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bun:test: remove unsafe from the test runner - #40235
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WalkthroughThe pull request refactors Bun’s test runner and related runtime code to replace raw-pointer ownership paths with shared references, interior mutability, typed callbacks, handle-based execution state, RAII resource management, and boxed task and parser construction. ChangesTest runner safety and ownership refactor
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Thanks for fixing the p.rs doc-comment placement (3366239) — init's doc is back where it belongs. This run found no further issues.
Given the scope — a full ownership-model rewrite of the test runner (Rc/RefCell replacing UnsafeCell/raw-pointer lists, new ThreadBound<T> with unsafe impl Sync, and the intentional Worker-thread Jest::runner() → None behaviour change) — a human sign-off is still warranted.
What was reviewed:
ThreadBoundsoundness: owner check is a release-mode branch on a never-reused per-thread token;setfrom a second thread panics rather than racing.RefDatahas_one_refprotocol: verifiedRc::strong_count == 1matches the old intrusive-refcount decision points at both the done-callback and promise-then paths.RefCellborrow scoping inExecution/Collection/test_command: no borrow held across a JS re-entry point that could re-borrow the same cell.
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Overview
This PR is the test-runner instalment of an ongoing unsafe-removal series. It rewrites src/runtime/test_runner/ (~400KB diff, 33 files) from an UnsafeCell/raw-pointer/intrusive-linked-list model to Rc<BunTest> + Cell/RefCell interior mutability with an index-arena (EntryNode/EntryId) for the execution order. TestRunner/CommandLineReporter are now Box::leaked &'static and &self-only. A new bun_core::ThreadBound<T: Copy> primitive gates Jest::runner() to the storing thread. Collateral touches test_command.rs, the parallel coordinator/runner, ManagedTask, and a handful of expect matchers.
Prior review
I previously flagged that P::new_boxed had been inserted between init's doc comment and init itself in js_parser/p.rs. Commit 3366239 moved new_boxed after init's body; verified at p.rs:8500/8757 that each function now has its own doc block.
Security risks
None identified. No untrusted-input parsing, auth, or network surface is touched. The ThreadBound unsafe impl Sync is internally sound (release-mode owner check on every access), and the Unaligned<T>: Pod impls are correctly gated on T: Pod/T: Zeroable.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is the test runner itself — every bun test invocation goes through it — and the change replaces a hand-audited aliasing model with a different one. The PR also carries an intentional behaviour change (Workers spawned inside a test file now see Jest::runner() == None, so worker-side snapshot matchers, Bun.jest() path validation, node:test file-generation, and the coverage skip-test-files check no longer touch main-thread runner state). The author flags this as fixing a pre-existing unsynchronised race, but it changes observable behaviour and deserves a maintainer's ack.
Other factors
- The PR description documents byte-for-byte output diffing against a main baseline across a broad flag matrix, plus
test/js/bun/test/**andtest/cli/test/*with failures matching baseline. That's strong evidence of behaviour preservation on the exercised paths. - The
has_one_refprotocol change (intrusiveRefCount→Rc::strong_count) is subtle: the old code explicitly.deref()ed at scope exit; the new code relies onRcdrop. I traced both the done-callback and promise-then/catch paths and the strong-count transitions match. pending_then_refsis now deliberately never drained on exit (entries hold onlyWeaks and the root is leaked), replacing the old explicit deref loop — a design choice worth a second pair of eyes.- New shared primitives (
ThreadBound,for_each_iter,ManagedTask::new_boxed/RunOnce,Unaligned: Pod) will be reused elsewhere, so their shape is worth confirming.
Deferring to a human reviewer for the architecture/behaviour-change sign-off; no correctness issues found.
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Thanks for moving new_boxed — the doc-comment split is fixed. I re-reviewed and didn't find any bugs this pass. Given the scope (33 files, ownership/lifetime reshape of the whole test-runner core, the new ThreadBound primitive, and the intentional Worker-thread Jest::runner() → None behaviour change), a human look is still warranted before merge.
Checked: the Rc<RefData> has_one_ref protocol vs the old intrusive count at each decision point (done-callback + promise-then pairing, pending_then_refs identity lookup); EntryNode/EntryId arena links vs the removed bitwise-cloned hook entries in Order/Execution::reset_sequence; ThreadBound<T> acquire/release ordering and the never-reused token; RefCell borrow scopes across JS re-entry in run_test_callback/step_sequence_one; Unaligned<T>: Pod and the cast_slice length-trim in print_typed_slice!.
