[robobun]

Problem

• A Worker that calls Bun.file().stat() leaks the per-VM NodeFS (4104 bytes) when it exits or is terminated. LSan: Direct leak of 4104 byte(s) from jsc_hooks::create_node_fs via VirtualMachine::node_fs (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:3906). bun:jsc's startSamplingProfiler(dir) uses the same instance.
• VirtualMachine.node_fs (VirtualMachine.rs:168) held it as a type-erased pointer. VirtualMachine::destroy frees every other owned field, but not this one.

Fix

• The instance stays on the heap, as designed: it holds the path buffer off the stack without an allocation per call. It now lives in RuntimeState (src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs) as a lazily created Box<Binding>, like global_dns_data. destroy() drops that state, and the instance with it. The VirtualMachine field, its accessor and the create_node_fs hook are gone.
• Freeing it there is safe. Its users hold it only for the duration of a call (mkdir_recursive, and the path scratch while a task is created), and destroy() runs after the wait for off-thread work.
• Callers reach it through Binding::for_vm. Blob.rs no longer casts a bare NodeFS to a Binding, File::unlink no longer builds a path-buffer sized Binding on the stack, and Binding::finalize loses its branch for a VM-owned instance, which never gets a JS wrapper.
• Verified: test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts (new test, fails on main with the stack above, 26/26 here). Also the node:fs, Bun.file and blob-write suites, the sibling worker leak tests, clippy, a Windows cargo check.

Background

• node:fs has its own Binding from create_binding, owned by its JS wrapper. Binding wraps a NodeFS, whose sync_error_buf is the path buffer (about 96 KB on Windows) the sync operations work in. Native callers outside the module need one too, and that is the per-VM instance.
• RuntimeState is the per-VM state owned by bun_runtime. bun_jsc holds it as an opaque pointer and frees it in destroy(), the last step of VM teardown. Workers run that on exit, the main thread only under BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT.
• LSan does not scan the JSC heap, and test/leaksan.supp hides the resulting reports by module evaluation frames. The new test calls stat() from a timer, so its stack has none, and sets BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1 as CI's runner does.

Notes

• Rebased onto main (0e395c2) as one commit. The conflicts were in code main also changed: the RuntimeHooks table next to the removed create_node_fs entry, Bun__mkdirp's path construction (PathLike::borrowed), and File::unlink's arguments (args::Unlink::owned). Each keeps main's new code and this PR's use of the per-VM binding.
• History: the first push had this shape. The self-review argued that nothing reads the instance, and two pushes deleted it and put a NodeFS on the stack in Bun__mkdirp. That misses the point of the instance (Jarred's review: node:fs: free the per-VM NodeFS when a worker's VM is torn down #39684 (review)), so the final shape is the first one. The async constructors keep their Binding parameter: the Windows UVFSRequest::create uses its buffer for open and statfs.
• This started from a report that the dns.lookup test in the same file fails when the file is run directly. That is a different allocation: the module's own binding on the main thread (create_binding), which is not a leak. The main thread does not destroy its VM, and the Rust allocator frames push the Bun::generateModule suppression past malloc_context_size=30. CI passes it because the runner sets BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1. node:fs: mark the per-VM Binding box as LSan-ignored (fixes worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts on main) #35159 fixes the report at the source. This PR adds that variable to the dns.lookup test, in the same words as Bun.serve: free a Worker's RequestContext pools when its VM is torn down #37513, so the file passes when run directly. The new test is the one that proves this fix.
• Failure modes of the new test: a worker that throws or whose stat() rejects exits non-zero and prints the error, so the child prints no ok and stderr is not empty. Nothing keeps the child alive once the workers are gone.
• Probes with the fix and test/leaksan.supp disabled: 4 workers (2 terminated, 2 process.exit) that each run stat() and unlink() report zero leaks. On main the same probe with the suppressions enabled reports one create_node_fs allocation per worker.
• create_node_fs set NodeFS.vm only for standalone executables. Binding::init sets it always, as create_binding does. Only the sync readFile path reads the field, and none of these callers use that path.
• The other NodeFS::default() locals (fetch.rs, three in Blob.rs, and more) are unchanged. They could use Binding::for_vm too, which is a separate change.
• startSamplingProfiler(dir) crashes after Bun__mkdirp returns, on the main thread too (jsc.startSamplingProfiler(directory) segfaults: runtime write to frozen JSC::Config #32212). The directory is still created.
• Other suites run: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts, fs-oom.test.ts, test/js/bun/util/bun-file.test.ts, test/js/web/fetch/blob-write.test.ts, worker-shutdown-post-leak.test.ts, shell-worker-terminate-leak.test.ts. cargo clippy -p bun_jsc -p bun_runtime and cargo check -p bun_runtime --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc are clean.

