[compiler] Improve setState-in-effects rule to account for ref-gated conditionals

Conditionally calling setState in an effect is sometimes necessary, but should generally follow the pattern of using a "previous vaue" ref to manually compare and ensure that the setState is idempotent. See fixture for an example.

Author: josephsavona

compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/Environment.ts

@@ -672,9 +672,14 @@ export const EnvironmentConfigSchema = z.object({
   validateNoDynamicallyCreatedComponentsOrHooks: z.boolean().default(false),
 
   /**
-   * When enabled, allows setState calls in effects when the value being set is
-   * derived from a ref. This is useful for patterns where initial layout measurements
-   * from refs need to be stored in state during mount.
+   * When enabled, allows setState calls in effects based on valid patterns involving refs:
+   * - Allow setState where the value being set is derived from a ref. This is useful where
+   *   state needs to take into account layer information, and a layout effect reads layout
+   *   data from a ref and sets state.
+   * - Allow conditionally calling setState after manually comparing previous/new values
+   *   for changes via a ref. Relying on effect deps is insufficient for non-primitive values,
+   *   so a ref is generally required to manually track previous values and compare prev/next
+   *   for meaningful changes before setting state.
    */
   enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects: z.boolean().default(true),
 

compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts

@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ import {
   isUseRefType,
   isRefValueType,
   Place,
+  Effect,
+  BlockId,
 } from '../HIR';
 import {
   eachInstructionLValue,
   eachInstructionValueOperand,
 } from '../HIR/visitors';
+import {createControlDominators} from '../Inference/ControlDominators';
+import {isMutable} from '../ReactiveScopes/InferReactiveScopeVariables';
 import {Result} from '../Utils/Result';
-import {Iterable_some} from '../Utils/utils';
+import {assertExhaustive, Iterable_some} from '../Utils/utils';
 
 /**
  * Validates against calling setState in the body of an effect (useEffect and friends),
@@ -140,6 +144,8 @@ function getSetStateCall(
   setStateFunctions: Map<IdentifierId, Place>,
   env: Environment,
 ): Place | null {
+  const enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects =
+    env.config.enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects;
   const refDerivedValues: Set<IdentifierId> = new Set();
 
   const isDerivedFromRef = (place: Place): boolean => {
@@ -150,9 +156,39 @@ function getSetStateCall(
     );
   };
 
+  const isReactiveControlledBlock: (id: BlockId) => boolean =
+    enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects
+      ? createControlDominators(fn, place => isDerivedFromRef(place))
+      : () => false;
+
   for (const [, block] of fn.body.blocks) {
+    if (enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects) {
+      for (const phi of block.phis) {
+        if (isDerivedFromRef(phi.place)) {
+          // Already marked reactive on a previous pass
+          continue;
+        }
+        let isPhiReactive = false;
+        for (const [, operand] of phi.operands) {
+          if (isDerivedFromRef(operand)) {
+            isPhiReactive = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        if (isPhiReactive) {
+          refDerivedValues.add(phi.place.identifier.id);
+        } else {
+          for (const [pred] of phi.operands) {
+            if (isReactiveControlledBlock(pred)) {
+              refDerivedValues.add(phi.place.identifier.id);
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
     for (const instr of block.instructions) {
-      if (env.config.enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects) {
+      if (enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects) {
         const hasRefOperand = Iterable_some(
           eachInstructionValueOperand(instr.value),
           isDerivedFromRef,
@@ -162,6 +198,46 @@ function getSetStateCall(
           for (const lvalue of eachInstructionLValue(instr)) {
             refDerivedValues.add(lvalue.identifier.id);
           }
+          // Ref-derived values can also propagate through mutation
+          for (const operand of eachInstructionValueOperand(instr.value)) {
+            switch (operand.effect) {
+              case Effect.Capture:
+              case Effect.Store:
+              case Effect.ConditionallyMutate:
+              case Effect.ConditionallyMutateIterator:
+              case Effect.Mutate: {
+                if (isMutable(instr, operand)) {
+                  refDerivedValues.add(operand.identifier.id);
+                }
+                break;
+              }
+              case Effect.Freeze:
+              case Effect.Read: {
+                // no-op
+                break;
+              }
+              case Effect.Unknown: {
+                CompilerError.invariant(false, {
+                  reason: 'Unexpected unknown effect',
+                  description: null,
+                  details: [
+                    {
+                      kind: 'error',
+                      loc: operand.loc,
+                      message: null,
+                    },
+                  ],
+                  suggestions: null,
+                });
+              }
+              default: {
+                assertExhaustive(
+                  operand.effect,
+                  `Unexpected effect kind \`${operand.effect}\``,
+                );
+              }
+            }
+          }
         }
 
