From d4fbd223724f041614895b3f44981807434f5f0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Watson <thomas.watson@datadoghq.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:10:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] perf(load): defer findWASM until native binary is missing

Call findWASM only when find() returns no native .node, so we skip
unnecessary prebuilds readdir when a native build is available.
---
 load.js | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/load.js b/load.js
index 930845d..d54660c 100644
--- a/load.js
+++ b/load.js
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ function maybeLoad (name) {
 
 function load (name) {
   const filename = find(name)
-  const filenameWASM = findWASM(name)
-
   if (filename) {
     return runtimeRequire(filename)
-  } else if (filenameWASM) {
+  }
+
+  const filenameWASM = findWASM(name)
+  if (filenameWASM) {
     return runtimeRequire(filenameWASM)
   }
+
   throw new Error(`Could not find a ${name} binary for ${PLATFORM}${LIBC}-${ARCH} nor a ${name} WASM module.`)
 }