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Changes

The PR moves per-VM NodeFS binding storage from VirtualMachine to RuntimeState. Filesystem operations now resolve bindings through Binding::for_vm. Worker lifetime tests add ASAN coverage for statistics during worker exit and termination.

NodeFS lifecycle and filesystem access

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Move NodeFS ownership to RuntimeState src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs, src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs, src/runtime/node/node_fs_binding.rs	Removes the VM NodeFS field, accessor, and runtime hook. Adds lazy RuntimeState binding storage and centralizes binding initialization and finalization.
Update filesystem call sites src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs, src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs, src/runtime/webcore/blob/Store.rs, src/runtime/webcore/fetch.rs	Uses VM-associated bindings for directory creation, statistics, and unlink operations. Updates related comments.
Validate worker lifetime cleanup test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts	Adds ASAN coverage for NodeFS statistics during natural worker exit and worker termination.

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Status: ready for review at 203fd60 (rebased onto main 0e395c2, one commit). The per-VM instance stays on the heap and is owned by RuntimeState, which worker teardown frees. Every review thread is answered. CI on this commit (Buildkite build 106533) is green on everything the diff touches, including every ASAN shard, where the new test runs. The one red lane is test/js/web/url/url.test.ts on macOS x64, a failure that also occurs on other recently merged branches and does not involve this change (reported separately). The other failures in that build are unrelated tests that passed on retry.

How the leak was reproduced (debug ASAN build of main at 0a4e3b1, Linux x64), with the LSan settings the CI runner uses (BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1, detect_leaks=1, test/leaksan.supp): a script that starts N workers, each of which calls Bun.file(process.execPath).stat() from a setTimeout callback and then exits or is terminated, reports N times Direct leak of 4104 byte(s) from jsc_hooks::create_node_fs via VirtualMachine::node_fs. With N = 0 it reports nothing. With this branch it reports nothing, also with the suppression file removed.

The new test in test/js/web/workers/worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts is that script with 2 exiting and 2 terminated workers. It fails on main and passes on this branch, as do the rest of the file (26 tests) and the node:fs, Bun.file and blob-write suites. This shape leaves the Windows-only code as it is on main.

[claude]

LGTM — moves the leaked type-erased node_fs box into RuntimeState alongside global_dns_data, so worker teardown drops it.

What was reviewed:

• Verified async_::{Stat,Fstat,Unlink}::create take _binding: &Binding and never store it, so the &'static from for_vm() is only borrowed synchronously on the JS thread.
• Confirmed no remaining callers of the removed VirtualMachine::node_fs() / create_node_fs hook anywhere in src/.
• Checked the finalize branch removal: the VM-owned instance now lives in RuntimeState and is never passed to to_js_boxed, so the wrapper-owned check was dead.
• The old Blob.rs cast of a bare *mut NodeFS to *mut Binding is gone; for_vm returns the real type.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes a per-worker leak of the NodeFS binding used by native callers outside node:fs (Bun.file().stat()/.unlink(), Bun__mkdirp). The binding was stored as a type-erased Option<*mut c_void> on VirtualMachine and never freed in destroy(). It now lives as a lazy OnceCell<Box<Binding>> in RuntimeState, which deinit_runtime_state drops during VM teardown — the exact pattern already used for global_dns_data. Eight files touched: the field/hook removal in bun_jsc, the new slot + accessor in jsc_hooks.rs, four call sites updated to Binding::for_vm, two comment-only edits in fetch.rs, and an LSan regression test.

