Benchmark Methodology and Results
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Methodology
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Benchmarks are conducted at two levels:

**Unit level (operation count):** Each unit test instruments the defective and fixed
implementations with a comparison counter. The test measures exact operation counts for
specific input topologies, not wall-clock time. This eliminates JIT warm-up, GC pauses, and
system load as variables. The operation count is deterministic and verifiable by formula.

**Integration level (wall-clock timing):** Integration tests measure real execution time
against the actual shipped tool (``javac``, etc.) using ``--patch-module`` or equivalent
mechanisms to swap the patched implementation against the installed binary. These tests use
worst-case input topologies at multiple values of V to measure growth curves.

The growth curve test is the key measurement: if the before/after ratio grows with V, the
defective implementation is super-linear; if it is constant, it is linear. For javac-0001,
the ratio grows from 8x at V=200 to 23x at V=800 — consistent with O(V²) vs O(V).

Test Infrastructure
-------------------

All benchmark infrastructure is in ``tests/`` relative to the repository root:

- ``tests/unit/`` — 6 suites, one per javac defect, operation counts
- ``tests/integration/InferenceGraphScalingTest.java`` — real GraphUtils.tarjan() timing
- ``tests/functional/CompilerBenchmarkTest.java`` — real javac compilation
- ``tests/bench/AllDefectsBenchmark.java`` — consolidated before/after table (reference impls)
- ``tests/bench/benchmark-real.sh`` — before/after using ``--patch-module`` against installed JDK
- ``tests/Makefile`` — ``make all``, ``make bench-all``, ``make bench-real``

To reproduce:

.. code-block:: bash

   cd tests/
   make bench-real

javac Benchmark Results (Confirmed)
-------------------------------------

These are the only benchmarked defects as of 2026-03-23. All five javac patches have unit-test
proof. javac-0001 has full integration and end-to-end benchmarks. javac-0002a/b are source-only
patches (API drift blocks JDK 21 recompilation); javac-0004 and javac-0005 are compiled but
not yet integration-benchmarked.

javac-0001 (GraphUtils.java Tarjan SCC)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

**Topology:** ``starWithBackEdges(V)`` — one hub node connected to V spokes, each spoke with
a back-edge to the hub. This is the worst-case topology for Tarjan SCC with the defective
stack membership implementation.

**Operation counts (unit test):**

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   * - V (nodes)
     - Before (comparisons)
     - After (comparisons)
     - Formula before
     - Formula after
   * - 10
     - 54
     - 9
     - V*(V+1)/2 - 1 = 54
     - V - 1 = 9
   * - 100
     - 5,049
     - 99
     - 5,049
     - 99
   * - 200
     - 20,099
     - 199
     - 20,099
     - 199
   * - 800
     - 320,399
     - 799
     - 320,399
     - 799

**Wall-clock timing (integration test, JDK 21 --patch-module):**

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   * - V (nodes)
     - Before (ns)
     - After (ns)
     - Speedup
     - Growth ratio (before)
     - Growth ratio (after)
   * - 200
     - 60,040
     - 7,428
     - 8x
     - —
     - —
   * - 800
     - 703,732
     - 30,736
     - 23x
     - 3.89x (200→800)
     - 1.98x (200→800)

**Interpretation:** Growth ratio 3.89x over a 4x increase in V is consistent with O(V²)
(expected ratio: 4² / 4 = 4). Growth ratio 1.98x is consistent with O(V) (expected: ~2).
The speedup increases with V — the defect worsens quadratically.

javac-0002a Operation Count (QueryAll)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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   * - N (type vars)
     - Before (comparisons)
     - After (comparisons)
   * - 10
     - 55
     - 10
   * - 100
     - 5,050
     - 100
   * - 500
     - 125,250
     - 500

Formula: before = ``N*(N+1)/2``, after = ``N``.

javac-0002b Operation Count (Closure)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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   * - V (nodes), K (calls)
     - Before (comparisons)
     - After (comparisons)
   * - V=100, K=10
     - 1,000
     - 109
   * - V=500, K=10
     - 5,000
     - 509
   * - V=100, K=50
     - 5,000
     - 149

Formula: before = ``K*V``, after = ``V + (K-1)``.

javac-0004 Operation Count (AddUnique)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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   * - M (dependencies)
     - Before (comparisons)
     - After (comparisons)
   * - 10
     - 45
     - 10
   * - 100
     - 4,950
     - 100
   * - 500
     - 124,750
     - 500

Formula: before = ``M*(M-1)/2``, after = ``M``.

javac-0005 Operation Count (IsEquiv)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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   * - B (type bounds)
     - Before (comparisons)
     - After (comparisons)
   * - 10
     - 110
     - 10
   * - 50
     - 2,550
     - 50
   * - 200
     - 40,200
     - 200

Formula: before = ``B*(B+1)``, after = ``B``.

End-to-End Compiler Benchmark (javac)
---------------------------------------

The end-to-end benchmark compiles real Java source with type-inference-heavy expressions
(multiple overloaded generic methods, chained lambda expressions) using the patched javac.

**Result:** Noise-level improvement. Typical type-inference call sites in real Java source
have V = 4–6 type variables per expression. At V=5 the savings is
(5*(5+1)/2 - 1) - (5-1) = 14 - 4 = 10 comparisons per Tarjan call — tens of nanoseconds,
buried under parser and codegen cost.

**Interpretation:** The algorithm is now correct O(V+E). The impact at typical call sites is
small in absolute terms. The defect becomes significant at scale: code with many generic
parameters (deeply nested generic types, complex overload chains, high-arity tuples) will
show measurable regression in compile time with the defective implementation.

Pending Benchmarks
-------------------

The following defects have patches but no integration benchmarks yet:

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   * - Defect
     - Ecosystem
     - Blocker
   * - javac-0002a, javac-0002b
     - OpenJDK
     - API drift vs JDK 21 — requires full JDK build
   * - ghc-0001 through ghc-0004
     - GHC
     - Patch not yet written
   * - ts-0001, ts-0002, ts-0003
     - TypeScript
     - Patch not yet written
   * - scala3-0001
     - Scala 3
     - Patch not yet written; CRITICAL priority
   * - All others
     - Various
     - Patch not yet written

Benchmark Replication
----------------------

To replicate the javac benchmarks on a machine with JDK 21 installed:

.. code-block:: bash

   cd /home/fox/git/java-topology/tests/
   make bench-real

This runs ``benchmark-real.sh``, which:

1. Compiles both before (reference) and after (patched) implementations
2. Runs ``InferenceGraphScalingTest`` with ``--patch-module`` for V = 200 and V = 800
3. Prints before/after timing and speedup ratio
