fix(runtime): root the normalize subject across form coercion - #8483
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`js_string_normalize` borrowed the subject string's inline WTF-8 payload
before coercing its `form` argument, then read that borrow afterwards.
The coercion is a collection point twice over: an inline short-string form
materializes onto the heap (so even `s.normalize("NFC")` allocates there),
and an object form runs user `toString`, whose loop back-edge polls run a
moving minor. Either can evacuate a young subject, and a `&str` taken
beforehand is a copy the collector cannot rewrite — rooting rewrites slots,
never already-materialized borrows. The normalization pass then read retired
from-space.
Coerce first, root the subject across the coercion with a RuntimeHandleScope,
and borrow only from the address `across_const` hands back. Both cfg arms of
the normalization match read the re-derived borrow. The observable orderings
are unchanged: ToString still runs before the form is validated, so a Symbol
form throws TypeError rather than the invalid-form RangeError (PerryTS#2782).
Fixes PerryTS#8426
`raw_handle_debt.py`'s per-module rule locks any unlisted runtime module at
zero bare `get_raw_{mut,const}_ptr` reads. The new test had three: two in
argument position (the closure and form-object pointers) and one post-call
reload (the subject's address after the coercion).
Convert them to the sanctioned combinators — `with_mut_ptr` for the argument
positions, `across_const` for the reload, which hands back the
post-collection address directly so the pre-call one is never nameable.
Ratchet returns to baseline 978 with no ceiling raised.
Re-ran the sabotage check after converting: with the fix reverted the test
still SIGSEGVs, so the conversion did not defang the regression it guards.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthrough
ChangesString normalization rooting
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The runtime rooting fix has passing validation, but the new regression test is missing its expected-output artifact, preventing the parity suite from enforcing it. Merge should wait for that artifact or explicit owner acceptance. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant js_string_normalize
participant FormToString
participant MinorGC
Caller->>js_string_normalize: normalize(subject, form)
js_string_normalize->>js_string_normalize: root subject
js_string_normalize->>FormToString: coerce form
FormToString->>MinorGC: trigger collection
MinorGC-->>js_string_normalize: relocate rooted subject
FormToString-->>js_string_normalize: return NFC or NFD
js_string_normalize-->>Caller: normalized string
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In `@test-files/test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant.ts`:
- Around line 50-105: Add the missing expected-output artifact for
test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant, covering the normalized NFC/NFD results,
repeated and SSO outputs, coercion counts, RangeError for the invalid “BAD”
form, and TypeError for the Symbol form so the parity harness can validate the
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| console.log("reentrant NFC =>", JSON.stringify(subject.normalize(reentrantForm as any))); | ||
| console.log("reentrant coercions =>", coercions); | ||
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| // Decomposing form, same window — a different normalization pass over the | ||
| // same borrowed payload. | ||
| const subjectD = buildSubject("decompose"); | ||
| const reentrantFormD = { | ||
| toString(): string { | ||
| churn(); | ||
| return "NFD"; | ||
| }, | ||
| }; | ||
| const decomposed = subjectD.normalize(reentrantFormD as any); | ||
| console.log("reentrant NFD length =>", decomposed.length); | ||
| console.log("reentrant NFD roundtrip =>", JSON.stringify(decomposed.normalize("NFC"))); | ||
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| // Repeat under sustained pressure: each call opens the window again. | ||
| let repeated = ""; | ||
| for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) { | ||
| const s = buildSubject("iter" + i); | ||
| repeated = s.normalize({ | ||
| toString(): string { | ||
| churn(); | ||
| return "NFC"; | ||
| }, | ||
| } as any); | ||
| } | ||
| console.log("repeated last =>", JSON.stringify(repeated)); | ||
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| // A plain string form is the *common* case and still allocates (an SSO form | ||
| // materializes onto the heap inside the coercion). | ||
| console.log("sso form =>", JSON.stringify(buildSubject("sso").normalize("NFC"))); | ||
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| // ---- 2. ToString still runs BEFORE the form is validated ---- | ||
| let badCoercions = 0; | ||
| try { | ||
| buildSubject("bad").normalize({ | ||
| toString(): string { | ||
| badCoercions++; | ||
| churn(); | ||
| return "BAD"; | ||
| }, | ||
| } as any); | ||
| console.log("bad form => no throw"); | ||
| } catch (e: any) { | ||
| console.log("bad form =>", e.name); | ||
| } | ||
| console.log("bad form coercions =>", badCoercions); | ||
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| // ---- 3. a Symbol form throws TypeError, not RangeError (#2782) ---- | ||
| try { | ||
| buildSubject("sym").normalize(Symbol("nope") as any); | ||
| console.log("symbol form => no throw"); | ||
| } catch (e: any) { | ||
| console.log("symbol form =>", e.name); | ||
| } |
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Add the expected-output artifact.
test-parity/expected/test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant.txt is missing. Add it with the normalized outputs, coercion counts, RangeError for "BAD", and TypeError for the Symbol form so the parity harness gates this test.
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In `@test-files/test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant.ts` around lines 50 - 105, Add
the missing expected-output artifact for test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant,
covering the normalized NFC/NFD results, repeated and SSO outputs, coercion
counts, RangeError for the invalid “BAD” form, and TypeError for the Symbol form
so the parity harness can validate the test.
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Validated independently and merging. The change is exactly the right shape: Verified
The part I most wanted to seeYou re-checked that the ratchet still fires: restored the bare offset, confirmed Also correct to note that Credit to @proggeramlug for the original fix in #8451; this exists only because that is a |
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Summary
main; credit to @proggeramlug for the original work.StringHeaderpayload offset with the centralizedcrate::string::string_datahelper required by the tooling: ratchet StringHeader payload access (rebase of #8445) #8481 debt ratchet.The superseding PR is necessary because the original PR branch is on a fork branch I could not update with this gate fix.
String payload gate
Before:
After:
python3 scripts/string_payload_access_inventory.pyexits 0.(*result).byte_lenis not counted by either inventory rule, so it remains unchanged.I also temporarily restored the bare payload offset after the fix. The gate failed again with
inline-offset | perry-runtime: baseline 370, found 371; after removing it, the gate returned to green. No baseline, ceiling, or exclusion was changed.Validation
python3 scripts/string_payload_access_inventory.py— passpython3 scripts/raw_handle_debt.py— pass (978, baseline978)CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c bash scripts/run_lint_gates.sh— all 52 gates passedCARGO_TARGET_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib string_normalize_form— 1 passedCARGO_TARGET_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib— 2605 passed, 4 ignored, 0 failedCARGO_TARGET_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c cargo test --release -p perry --bin perry— 1008 passed, 0 failedCARGO_TARGET_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static— passtest-files/test_issue_8426_normalize_reentrant.tswithPERRY_RUNTIME_DIR=/Users/amlug/cargo-targets/w8451c/release,PERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1, andPERRY_NO_CACHE=1; stdout was byte-identical to/opt/homebrew/bin/node --experimental-strip-types(v26.5.1).iso_miss,interp,pipeline,fib40, andshapesfromsweep-artifacts-0819b/sourcesunder the same environment; each stdout was byte-identical to its checked expected output.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
String.prototype.normalizeso strings remain valid when form coercion triggers garbage collection.TypeErrorfor Symbol forms.Tests