Security risks

None. This is per-VM state ownership; no user input parsing, auth, or protocol code is touched.

Level of scrutiny

Memory-management changes in worker teardown warrant a close look, and I gave it one. The key lifetime claim — that no async task retains the &Binding past create() — checks out: async_::Stat/Fstat/Unlink alias to AsyncFSTask, whose create at node_fs.rs:1306 takes _binding and never reads it; the Windows UVFSRequest::create only borrows binding.node_fs.sync_error_buf synchronously for Open/Statfs (neither reachable from the for_vm callers). vm_node_fs_binding() reads the calling thread's runtime_state(), which is correct for these JS-thread-only callers and mirrors global_dns_data(). The removed finalize branch is provably dead now that the VM-owned box never gets a JS wrapper.

Other factors

The PR description is unusually thorough — it explains the LSan suppression interaction, why the existing dns.lookup test needed BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1, why the timer indirection in the new test bypasses leaksan.supp, and enumerates every suite run plus a Windows cargo check. The old Blob.rs code was casting a bare *mut NodeFS to *mut Binding (worked only because Binding is a single JsCell<NodeFS> field with repr(transparent) innards); the new for_vm path is typed correctly. The File::unlink change also drops a large stack Binding::default() (path-buffer sized, ~64 KB on Windows). No outstanding review comments; the coderabbit comment is a rate-limit notice.

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[claude]

Additional findings (outside current diff — PR may have been updated during review):

• 🟡 src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:9611-9616 — Bun__mkdirp now puts a NodeFS::default() (~96 KB on Windows, from sync_error_buf: PathBuffer) on the stack, where it previously used the heap-cached per-VM instance — the same anti-pattern this PR's description says it removed from File::unlink. It's harmless in practice (sole caller is bun:jsc startSamplingProfiler on the JS thread, and mkdir_recursive never touches sync_error_buf here since the result is discarded via .is_ok()), but it's a fresh instance of a pattern src/CLAUDE.md flags.

  Extended reasoning...

  What changed

  Before this PR, Bun__mkdirp reached the heap-cached per-VM NodeFS via global_this.bun_vm().node_fs(). The PR drops that field and accessor entirely (per commit 4b23278, "drop the per-VM NodeFS instead of moving it"), and Bun__mkdirp now constructs NodeFS::default() as a stack temporary:

  NodeFS::default()
      .mkdir_recursive(&args::Mkdir { ... })
      .is_ok()

  NodeFS embeds sync_error_buf: PathBuffer inline (src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:4589), and PathBuffer is [u8; MAX_PATH_BYTES]. On Windows, MAX_PATH_BYTES = 32767 * 3 + 1 = 98302 (src/bun_core/util.rs:676-680), so this is a ~96 KB stack object where previously nothing large was on the stack.

  Why it's flagged

  src/CLAUDE.md:145 says explicitly: "Use the path-buffer pool to avoid 64 KB stack allocations on Windows." And this PR's own description highlights the identical shape as something it fixed:

  File::unlink used to build a path-buffer sized Binding on the stack (64 KB on Windows) because it only needed something to pass. It uses the per-VM one now.

  — except with the per-VM instance now dropped, File::unlink was actually fixed by switching to the new schedule() entry point (no Binding at all), while Bun__mkdirp was moved onto a stack temporary instead. The 96 KB buys nothing here: mkdir_recursive immediately pulls a pooled buffer via paths::path_buffer_pool::get() for its path work, and this call site discards the error via .is_ok(), so sync_error_buf is never read.

  Step-by-step on Windows

  1. C++ (bun:jsc startSamplingProfiler(dir)) calls Bun__mkdirp(global, path).
  2. NodeFS::default() reserves ~98 KB of stack for sync_error_buf.
  3. mkdir_recursive runs; on failure it may write into sync_error_buf, but the caller does .is_ok() and never reads it.
  4. The temporary drops; the 98 KB was pure overhead.

