[ruby-core:112343] [Ruby master Bug#19424] Significant performance decreases in `OpenStruct#marshal_load` in Ruby 3.0 and 3.1

10 Feb 2023

      Issue #19424 has been updated by byroot (Jean Boussier).

Is this a regression in `Marshal.load` or in `OpenStruct#marshal_load`?

2.7 ships with `ostruct 0.2.0` and `3.0` ships with `ostruct 0.3.1`.

Either trying `ostruct 0.2.0` with Ruby 3.0 or `ostruct 0.3.1` with Ruby 2.7 should tell use where to look.

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Bug #19424: Significant performance decreases in `OpenStruct#marshal_load` in Ruby 3.0 and 3.1
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19424#change-101787

* Author: sumitdey035 (Sumit Dey)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* ruby -v: 3.1.2
* Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN
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I can see degradation in **Marshal load** only in Ruby 3.1.2 compared to 2.7.4
Processing time increased by 200%(2.4 sec to 4.3 sec)
Memory allocation increased by 600%(6500001 to 39000004)

```
require 'benchmark'
require 'ostruct'

N_OJ = 500_000

ex_HASH = { 'one' => 1, 'array' => [ true, false ] }
ex_JSON = '{ "one": 1, "array": [ true, false ] }'

ex_STRUCT = OpenStruct.new( one: 1, hash: ex_HASH, array: [ true, false ] )
ex_MARSHAL = "\x04\bU:\x0FOpenStruct{\b:\bonei\x06:\thash{\aI\"\bone\x06:\x06ETi\x06I\"\narray\x06;\bT[\aTF:\narray[\aTF"

"-----------------Ruby #{system("rbenv version")}----------------"

Benchmark.bm(20) do |x|
  x.report('native marshal dump') do
    N_OJ.times do
      y = Marshal.dump(ex_STRUCT)
    end
  end

  x.report('native marshal load') do
    N_OJ.times do
      y = Marshal.load(ex_MARSHAL)
    end
  end

  start_memory = GC.stat[:total_allocated_objects]
  N_OJ.times do
    y = Marshal.dump(ex_STRUCT)
  end
  end_memory = GC.stat[:total_allocated_objects]
  print "Marshal dump memory allocation- #{end_memory - start_memory}\n"

  start_memory = GC.stat[:total_allocated_objects]
  N_OJ.times do
    y = Marshal.load(ex_MARSHAL)
  end
  end_memory = GC.stat[:total_allocated_objects]
  print "Marshal load memory allocation- #{end_memory - start_memory}\n"
end```

**Benchmark and Memory consumption result**
![](Screenshot 2023-02-07 at 1.04.49 PM.png)

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