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worker_threads: don't build fd stdio or reify all of process at worker startup - #39528
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…r startup A node:worker_threads Worker's bootstrap rebinds process.stdout/stderr/stdin to port-backed streams. It did so with Object.defineProperty, which first built the real fd-backed streams (node:fs + fs streams) and threw them away, and it deleted four main-thread-only process stubs, which reifies process's whole static table (building the nextTick queue and every other lazy property). Both ran on every worker thread. - The parent's stdio ports are registered on the worker's global and the existing lazy process.std* getters build the port-backed streams directly. - The four stubs are simply not installed on a worker's process. - node:worker_threads is loaded by a native hook before preloads/entry instead of being injected as an ESM preload. - process.moduleLoadList is real (was []) so tests can pin what a thread loads.
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In `@test/js/node/worker_threads/worker_threads.test.ts`:
- Around line 2852-2855: Update the Worker test around the once(w, "message")
await to also reject when the Worker emits an error, ensuring bootstrap failures
surface immediately instead of hanging while preserving the existing message
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| test("a Worker's bootstrap doesn't build fd stdio or reify all of process", async () => { | ||
| const w = new Worker("self.postMessage(process.moduleLoadList)", { eval: true }); | ||
| const [list] = await once(w, "message"); | ||
| await w.terminate(); |
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Wire the worker error event to rejection.
The test waits only for message. If the worker bootstrap throws, the worker emits error, no message arrives, and the test hangs until the runner timeout instead of reporting the thrown error. Race the error event so the failure surfaces with its cause. As per coding guidelines: "Tests must await observable conditions, wire every failure event to rejection".
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const w = new Worker("self.postMessage(process.moduleLoadList)", { eval: true });
- const [list] = await once(w, "message");
+ const [list] = await Promise.race([
+ once(w, "message"),
+ once(w, "error").then(([err]) => {
+ throw err;
+ }),
+ ]);
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| test("a Worker's bootstrap doesn't build fd stdio or reify all of process", async () => { | |
| const w = new Worker("self.postMessage(process.moduleLoadList)", { eval: true }); | |
| const [list] = await once(w, "message"); | |
| await w.terminate(); | |
| test("a Worker's bootstrap doesn't build fd stdio or reify all of process", async () => { | |
| const w = new Worker("self.postMessage(process.moduleLoadList)", { eval: true }); | |
| const [list] = await Promise.race([ | |
| once(w, "message"), | |
| once(w, "error").then(([err]) => { | |
| throw err; | |
| }), | |
| ]); | |
| await w.terminate(); |
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In `@test/js/node/worker_threads/worker_threads.test.ts` around lines 2852 - 2855,
Update the Worker test around the once(w, "message") await to also reject when
the Worker emits an error, ensuring bootstrap failures surface immediately
instead of hanging while preserving the existing message result and termination
flow.
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Both earlier nits are addressed (40aec9c adds the TOP-scope guard to constructModuleLoadList; dd290d1 swaps push for putDirectIndex in didLoad), and this pass found nothing new. Given the scope — worker bootstrap reordered into a native pre-preload hook, process's static table changed, a new GC-visited m_moduleLoadList / m_nodeWorkerStdioPorts, and the port-stdio helpers moved into a shared internal module — a human look is still worthwhile.
Checked this pass: m_moduleLoadList and m_nodeWorkerStdioPorts are both wired into visitChildrenImpl / FOR_EACH_GLOBALOBJECT_GC_MEMBER; the Bun__NodeWorker__bootstrap failure path mirrors the entry-load failure path (exit_code, flush_logs, entrySettled, shutdown); makePortReadable's move from .on('message', fn) to addEventListener('message', ev => ev.data) preserves the payload unwrap; isNodeWorkerVM is set before Process::finishCreation runs so the four stubs are correctly gated.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
15 files across C++ bindings (BunProcess.cpp, InternalModuleRegistry.{cpp,h}, ZigGlobalObject.{cpp,h}, Worker.cpp, BunClientData.h), Rust worker startup (web_worker.rs, jsc_hooks.rs), JS builtins (ProcessObjectInternals.ts, worker_threads.ts, new internal/worker/stdio.ts), codegen (bundle-modules.ts), and two test files. The change restructures node:worker_threads bootstrap so port-backed stdio is built lazily by the existing process.std* PropertyCallbacks (via a new m_nodeWorkerStdioPorts on the global) instead of eagerly rebinding over already-built fd streams; moves the four main-thread-only process stubs from the static table into a conditional putDirectNativeFunction in finishCreation; replaces the injected node:worker_threads preload with a native Bun__NodeWorker__bootstrap call in web_worker.rs::spin; and implements process.moduleLoadList (previously a stub empty array) so a test can assert the bootstrap no longer loads node:fs / fs streams / the tick queue.
