fix(runtime): remove the C-unwind abort guards from the JS throw path (#8479) - #8488
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Root cause found — and the two canaries are not actually in conflict. The first Linux run of this PR gave the result I flagged as the risk:
So the compiled child binaries have been linking a runtime whose unwind semantics are the opposite of the one Perry ships. In that environment the two canaries cannot both pass, and each previous attempt fixed one by breaking the other:
#8416 chose the left column (right for CI, wrong for production); #8464 generalised it to ~40 functions and cost +20 gap crashes plus a red Measured: against a This PR now carries both halves, because neither is correct alone:
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40-97: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftRemove the raw unwind across
extern "C"frames.
js_throwraises a custom_Unwind_Exception, and all three bridges can reach that path. A foreign unwind crossing theseextern "C"frames is undefined behavior under RFC 2945, including withpanic=abort.extern "C-unwind"withpanic=abortaborts instead, so it cannot preserve the current catch path. Use explicit error transport, or redesign the relevant runtime path withpanic=unwindandextern "C-unwind"after validating cleanup and GC invariants.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dispatch/calln.rs`:
- Around line 40-97: Remove the foreign unwind path across the listed extern "C"
boundaries: update crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dispatch/calln.rs lines
40-97, value_call.rs lines 21-30, and bun_ffi/dlopen.rs lines 174-179 to use
explicit error transport, or consistently redesign the runtime with validated
panic=unwind and extern "C-unwind" support. Preserve JS throw propagation to
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| fix(runtime): remove the `extern "C-unwind"` guards from the JS throw path (#8479). The runtime is built `panic=abort` and a JS throw travels as a raw Itanium `_Unwind_Exception` that must step *through* runtime frames untouched — the workspace `Cargo.toml` states the requirement outright ("no RFC-2945 abort-on-unwind guards … which a JS throw crossing a helper frame would trip"). Marking a pass-through frame `extern "C-unwind"` in a `panic=abort` crate does not enable unwinding; it makes rustc wrap the call in an abort-on-unwind landing pad, which is that exact guard. #8416 planted the first two (`js_closure_call1`, `js_native_call_value`) and broke `tier1_every_ffi_type_against_test_dylib`; #8480 planted another on the same FFI path; #8464 planted ~40 more and cost +20 gap crashes plus a red `gc-stress` before being reverted in #8484. All four pass-through conversions are back to `extern "C"`; throw *originators* (`js_throw` and friends, which diverge) are untouched. | |||
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Publish one changeset for the shipped behavior.
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changelog.d/8485-remove-c-unwind-guards.md#L1-L1: merge the runtime ABI description into the single final entry.changelog.d/8491-test-runtime-panic-strategy.md#L1-L1: merge the CI runtime-profile description into the same final entry.
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In `@changelog.d/8485-remove-c-unwind-guards.md` at line 1, Replace
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| fix(test): `function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface` builds and links a `--release` runtime archive (#8479). It hardcoded `target/debug` and passed it via `PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR`, so it always linked a `panic = "unwind"` runtime — a configuration Perry never ships — where rustc plants an RFC-2945 abort guard in every `extern "C"` helper and a JS throw crossing one aborts. That made this test and `bun_ffi_stage1`'s use-after-close case mutually unsatisfiable and drove three successive "fixes" (#8416, #8464, #8480) that each repaired one by breaking the other. | |||
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This entry includes the development history of #8416, #8464, and #8480. State the final behavior instead: function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface builds and links the release runtime archive so the test uses Perry’s shipped panic = "abort" configuration.
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-fix(test): `function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface` builds and links a `--release` runtime archive (`#8479`). It hardcoded `target/debug` and passed it via `PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR`, so it always linked a `panic = "unwind"` runtime — a configuration Perry never ships — where rustc plants an RFC-2945 abort guard in every `extern "C"` helper and a JS throw crossing one aborts. That made this test and `bun_ffi_stage1`'s use-after-close case mutually unsatisfiable and drove three successive "fixes" (`#8416`, `#8464`, `#8480`) that each repaired one by breaking the other.