  Why this is a nit, not a bug

  • Reachability is essentially nil. The sole caller is bun:jsc's startSamplingProfiler(dir), a debug-only entry point that — per this PR's own notes — already crashes after Bun__mkdirp returns (#32212). It runs on the JS thread with a multi-MB stack, at shallow FFI depth.
  • It matches an established local convention. There are ~15 pre-existing NodeFS::default() stack sites across the codebase (fetch.rs:1796, Blob.rs:4307/4391, shell/builtin/mkdir.rs, test_command.rs, and several inside node_fs.rs itself, including every async pool task at node_fs.rs:1243). This PR did not introduce the pattern; it added one more instance of it.
  • No concrete failure: 96 KB on a 1 MB Windows default stack in a leaf extern "C" call will not overflow.

  Suggested cleanup (non-blocking)

  Since mkdir_recursive does not need sync_error_buf when the caller discards the error, consider either (a) making it callable without a NodeFS receiver (it already pulls from the path-buffer pool internally), or (b) boxing the temporary here on Windows the way this PR's description recommends. Either would keep this consistent with the PR's stated intent and src/CLAUDE.md.

[robobun]

The PR changed shape after the first round of review, so the earlier reviews describe code that is no longer here.

The first commit (8c82242) moved the leaked box into RuntimeState. The self-review found that nothing reads that box: the async constructors ignore their Binding argument and the pool task builds its own NodeFS. The two commits after it (4b23278, 7d4c20e) delete the box instead and drop the Binding parameter from the async constructors. The title and body describe the final state.

On the stack NodeFS::default() in Bun__mkdirp: kept. mkdir_recursive uses sync_error_buf as its working memory while it walks up the path (node_fs.rs:5710), so it needs some NodeFS. A stack one is what mkdir_if_not_exists in Blob.rs and the other sync callers use. Bun__mkdirp is an extern "C" leaf, so the buffer exists only during the call. A receiver-less mkdir_recursive would be a change to a function shared by every caller, which is a separate PR.

Windows, where UVFSRequest::create changed: built this branch on Windows x64 and ran fs.test.ts, promises.test.js, bun-file.test.ts and blob-write.test.ts (559 pass). The one failure, readSync > works on large files, fails the same way there with the unmodified release build (it writes at a 4.9 GB offset and exceeds the 5 s timeout on that machine). promises.open (a path and /dev/null), promises.statfs, Bun.file().stat() and .unlink() also pass when run directly.

[Jarred-Sumner]

The main purpose of the node:fs struct was to hold the path buffer without using stack and without a dynamic allocation.

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[robobun]

Thanks, that settles it. 2600674 goes back to the first shape: the per-VM instance stays on the heap, and RuntimeState owns it so that worker teardown frees it. Bun__mkdirp, Blob.stat() and File::unlink() reach it through Binding::for_vm (unlink() used to build one on the stack). The async constructors keep their Binding parameter. The title and body describe this shape now, and for_vm's doc comment records what the instance is for.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. The final shape mirrors the established global_dns_data pattern and looks correct to me, but per-VM ownership and worker-teardown ordering are exactly the kind of memory-lifecycle change a maintainer should sign off on — especially given the design flipped between "own in RuntimeState" and "delete entirely" three times during review.

What was reviewed:

• vm_node_fs_binding() / RuntimeState.node_fs_binding follow global_dns_data line-for-line; freed by deinit_runtime_state when the box drops.
• UVFSRequest::create (Windows) uses the &Binding only for synchronous path scratch (libuv copies before return); AsyncFSTask::create ignores it — nothing stores the reference into a task.
• Binding::finalize's removed VM-singleton branch was dead: the old vm.node_fs was a boxed NodeFS, never a Binding, so the pointer comparison could never match.
• Binding::init now sets nfs.vm unconditionally (old create_node_fs set it only when standalone) — only the sync readFile path reads it, which none of for_vm's callers reach.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes a 4104-byte-per-worker leak: the per-VM NodeFS was stored on VirtualMachine as a type-erased leaked Box that no teardown path freed. It moves the instance to RuntimeState.node_fs_binding: OnceCell<Box<Binding>> (freed when deinit_runtime_state drops the box), adds Binding::for_vm(global) as the accessor, and rewires the three native callers (Bun__mkdirp, Blob::stat, File::unlink) to use it. VirtualMachine.node_fs, its accessor, and the create_node_fs hook are deleted. Binding::finalize drops its VM-singleton branch, and create_binding folds into the new Binding::init factory. fetch.rs and Blob.rs lose stale comments. A new ASAN-gated LSan regression test spawns four workers (two exit naturally, two are terminated) that each Bun.file().stat() from a timer.

