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Currently, JIT_MAXSIZE (org.jruby.util.cli.Options.JIT_MAXSIZE, configured by property jruby.jit.maxsize) is set to 3000 IR instructions. This limit appears to be larger than all but 2 code bodies in the .rb sources included in a JRuby dev environment.
During the update of ASM to 9.11.1 (#9858) we discovered that 11 large bodies would be compiled by JRuby under our max size limit, but ultimately fail ASM's new bytecode size and count limits:
Note that most of these are test bodies, which are frequently large and normally won't JIT, but the __parse_ddd method in date.rb is more likely to be used by real-world applications.
The create_makefile method also likely only runs a few times, during installation of gems that include C libraries (rare on JRuby).
Some of these bodies, such as the spec block for spec/ruby/library/uri/plus_spec.rb, also exceed the 10MB size limit in ASM. Such large methods will certainly never be JIT compiled by the JVM, and as a result they will probably be more efficient (and use less memory) if they remain in the interpreter.
I believe we should reexamine the max JIT method size and probably drop it down from the current 3000 IR instructions to a more reasonable 1000 instructions or lower.
JIT max size (in IR instructions) has been reduced to 500, still very large but a good step. We're doing this conservatively and will continue exploring the balance between interpreter, bytecode and JVM JIT of large Ruby methods.
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Increase ASM limits to accommodate very large methods
headius commentedon Oct 20, 2026
Dropping the limit to 1000 IR instructions only increases the "too large to JIT" count to 10 bodies out of all bodies in the JRuby workspace.
At 500 instructions, it only goes up to 33.
I must admit I'm surprised there aren't more methods that would be rejected.
Reduce default max JIT size to 500
headius commentedon Oct 22, 2026
JIT max size (in IR instructions) has been reduced to 500, still very large but a good step. We're doing this conservatively and will continue exploring the balance between interpreter, bytecode and JVM JIT of large Ruby methods.
Reduce default max JIT size to 500