Security risks
None identified. No auth/crypto/permissions surface. _setStdioPorts is exposed only through the internal createNodeWorkerThreadsBinding array and gated on _isNodeWorker in the JS caller; it stores an object reference on the worker's own global. moduleLoadList exposes builtin names, not paths or user data.
Level of scrutiny
High. Worker bootstrap ordering is subtle (parentPort delivery deferral, stdio flush-on-exit, preload timing), and the change adds two new WriteBarrier members that must be visited, alters Process's static hash table, and moves ~140 lines of port-stdio JS between modules with an API-shape change (port.on('message', payload) → port.addEventListener('message', event)). Each of those is a class of thing that breaks silently.
Other factors
Both of my prior review nits were fixed in follow-up commits on this PR. The bug-hunting pass on the current head found nothing. There is one unresolved CodeRabbit suggestion on the new test (race once(w, 'error') alongside 'message') — a test-quality point, not a correctness issue with the change itself. The PR adds targeted tests (moduleLoadList growth/identity, worker bootstrap module list) and the description reports the full worker/node-test suite matches main. Given the cross-cutting scope I'm deferring rather than approving.
…r startup (#39536) ### What does this PR do? Since #31216 every `node:worker_threads` `Worker` runs a bootstrap on the worker thread that rebinds `process.stdout/stderr/stdin` to port-backed streams. Two things in it were pure waste, paid per worker: - It used `Object.defineProperty(process, "stdout", { value })`, which first *builds* the real fd-backed stream (loads `node:fs`, `internal/fs/streams`, …) and then throws it away — for all three streams. - It `delete`d four main-thread-only `process` stubs. Deleting any static-table property reifies the whole table, which builds the nextTick queue and every other lazy `process` property. Now the parent's stdio ports are registered on the worker's global and the existing lazy `process.std*` getters build the port-backed streams directly; the four stubs are just not installed on a worker's `process`; and `node:worker_threads` is loaded by a native hook before preloads/entry instead of being injected as an ESM preload. Semantics are unchanged (stdio and console are still set up eagerly, as in Node). `new Worker()` → first message, Linux x64, CI release artifacts on the same machine: main 15.9 ms → 10.2 ms (min), 18.4 → 11.8 ms (median). Split out of #39528; `process.moduleLoadList` is now its own PR. ### How did you verify your code works? `test/js/node/worker_threads/*.test.ts`, `test/js/web/workers/worker.test.ts` and the node `test-worker-*.js` files match main on a release build; drove captured / auto-piped stdout (incl. `process.exit()` flush), `stdin: true` and parentPort echo on the debug build with `BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1`.
What does this PR do?
Since #31216 every
node:worker_threadsWorkerruns a bootstrap on the worker thread that rebindsprocess.stdout/stderr/stdinto port-backed streams. Two things in it were pure waste, paid per worker:Object.defineProperty(process, "stdout", { value }), which first builds the real fd-backed stream (loadsnode:fs,internal/fs/streams, …) and then throws it away — for all three streams.deleted four main-thread-onlyprocessstubs. Deleting any static-table property reifies the whole table, which builds the nextTick queue and every other lazyprocessproperty.Now the parent's stdio ports are registered on the worker's global and the existing lazy
process.std*getters build the port-backed streams directly; the four stubs are just not installed on a worker'sprocess; andnode:worker_threadsis loaded by a native hook before preloads/entry instead of being injected as an ESM preload. Semantics are unchanged (stdio and console are still set up eagerly, as in Node).process.moduleLoadListis implemented (was[]) so a test can assert a worker's bootstrap no longer loadsnode:fs/ fs streams / the tick queue.new Worker()→ first message, Linux x64 release, same machine: 16.8 ms → 7.6 ms (main-threadWorkerfromnode:worker_threads,{ eval: true }).How did you verify your code works?
test/js/node/worker_threads/*.test.ts,test/js/web/workers/worker.test.tsand the nodetest-worker-*.jsfiles match main on a release build; drove captured / auto-piped stdout (incl.process.exit()flush),stdin: true, parentPort echo andprocess.moduleLoadListon the debug build withBUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1.