+fix(test): Build and link `function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface` with a release runtime archive so it exercises Perry’s shipped `panic = "abort"` configuration (`#8479`).Based on learnings, PerryTS/perry changelog fragments must describe final shipped behavior as one coherent release-note entry and must not include separate development-slice narratives.
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| fix(test): `function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface` builds and links a `--release` runtime archive (#8479). It hardcoded `target/debug` and passed it via `PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR`, so it always linked a `panic = "unwind"` runtime — a configuration Perry never ships — where rustc plants an RFC-2945 abort guard in every `extern "C"` helper and a JS throw crossing one aborts. That made this test and `bun_ffi_stage1`'s use-after-close case mutually unsatisfiable and drove three successive "fixes" (#8416, #8464, #8480) that each repaired one by breaking the other. | |
| fix(test): Build and link `function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface` with a release runtime archive so it exercises Perry’s shipped `panic = "abort"` configuration (#8479). |
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In `@changelog.d/8492-function-apply-release-runtime.md` at line 1, Rewrite the
changelog entry to describe only the final shipped behavior:
function_apply_dynamic_args_eval_surface builds and links the release runtime
archive, using Perry’s shipped panic = "abort" configuration. Remove the
development history, issue-number narrative, and intermediate-fix details.
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#8482 added four `arr_handle.get_raw_const_ptr::<ArrayHeader>()` reads — the join helpers' post-collection receiver reload — taking this module to 6 bare reads against a ceiling of 2, and the workspace to 982 against a baseline of 978. That turned `lint` RED on main, and since `lint` is part of `pr-gate` it blocked every open PR (surfaced on #8488, whose own branch measures exactly 978). The ratchet's own guidance applies directly here: `normalize_array_receiver` only strips a NaN-box tag and probes the GC header — it cannot allocate — so the scoped `with_const_ptr` form is exactly right. The rooting #8482 added is unchanged; only the final read inside each scope becomes scoped. Verified: raw_handle_debt.py reports 978 (baseline 978), all 109 modules within ceilings; perry-runtime builds; the array join unit tests pass. Refs #8482 Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
The runtime is built panic=abort, and a JS throw travels as a raw Itanium _Unwind_Exception that must step THROUGH runtime Rust frames untouched. crate::eh says so, and the workspace Cargo.toml states the requirement outright: 'no RFC-2945 abort-on-unwind guards (which panic=unwind plants in every extern "C" helper and which a JS throw crossing a helper frame would trip)'. Marking a pass-through frame extern "C-unwind" in a panic=abort crate does NOT make it unwind-capable — it makes rustc wrap the call in an abort-on-unwind landing pad, i.e. it INSTALLS exactly the guard the design forbids. That inverts the intent of the last three attempts: * #8416 converted js_closure_call1 + js_native_call_value and broke tier1_every_ffi_type_against_test_dylib (measured: the test passes at 55a5b5a, aborts from 526e0b5 onward); * #8480 converted bun_ffi's sym/close thunks — another guard on the very path the throw takes, so it could not help; * #8464 converted ~40 dispatch functions and cost +20 gap crashes plus a red gc-stress (reverted in #8484; the post-revert sweep measured 36 -> 14). Put all four pass-through frames back to extern "C". Throw ORIGINATORS (js_throw and friends, which diverge and where the raise begins) are left alone — different case, no evidence they are implicated. Local (macOS) bun_ffi_stage1 is 3/3, but macOS has never reproduced this abort under any variant, so the Linux e2e-scoped run of this suite is the verdict. It must report before this merges. Refs #8479
Also puts this file back in the diff so e2e-scoped actually runs the suite: PR #8488's first run reported GREEN having skipped it entirely ('Run scoped integration suites: skipped') because the scope computation found no test file changed — a pass that proves nothing.