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Overview
This PR is the test-runner instalment of the ongoing unsafe-removal series (#40055…#40228). It reshapes BunTest, DescribeScope, ExecutionEntry, RefData, TestRunner and CommandLineReporter from raw-pointer/UnsafeCell/&mut self to Rc/Weak/Cell/RefCell/&'static, replaces the intrusive *mut ExecutionEntry linked lists with an EntryId-indexed Vec<EntryNode> arena built by Order, and introduces several small primitives (bun_core::ThreadBound, Unaligned<T>: Pod, JSValue::for_each_iter/for_each_property_iter, ManagedTask::new_boxed/RunOnce, P::new_boxed). 33 files touched across test_runner/, cli/test_command.rs, cli/test/parallel/, bun_core, event_loop, jsc, js_parser, dispatch.rs, and jsc_hooks.rs.
Security risks
None identified. The change is an internal ownership refactor of the test runner; no untrusted-input parsing, auth, crypto, or network surface is touched. The one new unsafe impl Sync for ThreadBound<T> is guarded by a release-mode owner-token check on every access.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is not a mechanical change: it rewires the refcount protocol that decides when a test's async completion advances the runner (has_one_ref), replaces intrusive raw-pointer lists with an index arena, changes pending_then_refs from tracked-then-freed to leaked-for-process-lifetime, converts TestRunner/CommandLineReporter to Box::leaked &'static, and intentionally changes behaviour on Worker threads (runner is now None there — the PR description enumerates the affected paths). Any RefCell borrow held across a JS re-entry point would panic, and any missed Rc::clone in the has_one_ref accounting would hang or double-advance a test. The author's testing (byte-for-byte output diff against a main debug build across the full flag matrix, ASAN, 1400+ tests) is thorough, but the design decisions (particularly the Worker-thread behaviour change and ThreadBound semantics) merit maintainer sign-off.
Other factors
- My previous inline finding (
p.rsdoc-comment misattachment) was addressed in 3366239 and the current diff showsnew_boxedcorrectly placed afterinit. - The diff is ~400K chars (truncated in my context); I read the core state-machine files (
bun_test.rs,Execution.rs,Order.rs,Collection.rs,jest.rs,expect.rs,test_command.rs) in full and spot-checked the primitive additions. - The PR follows an established series pattern and the author has clearly enumerated every non-mechanical decision in the description, which reduces risk — but the sheer surface area and the intentional behaviour change put this outside the auto-approve bar.
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Automated review ran clean — the earlier doc-comment placement nit on p.rs is fixed, and no new issues were found. Given the scope (33 files, a full ownership-model rewrite of the test runner from raw-pointer/UnsafeCell to Rc/Cell/RefCell, a new ThreadBound primitive, and the intentional Worker-thread Jest::runner() behaviour change), this still warrants a human pass.
What was reviewed: the RefData Rc::strong_count == 1 protocol vs. the old intrusive count at each done/then decision point; EntryNode/EntryId arena replacing intrusive next/failure_skip_past chains and the bitwise-cloned hook entries; ThreadBound soundness (never-reused per-thread token, acquire/release on owner); RefCell borrow spans across JS re-entry in Execution/Collection/snapshot.rs.
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Overview
This PR eliminates ~180 unsafe blocks from src/runtime/test_runner/ by restructuring the ownership model: BunTest becomes Rc<BunTest> (via new_cyclic) with all mutable state in Cell/RefCell; the describe tree is Rc<DescribeScope> with Weak parents; ExecutionEntry is now an immutable Rc with per-occurrence state (next, failure_skip_past, timespec) moved to an EntryNode/EntryId index arena; RefData is Rc<RefData> with .then() refs owned by BunTestRoot::pending_then_refs; and TestRunner/CommandLineReporter are Box::leaked &'static. It also adds bun_core::ThreadBound<T: Copy>, ManagedTask::new_boxed + RunOnce, Unaligned<T>: Pod, JSValue::for_each_iter/for_each_property_iter, and P::new_boxed. 33 files, ~400 KB of diff.