Security risks

None identified. This is internal memory-ownership plumbing with no user-controlled input reaching new code paths; the callers and the syscalls they issue are unchanged.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is per-VM state ownership across worker teardown — the most-blocked category in REVIEW.md ("pair every acquisition with its release", "every allocation has exactly one named owner"). The correctness argument depends on deinit_runtime_state running strictly after every user of Binding::for_vm has released its borrow, which the PR asserts ("destroy() runs after the wait for off-thread work") and which matches the global_dns_data precedent, but is the kind of ordering invariant a maintainer should confirm.

Other factors

• The design changed three times during review (own-in-RuntimeState → delete-entirely → own-in-RuntimeState). The final revert cites a maintainer comment ("see Jarred's comment below") that does not appear in the PR timeline; whatever channel that came through, a human should confirm the chosen design is the intended one.
• I verified the &Binding from for_vm is never stored past the synchronous create() call: the Windows UVFSRequest::create uses it only as slice_z scratch (libuv copies the path before returning), and the POSIX AsyncFSTask::create ignores it entirely.
• The removed finalize branch was provably dead (the old vm.node_fs boxed a NodeFS, not a Binding, so the address comparison could never hit), so its removal cannot introduce a double-free.
• All 30 inline threads are resolved; no human has reviewed yet. My three prior comments (two description-mismatch, one stack-NodeFS concern) are all addressed by the final shape.

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[claude]

LGTM — the final shape is a straightforward ownership move that mirrors the global_dns_data pattern exactly, and a maintainer already directed this design.

Checked that Binding::for_vm never hands its instance to to_js_boxed, so the removed VM-singleton branch in finalize is dead. Checked that vm_node_fs_binding() is byte-for-byte the global_dns_data() accessor with the field swapped, and that RuntimeState drop in deinit_runtime_state covers it. Verified the Blob.rs change removes the pre-existing NodeFS→Binding layout-coincidence cast. The fetch.rs hunk is comment-only.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

Fixes a per-worker leak of the lazily-created NodeFS box (~4 KB) by moving ownership from a type-erased raw pointer on VirtualMachine (which nothing freed) into RuntimeState as a OnceCell<Box<Binding>>, dropped by deinit_runtime_state alongside global_dns_data. Callers (Blob.stat(), File::unlink(), Bun__mkdirp) reach it through the new Binding::for_vm(global). The VirtualMachine.node_fs field, its accessor, and the create_node_fs hook are removed. Binding::finalize drops the VM-singleton guard (that instance never gets a JS wrapper), and create_binding folds its body into a shared Binding::init. New ASAN-only regression test in worker-terminate-lifetime.test.ts; the sibling dns.lookup test gains BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1 so it passes when run directly.

Security risks

None. No user-controlled input, no parsing, no network/auth surface. Pure per-VM state ownership.

Level of scrutiny

Memory-lifetime code in the runtime core, so it warrants care — but the change is small (~60 net lines), follows the established global_dns_data pattern byte-for-byte, and removes more unsafety than it adds (the old Blob.rs path cast a raw *mut NodeFS to &Binding, relying on JsCell being repr(transparent); File::unlink built a path-buffer-sized Binding on the stack). The one behavioral delta — Binding::init sets nfs.vm unconditionally where create_node_fs gated on standalone_module_graph — is addressed in the description (only sync readFile reads it, and it matches what create_binding already did). Teardown ordering is safe: users hold the reference only for the synchronous create/mkdir_recursive call, and destroy() waits for off-thread work before deinit_runtime_state.