         if (
@@ -203,7 +279,7 @@ function getSetStateCall(
             isSetStateType(callee.identifier) ||
             setStateFunctions.has(callee.identifier.id)
           ) {
-            if (env.config.enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects) {
+            if (enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects) {
               const arg = instr.value.args.at(0);
               if (
                 arg !== undefined &&
@@ -216,6 +292,8 @@ function getSetStateCall(
                  * be needed when initial layout measurements from refs need to be stored in state.
                  */
                 return null;
+              } else if (isReactiveControlledBlock(block.id)) {
+                continue;
               }
             }
             /*

compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/valid-setState-in-useEffect-controlled-by-ref-value.expect.md

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+// @validateNoSetStateInEffects @enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects @loggerTestOnly @compilationMode:"infer"
+import {useState, useRef, useEffect} from 'react';
+
+function Component({x, y}) {
+  const previousXRef = useRef(null);
+  const previousYRef = useRef(null);
+
+  const [data, setData] = useState(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const previousX = previousXRef.current;
+    previousXRef.current = x;
+    const previousY = previousYRef.current;
+    previousYRef.current = y;
+    if (!areEqual(x, previousX) || !areEqual(y, previousY)) {
+      const data = load({x, y});
+      setData(data);
+    }
+  }, [x, y]);
+
+  return tooltipHeight;
+}
+
+function areEqual(a, b) {
+  return a === b;
+}
+
+function load({x, y}) {
+  return x * y;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{x: 0, y: 0}],
+};
+
+```
+
+## Code
+
+```javascript
+import { c as _c } from "react/compiler-runtime"; // @validateNoSetStateInEffects @enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects @loggerTestOnly @compilationMode:"infer"
+import { useState, useRef, useEffect } from "react";
+
+function Component(t0) {
+  const $ = _c(4);
+  const { x, y } = t0;
+  const previousXRef = useRef(null);
+  const previousYRef = useRef(null);
+
+  const [, setData] = useState(null);
+  let t1;
+  let t2;
+  if ($[0] !== x || $[1] !== y) {
+    t1 = () => {
+      const previousX = previousXRef.current;
+      previousXRef.current = x;
+      const previousY = previousYRef.current;
+      previousYRef.current = y;
+      if (!areEqual(x, previousX) || !areEqual(y, previousY)) {
+        const data_0 = load({ x, y });
+        setData(data_0);
+      }
+    };
+
+    t2 = [x, y];
+    $[0] = x;
+    $[1] = y;
+    $[2] = t1;
+    $[3] = t2;
+  } else {
+    t1 = $[2];
+    t2 = $[3];
+  }
+  useEffect(t1, t2);
+  return tooltipHeight;
+}
+
+function areEqual(a, b) {
+  return a === b;
+}
+
+function load({ x, y }) {
+  return x * y;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{ x: 0, y: 0 }],
+};
+
+```
+
+## Logs
+
+```
+{"kind":"CompileSuccess","fnLoc":{"start":{"line":4,"column":0,"index":163},"end":{"line":22,"column":1,"index":640},"filename":"valid-setState-in-useEffect-controlled-by-ref-value.ts"},"fnName":"Component","memoSlots":4,"memoBlocks":1,"memoValues":2,"prunedMemoBlocks":0,"prunedMemoValues":0}
+```
+      
+### Eval output
+(kind: exception) tooltipHeight is not defined

compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/valid-setState-in-useEffect-controlled-by-ref-value.js

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// @validateNoSetStateInEffects @enableAllowSetStateFromRefsInEffects @loggerTestOnly @compilationMode:"infer"
+import {useState, useRef, useEffect} from 'react';
+
+function Component({x, y}) {
+  const previousXRef = useRef(null);
+  const previousYRef = useRef(null);
+
+  const [data, setData] = useState(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const previousX = previousXRef.current;
+    previousXRef.current = x;
+    const previousY = previousYRef.current;
+    previousYRef.current = y;
+    if (!areEqual(x, previousX) || !areEqual(y, previousY)) {
+      const data = load({x, y});
+      setData(data);
+    }
+  }, [x, y]);
+
+  return tooltipHeight;
+}
+
+function areEqual(a, b) {
+  return a === b;
+}
+
+function load({x, y}) {
+  return x * y;
+}
+
+export const FIXTURE_ENTRYPOINT = {
+  fn: Component,
+  params: [{x: 0, y: 0}],
+};