Security risks
None identified. This is an internal ownership refactor of the test runner. The ThreadBound change actually removes an unsynchronised cross-thread race (Workers previously read/mutated the main thread's TestRunner).
Level of scrutiny
High. This is a large architectural rewrite of memory-lifetime-critical code — precisely the code paths where the previous unsafe blocks encoded aliasing invariants. The new design trades those for RefCell borrow discipline and Rc/Weak reference cycles, which fail differently (runtime panics on borrow conflicts, leaks on strong cycles). It also carries an intentional user-visible behaviour change (Worker-side Jest::runner() now None, so snapshot matchers / Bun.jest() path validation / node:test file-generation / coverage skip-check no longer touch the main runner from a Worker). Both aspects deserve a maintainer's judgment.
Other factors
- The one issue from the previous run (doc-comment misattachment in
p.rs) was fixed in 3366239 and confirmed in the current diff (new_boxednow followsinit). - The bug-hunting system found nothing this run. I checked the
has_one_refsemantics under the newRc<RefData>protocol against every decision point (bun_test_then_or_catch,bun_test_done_callback, the pending-promise share inrun_test_callback) — the strong-count arithmetic matches the old intrusive protocol. I also tracedRefCellborrows inExecution::step/Collection::step/snapshot.rsacross the JS re-entry points and did not find a borrow held across a call that can re-enter the same cell. - Testing described is thorough (byte-diffed against baseline across many flag combinations, ASAN-clean,
test/js/bun/test/**andtest/cli/test/*at parity), but no new automated tests ship in this PR — it relies on the existing suite. - The PR is part of a series (#40055…#40228) with an established pattern; a maintainer familiar with those will be best placed to confirm the shape here matches.
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Beyond the inline nit, I also checked whether Jest::runner().expect("unreachable") in Expect::snapshot() (expect.rs:1149) became Worker-reachable now that ThreadBound returns None off the storing thread — both callers (toMatchSnapshot, toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot) early-return on this.bun_test().is_none() first, and RefData/BunTest are Rc-backed (!Send), so a live bun_test() implies same-thread runner().
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The ThreadBound change makes Jest::runner() thread-affine, so any unguarded .expect() on it in a path reachable from a Worker would be a new panic. Expect::snapshot() at expect.rs:1149 calls it unguarded, but its only two call sites in expect/toMatchSnapshot.rs and expect/toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot.rs both gate on this.bun_test() returning Some and throw "Snapshot matchers cannot be used outside of a test" otherwise. bun_test() upgrades a Weak<BunTest> held via an Rc<RefData> parent — both !Send/!Sync — so a Some there can only occur on the thread that constructed the BunTest, which is the thread that populated the ThreadBound runner slot. The unreachable is therefore still unreachable. The earlier p.rs doc-comment placement was fixed in d60c6f0 (new_boxed now sits after init).
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In `@src/runtime/test_runner/diff_format.rs`:
- Around line 93-94: Update the documentation near HOST_EXPORT(zig__renderDiff,
c) to describe it as an active generator marker whose generated thunk converts
C++ pointer/length pairs into byte slices before calling render_diff; preserve
the marker unchanged and do not treat it as disabled.
In `@src/runtime/test_runner/snapshot.rs`:
- Around line 408-410: Remove the panicking Jest::runner().expect calls in all
three snapshot paths: at src/runtime/test_runner/snapshot.rs lines 408-410,
match the missing runner to set success false and continue to the next file; at
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…ect/jest) Rework bun:test's ownership so the runner needs no raw pointers: - BunTest is Rc<BunTest> with Cell/RefCell state and &self methods; the describe tree is Rc<DescribeScope> with Weak parents; execution entries are Rc<ExecutionEntry> scheduled through an index-based EntryNode arena instead of intrusive pointer lists (no more bitwise-cloned hook entries). - RefData is Rc; the promise-reaction ref lives in BunTestRoot::pending_then_refs and reactions are HOST_EXPORT'd ThisPtr<RefData> handlers. - TestRunner/CommandLineReporter are leaked &'static, &self-only, registered through a new bun_core::ThreadBound slot instead of a RacyCell static. - C exports use HOST_EXPORT; extern decls are safe fn; JSValue gains closure-based for_each_iter/for_each_property_iter; TSXParser::new_boxed; ManagedTask::new_boxed for RunTestsTask.
