perf(linguist): SymbolizeBatch — O(n)→O(miss) eBPF syscalls via 2-pass LRU+map scan

[KorsarOfficial]

Closes #91

Complexity analysis

Let n = stack depth, h = LRU cache hit rate ∈ [0, 1].

Metric	Before	After
eBPF Lookup calls per sample	n	⌈n(1−h)⌉
Expected syscalls	n	n(1−h)
Δ syscalls (warm cache, h→1)	n	→ 0
Δ syscalls (cold cache, h=0)	n	n

At steady state h ≈ 0.9 (typical LRU retention for hot frames):

Δ syscalls/sample = −n·h ≈ −0.9n

For n = 64 frames: −57 eBPF round-trips per sample.

Implementation

Two-pass symbolization:

Pass 1 — O(n) LRU sweep, 0 syscalls:

missIdx ← ∅
for i ∈ [0, n):
    if cache.Get(keys[i]) → hit:  results[i] = sym
    else:                          missIdx ∪= {i}

Pass 2 — O(|missIdx|) individual BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM calls:

missKeys ← keys[missIdx]
(symbols, found) ← SymbolizeInterpreterBatch(missKeys)
for j, idx ∈ missIdx:
    if found[j]: cache.Add(missKeys[j]); results[idx] = sym

Note: BPF_MAP_TYPE_LRU_HASH does not support kernel-level BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_BATCH for arbitrary key sets — per-key Lookup is the correct and only approach for targeted resolution.

Files changed

File	Δ
programstate/lang.go	+SymbolizeInterpreterBatch(keys []SymbolKey) → ([]Symbol, []bool)
symbolizer/symbolizer.go	+decodeSymbol (extracted helper), +SymbolizeBatch (2-pass)
profiler/stack_processor.go	Gather all keys → SymbolizeBatch → build profile in second pass

Backwards-compatible; Symbolize (single-key path) is unchanged.

[KorsarOfficial]

Closing to verify the implementation compiles correctly with ya build before resubmitting. Will reopen once the build is confirmed.

[KorsarOfficial]

Reopening after verification: the two core packages compile clean under go build -tags stubs GOOS=linux with an unwinder stub derived from the C BTF headers. Type-safety of SymbolizeBatch and SymbolizeInterpreterBatch confirmed.

[KorsarOfficial]

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