panic is a PROFILE-level setting: only release/dist/perry-dev set panic="abort". Both jobs built the static runtime archives with a bare `cargo build`, i.e. DEBUG + panic="unwind" — and under panic="unwind" rustc plants an RFC-2945 abort guard in every extern "C" helper, which a JS throw crossing that helper trips. So the compiled child binaries linked a runtime whose unwind semantics are the OPPOSITE of the one Perry ships, and the two throw-transport canaries could not both pass in that environment. That is the whack-a-mole behind #8416 (extern "C-unwind" — right for the debug runtime, wrong for the shipped one), #8464 (the same generalised: +20 gap crashes, gc-stress) and #8480 (more of it). Measured: against a panic=abort runtime with those conversions removed, BOTH tier1_every_ffi_type_against_test_dylib and function_apply_with_runtime_args_defers_to_a_located_aot_error pass — the first also verified on Linux e2e-scoped. Refs #8479
…ace suite The test hardcoded target/debug as its runtime dir and passed it through PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR, so it always linked a DEBUG, panic="unwind" archive — overriding even the job-level PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR. panic is a profile-level setting; only release/dist/perry-dev set panic="abort", which is what Perry actually ships. Under panic="unwind" rustc plants an RFC-2945 abort guard in every extern "C" helper, and a JS throw crossing one aborts. So this suite was asserting unwind semantics that do not exist in production, while bun_ffi_stage1 (which sets no PERRY_RUNTIME_DIR and gets a release runtime) asserted the real ones — making the two mutually unsatisfiable and driving #8416 -> #8464 -> #8480, each repairing one by breaking the other. Build the -static wrappers with --release and point runtime_dir() at target/release. Verified locally: this suite passes with no env overrides (334s), and bun_ffi_stage1 passes too — both against panic=abort. Refs #8479
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Merging. The one remaining red ( Verified: the identical What this PR is verified to fix, on Linux, with the integration-suites step confirmed to have actually executed:
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Refs #8479 — the
cargo-testblocker (tier1_every_ffi_type_against_test_dylibaborting on Linux), and, I believe, the reason three previous attempts made it worse rather than better.The inversion
The runtime is built
panic=abort, and a JS throw is a raw Itanium_Unwind_Exceptionthat must step through runtime Rust frames untouched.crate::ehdocuments this, and the workspaceCargo.tomlstates the requirement outright:Marking a pass-through frame
extern "C-unwind"in apanic=abortcrate does not make it unwind-capable. It makes rustc treat the call as possibly-unwinding and wrap it in an abort-on-unwind landing pad — precisely the guard the design forbids. Hence the abort message is not a symptom of a missingC-unwind; it is a symptom of a present one.That reading explains all three attempts at once:
js_closure_call1+js_native_call_value→C-unwind55a5b5a06, aborts from526e0b502onbun_ffisym_thunk_*/close_thunk→C-unwindC-unwindgc-stressred (reverted in #8484; post-revert sweep measured 36 → 14)This PR
Puts all four pass-through conversions back to
extern "C", with a comment at each site explaining whyC-unwindis wrong here specifically, so the next person doesn't re-add it.Scope, deliberately narrow: throw originators (
js_throw,js_throw_type_error_not_a_function, …) are left alone. They diverge (-> !) and are where the raise begins rather than frames a throw crosses; there is no evidence implicating them, and 20 furtherC-unwindsites elsewhere in the runtime are likewise untouched pending evidence.Verification
bun_ffi_stage1is 3/3 locally — which proves nothing, because macOS has never reproduced this abort under any variant, including plainmain. The Linuxe2e-scopedrun of this suite is the only verdict, and this diff names the test file to opt into it.Please let that job report before merging. #8464 was merged while exactly that job was in flight, the merge cancelled it, and the resulting blind merge is what cost main 20 crashes.
Two outcomes worth watching, since #8416 was itself fixing something:
tier1_every_ffi_type_against_test_dylib— expected to pass;function_apply_with_runtime_args_defers_to_a_located_aot_error— the test fix: preserve deferred Function errors on Linux #8416 was written for. If it regresses, then that bug needs a fix that doesn't plant a guard (theSetjmptransport inexception.rsis the natural place to look), and this PR should wait for it.Summary by CodeRabbit
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