53.297816919+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T08:30:56.420720557+00:00 Duration: 3.12s Exit code: 0 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Completed · 2026-07-19T08:30:56.420764291+00:00 Output preview: ```text build 1.8s verify 1.0s PASS (FULL gate) measure 0.2s 10,708,354 instructions (given: 52,299,210) SCORE +2.2881 (4.884x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

{"command": "git status --short && git diff --stat -- submission && git diff --check -- submission", "intent": "Review final submission changes before commit", "notify": false, "run_in_background": false, "timeout": 10000, "wake": false}

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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{"command": "set -euo pipefail\nprintf 'JCODE_PROGRESS {\"current\":1,\"total\":4,\"unit\":\"checks\",\"message\":\"Strict C17 diagnostics\"}\\n'\ncc -O2 -std=c17 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -fno-lto -c submission/solve.c -o .build/solve.strict.o\nprintf 'JCODE_PROGRESS {\"current\":2,\"total\":4,\"unit\":\"checks\",\"message\":\"ASan and UBSan exhaustive verifier\"}\\n'\ncc -O1 -std=c17 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address,undefined submission/solve.c verify/reference.c verify/verify.c -o .build/verify.san -lm -lpthread\nASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 .build/verify.san 314159 --full\nprintf 'JCODE_PROGRESS {\"current\":3,\"total\":4,\"unit\":\"checks\",\"message\":\"Independent full grade seed 20260719\"}\\n'\n./grade --seed 20260719 --full\nprintf 'JCODE_PROGRESS {\"current\":4,\"total\":4,\"unit\":\"checks\",\"message\":\"Independent full grade seed 8675309\"}\\n'\n./grade --seed 8675309 --full\nprintf 'JCODE_CHECKPOINT {\"message\":\"All independent validation checks passed\"}\\n'", "intent": "Independently validate diagnostics, sanitizers, correctness, and scores", "notify": true, "run_in_background": true, "timeout": 1200000, "wake": true}

Command started in background. Task ID: 907212h5bg Name: Independently validate diagn Output file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/907212h5bg.output Status file: /tmp/jcode-bg-tasks/907212h5bg.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="907212h5bg" To check progress immediately: use the `bg` tool with action="status" and task_id="907212h5bg" To see output: use the `read` tool on the output file, or `bg` with action="output"

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Background task finished. Task: 907212h5bg Name: Independently validate diagn Tool: bash Status: completed Session: session_goat_1784448777236_1aecda4e5ec3a661 Started: 2026-07-19T08:31:47.212428459+00:00 Completed: 2026-07-19T08:31:59.293609298+00:00 Duration: 12.08s Exit code: 0 Progress: All independent validation checks passed (reported) Progress updated: 2026-07-19T08:31:59.290521746+00:00 Notify: true Wake: true Recent events: - Progress · 2026-07-19T08:31:47.876202673+00:00 · ASan and UBSan exhaustive verifier - Progress · 2026-07-19T08:31:51.722485677+00:00 · Independent full grade seed 20260719 - Progress · 2026-07-19T08:31:55.471662171+00:00 · Independent full grade seed 8675309 - Checkpoint · 2026-07-19T08:31:59.290871231+00:00 · All independent validation checks passed - Completed · 2026-07-19T08:31:59.293638744+00:00 Output preview: ```text verify: PASS (4596952 cases) build 1.9s verify 0.9s PASS (FULL gate) measure 0.8s 10,917,220 instructions (given: 53,967,860) SCORE +2.3055 (4.943x) build 2.0s verify 0.9s PASS (FULL gate) measure 0.8s 10,834,742 instructions (given: 52,644,474) SCORE +2.2806 (4.859x) --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- ```

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--- [1] bash --- 71c3f2887421ea5d0ee2436cf2a5d342674b38fbbaaa1cc99e0ca77a19af7536 submission/solve.c {"ts": "2026-07-19T08:30:56Z", "seed": 42, "cost": 10708354, "given_cost": 52299210, "score": 2.2881, "full_gate": true} {"ts": "2026-07-19T08:31:55Z", "seed": 20260719, "cost": 10917220, "given_cost": 53967860, "score": 2.3055, "full_gate": true} {"ts": "2026-07-19T08:31:59Z", "seed": 8675309, "cost": 10834742, "given_cost": 52644474, "score": 2.2806, "full_gate": true} --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- --- [2] bash --- strict_compile=PASS --- Command finished with exit code: 0 --- Completed: 2 succeeded, 0 failed

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