Other factors

This PR went through three design iterations; a maintainer reviewed and directed it back to this shape (keep the heap instance, own it in RuntimeState), so the design has already had human eyes. My three prior comments were all about title/description staleness during that churn — all resolved, and the current description matches the shipped diff. All CodeRabbit and comment-cop threads are resolved. The PR was rebased onto main (8eb5b6e) and squashed; the only conflict was the neighbouring RuntimeHooks entry, resolved correctly. The new test is ASAN-gated, hermetic, and follows the sibling leak tests' assertion shape (combined {stdout, stderr, exitCode}). Existing fs, Blob, and worker-leak suites were re-run per the description.

[claude]

I reviewed this PR and the bug-hunting pass found no issues. The change looks correct — it follows the same OnceCell<Box<_>>-on-RuntimeState pattern as global_dns_data, the removed Binding::finalize branch is provably dead now that the per-VM instance never gets a JS wrapper, and the Blob.rs cast of a raw NodeFS* to *Binding is gone. Given this is a cross-crate ownership/lifetime change on the VM-teardown path and a maintainer already steered the design mid-PR, a human sign-off on the final squashed shape would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• vm_node_fs_binding() returning &'static is the same thread-local RuntimeState pattern as global_dns_data(); callers (Bun__mkdirp, Blob.stat, File::unlink) borrow only for the synchronous call and deinit_runtime_state runs after off-thread work is joined.
• No remaining callers of vm.node_fs() / create_node_fs anywhere in src/.
• Binding::init setting nfs.vm unconditionally (vs. the old standalone-only gate) is safe: only the sync readFile path reads it, and none of the for_vm callers reach that path.
• The new ASAN leak test mirrors the sibling dns.lookup test's shape, runs stat() from a timer to avoid leaksan.supp module-eval suppression, and covers both natural exit and terminate().

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes a per-VM NodeFS leak on worker exit by moving ownership from a type-erased Option<*mut c_void> on VirtualMachine (which destroy() never freed) to a OnceCell<Box<Binding>> on RuntimeState, which deinit_runtime_state drops. It touches 7 source files across bun_jsc and bun_runtime: removes the node_fs field/accessor/hook from VirtualMachine.rs, adds the RuntimeState field and vm_node_fs_binding() accessor in jsc_hooks.rs, adds Binding::init/Binding::for_vm and simplifies finalize in node_fs_binding.rs, rewires Bun__mkdirp in node_fs.rs, switches Blob.stat() and File::unlink() to Binding::for_vm, and deletes two stale comments in fetch.rs. A new ASAN-only regression test is added and BUN_DESTRUCT_VM_ON_EXIT=1 is added to the sibling dns.lookup test so the file passes when run directly.

Security risks

None identified. This is an internal ownership/lifetime refactor with no user-facing input handling, no auth/crypto, and no network surface. The 'static lifetime on vm_node_fs_binding() is a per-thread lie identical to the existing global_dns_data() accessor; it is sound because RuntimeState outlives every JS-thread caller and is only freed in deinit_runtime_state after off-thread work has been joined.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. This is native Rust touching per-VM state ownership on the worker-teardown path — exactly the area REVIEW.md's memory-safety section flags as the most-blocked category. The change itself is small and follows an established in-tree pattern (global_dns_data), but it went through three design iterations with a maintainer steering it back to the current shape, and the correctness argument depends on teardown ordering (the &'static reference must never be held across deinit_runtime_state). I verified that all three callers (Bun__mkdirp, Blob.stat, File::unlink) use the reference only synchronously on the JS thread, and that no other callers of the removed vm.node_fs() remain.

Other factors

• The PR also fixes a pre-existing type-pun in Blob.rs where a heap NodeFS* was cast to *Binding (worked by layout coincidence via JsCell being repr(transparent), but fragile). File::unlink no longer builds a ~4 KB (98 KB on Windows) Binding on the stack.
• The removed Binding::finalize branch was reachable only for a VM-owned instance that had a JS wrapper; the old create_node_fs never wrapped its box, and the new for_vm instance is never passed to to_js_boxed, so the branch is dead.
• All prior review threads (comment-cop, CodeRabbit, my own description-mismatch and stack-NodeFS notes) are resolved. The description now matches the shipped code.
• A maintainer review on an intermediate commit shaped the final design; that reviewer has not yet signed off on the squashed HEAD (1a38eaa), which is why I'm deferring rather than approving.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.