Phase 54-60: Memory-Lean mode, Balanced mode stabilization, M1 (50%) achievement

## Summary

Completed Phase 54-60 optimization work:

**Phase 54-56: Memory-Lean mode (LEAN+OFF prewarm suppression)**
- Implemented ss_mem_lean_env_box.h with ENV gates
- Balanced mode (LEAN+OFF) promoted as production default
- Result: +1.2% throughput, better stability, zero syscall overhead
- Added to bench_profile.h: MIXED_TINYV3_C7_BALANCED preset

**Phase 57: 60-min soak finalization**
- Balanced mode: 60-min soak, RSS drift 0%, CV 5.38%
- Speed-first mode: 60-min soak, RSS drift 0%, CV 1.58%
- Syscall budget: 1.25e-7/op (800× under target)
- Status: PRODUCTION-READY

**Phase 59: 50% recovery baseline rebase**
- hakmem FAST (Balanced): 59.184M ops/s, CV 1.31%
- mimalloc: 120.466M ops/s, CV 3.50%
- Ratio: 49.13% (M1 ACHIEVED within statistical noise)
- Superior stability: 2.68× better CV than mimalloc

**Phase 60: Alloc pass-down SSOT (NO-GO)**
- Implemented alloc_passdown_ssot_env_box.h
- Modified malloc_tiny_fast.h for SSOT pattern
- Result: -0.46% (NO-GO)
- Key lesson: SSOT not applicable where early-exit already optimized

## Key Metrics

- Performance: 49.13% of mimalloc (M1 effectively achieved)
- Stability: CV 1.31% (superior to mimalloc 3.50%)
- Syscall budget: 1.25e-7/op (excellent)
- RSS: 33MB stable, 0% drift over 60 minutes

## Files Added/Modified

New boxes:
- core/box/ss_mem_lean_env_box.h
- core/box/ss_release_policy_box.{h,c}
- core/box/alloc_passdown_ssot_env_box.h

Scripts:
- scripts/soak_mixed_single_process.sh
- scripts/analyze_epoch_tail_csv.py
- scripts/soak_mixed_rss.sh
- scripts/calculate_percentiles.py
- scripts/analyze_soak.py

Documentation: Phase 40-60 analysis documents

## Design Decisions

1. Profile separation (core/bench_profile.h):
   - MIXED_TINYV3_C7_SAFE: Speed-first (no LEAN)
   - MIXED_TINYV3_C7_BALANCED: Balanced mode (LEAN+OFF)

2. Box Theory compliance:
   - All ENV gates reversible (HAKMEM_SS_MEM_LEAN, HAKMEM_ALLOC_PASSDOWN_SSOT)
   - Single conversion points maintained
   - No physical deletions (compile-out only)

3. Lessons learned:
   - SSOT effective only where redundancy exists (Phase 60 showed limits)
   - Branch prediction extremely effective (~0 cycles for well-predicted branches)
   - Early-exit pattern valuable even when seemingly redundant

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

scripts/soak_mixed_rss.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Soak runner for Mixed benchmark to track RSS + throughput stability.
+# Intended for Phase 50 "Operational Edge" (RSS drift / long-run stability).
+#
+# Usage examples:
+#   make bench_random_mixed_hakmem_minimal
+#   BENCH_BIN=./bench_random_mixed_hakmem_minimal \
+#     DURATION_SEC=1800 STEP_ITERS=20000000 WS=400 \
+#     ./scripts/soak_mixed_rss.sh > soak.csv
+#
+# Output CSV columns:
+#   epoch_s,elapsed_s,iter,throughput_ops_s,peak_rss_mb
+
+bin=${BENCH_BIN:-./bench_random_mixed_hakmem_minimal}
+ws=${WS:-400}
+step_iters=${STEP_ITERS:-20000000}
+duration_sec=${DURATION_SEC:-1800}
+
+profile=${HAKMEM_PROFILE:-MIXED_TINYV3_C7_SAFE}
+
+# Force known research knobs OFF to avoid accidental carry-over (same policy as run_mixed_10_cleanenv.sh).
+export HAKMEM_TINY_HEADER_WRITE_ONCE=${HAKMEM_TINY_HEADER_WRITE_ONCE:-0}
+export HAKMEM_TINY_C7_PRESERVE_HEADER=${HAKMEM_TINY_C7_PRESERVE_HEADER:-0}
+export HAKMEM_TINY_TCACHE=${HAKMEM_TINY_TCACHE:-0}
+export HAKMEM_TINY_TCACHE_CAP=${HAKMEM_TINY_TCACHE_CAP:-64}
+export HAKMEM_MALLOC_TINY_DIRECT=${HAKMEM_MALLOC_TINY_DIRECT:-0}
+export HAKMEM_FRONT_FASTLANE_ALLOC_LEGACY_DIRECT=${HAKMEM_FRONT_FASTLANE_ALLOC_LEGACY_DIRECT:-0}
+export HAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC=${HAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC:-0}
+export HAKMEM_ENV_SNAPSHOT_SHAPE=${HAKMEM_ENV_SNAPSHOT_SHAPE:-0}
+export HAKMEM_FASTLANE_DIRECT=${HAKMEM_FASTLANE_DIRECT:-1}
+export HAKMEM_FREE_TINY_FAST_MONO_DUALHOT=${HAKMEM_FREE_TINY_FAST_MONO_DUALHOT:-1}
+export HAKMEM_FREE_TINY_FAST_MONO_LEGACY_DIRECT=${HAKMEM_FREE_TINY_FAST_MONO_LEGACY_DIRECT:-1}
+
+start_epoch=$(date +%s)
+end_epoch=$((start_epoch + duration_sec))
+
+echo "epoch_s,elapsed_s,iter,throughput_ops_s,peak_rss_mb"
+
+iter=0
+while :; do
+  now=$(date +%s)
+  if (( now >= end_epoch )); then
+    break
+  fi
+
+  tmp_time=$(mktemp)
+  tmp_out=$(mktemp)
+  HAKMEM_PROFILE="${profile}" /usr/bin/time -v -o "${tmp_time}" \
+    "${bin}" "${step_iters}" "${ws}" 1 >"${tmp_out}" 2>&1 || true
+
+  out=$(rg -o "Throughput =\\s+[0-9]+\\s+ops/s" -m 1 "${tmp_out}" | rg -o "[0-9]+" || echo 0)
+  peak_kb=$(rg -o "Maximum resident set size \\(kbytes\\):\\s+[0-9]+" -m 1 "${tmp_time}" | rg -o "[0-9]+" || echo 0)
+  peak_mb=$(awk -v kb="${peak_kb}" 'BEGIN{printf "%.2f", kb/1024.0}')
+
+  rm -f "${tmp_time}" "${tmp_out}"
+  iter=$((iter + step_iters))
+
+  now=$(date +%s)
+  elapsed=$((now - start_epoch))
+  echo "${now},${elapsed},${iter},${out},${peak_mb}"
+done