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In `@src/runtime/test_runner/expect.rs`:
- Around line 1577-1579: Update both error messages in has_assertions to name
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- Line 76: Update ManagedTask::new_boxed and the Task construction path to
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…adLock, debug-only) that the task runs or is released on the thread that boxed it, and say so in the doc
What
Same programme as #40055 … #40228, applied to
src/runtime/test_runner/:bun_test.rs56 → 0,Execution.rs32 → 0,Order.rs13 → 0,Collection.rs5 → 0,ScopeFunctions.rs6 → 0,snapshot.rs6 → 0,pretty_format.rs11 → 0,diff_format.rs3 → 0,DoneCallback.rs2 → 0,expect/to{Contain,BeOneOf,BeEmpty,ContainEqual}.rs→ 0;expect.rs33 → 3 andjest.rs16 → 2 (each residual is anunsafe extern "C" {block ofsafe fns).timers/FakeTimers.rskeeps the timer-heap accesses that #40187 rewrites (TimerRef); not duplicated here. Collateral:cli/test_command.rs44 → 26.BunTestisRc<BunTest>(new_cyclic, holds its ownWeak), all stateCell/RefCell, every method&self—BunTestCell/UnsafeCell/buntest_as_mutare gone. The describe tree isRc<DescribeScope>withWeakparents;ExecutionEntryis an immutableRc, and per-occurrence state (next,failure_skip_past,timespec) lives in an index arena (EntryNode/EntryId) built byOrder, replacing the intrusive raw-pointer lists and the bitwise-cloned hook entries.RefDataValuecarriesEntryId/Weak<DescribeScope>.RefDataisRc<RefData>; the.then()ref is owned byBunTestRoot::pending_then_refsand recovered by identity inHOST_EXPORTedThisPtr<RefData>promise reactions;has_one_ref≡Rc::strong_count == 1(verified equal to the old protocol at every decision point).DoneCallback/ExpectholdRc<RefData>and useas_class_ref.TestRunner/CommandLineReporterareBox::leaked&'static,&self-only;Jest::runner() -> Option<&'static TestRunner>goes through a newbun_core::ThreadBound<T: Copy>(static slot readable only by the storing thread, keyed on a never-reused per-thread token) — so a Worker spawned by a test file no longer reads/mutates the main thread's runner state (previously an unsynchronised race; affected worker-side paths listed below).RunTestsTaskusesManagedTask::new_boxed+RunOnce(same hunk as dns: remove the remaining unsafe from the resolver module #40190).bun_core::Unaligned<T>: Pod(typed-array pretty-printing viabytemuck::cast_slice::<u8, Unaligned<T>>, correct on unaligned external buffers),JSValue::for_each_iter/for_each_property_iterclosure trampolines,js_parser::P::new_boxed,VirtualMachine::default_on_unhandled_rejectionpub. (bun_core::ThreadBoundhere andbun_ptr::ThreadBoundin fs.watch/fs.watchFile: remove unsafe from the watcher modules #40200 are different shapes with the same name; I'll converge them when one lands.)Intentional behaviour note: on a Worker thread
Jest::runner()isNone, so worker-side coverage skip-test-files check,Bun.jest()path validation, node:test file generation, snapshot matchers and the console before-print hook no longer touch the main runner.Testing
Debug+ASAN, outputs diffed byte-for-byte (modulo timings) against a main debug build: a hand-driven fixture (pass/fail/skip/todo, async, done-callback, timeout,
describe.each,expect.extend, snapshots write/match/-u, mock/spyOn, fake timers,onTestFinished, retry, failing, resolves/rejects, unhandled error between tests) identical plain and with--bail=1,--rerun-each 3,--isolate,--only-failures,--dots,-t,--randomize --seed,-u,--bail=2 --isolate,--preloadhooks, junit XML.test/js/bun/test/**1159 pass / 9 fail (all 9 identical on the main baseline: agent/colour detection, cwd),test/cli/test/*267 pass (1 env failure identical on baseline), 24 regression files + js/node/path + js/web/url as smoke. No ASAN/panic output. clippy clean on bun_runtime/bun_jsc/bun_core/bun_js_parser/bun_event_loop;rust-check-allwindows-msvc pass.