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Fixes #45607

Supersedes #37647 (same change, rebased onto main after the string re-encoding landed in the same parser).

Problem

• fs.writeSync(fd, buf, undefined, undefined, 2) writes at the current file offset. Node writes at position 2. The same happens for (0, undefined, 2), (0, null, 2), (undefined, 2, 2) and for callback fs.write. Bun returns bytesWritten larger than length in some of these shapes.
• Cause: the Buffer arm of args::Write::from_js (src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs:3780) was a chain of break 'parse exits. An undefined offset or a non-number length stopped the parse, so position was never read. The length checks ran on a truncated integer, so NaN or 1.5 wrote a short buffer where Node throws.

Fix

• The native parser reads offset, length and position as three independent slots with Node's defaults: a nullish offset is 0, a non-number length is the rest of the buffer, a non-number position is the current file offset. A numeric length goes through the three checks of Node's validateOffsetLengthWrite, in its order and with its one-sided messages (<= 12, >= 0, an integer).
• writeSync in fs.ts sends a null offset down the options path like Node, so the trailing arguments are discarded. fs.write maps a function in the offset slot to offset 0, before and after the options destructure, which is Node's callback form.
• Correct because each slot now gets the same value Node's fs.writeSync computes for it (lib/fs.js v26.3.0 L884-L900), and the rule lives in the one parser that writeSync, callback write and FileHandle.write all reach.
• Verified: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts (four new blocks, a 20-row table and a 9-row error table checked against Node v26.3.0; all four fail on 1.4.4). Also the 74 test-fs-write*, test-fs-read* and test-fastutf8stream* Node tests, promises.test.js and fs-write-offset-bound.test.ts.

Background

• fs.write(fd, buffer[, offset[, length[, position]]]): offset and length pick a slice of the buffer, position says where in the file it goes. A non-number position means the current file offset, so a lost position shows up as an append.
• Bun's write and writeSync are a thin JS layer over one native binding. The JS layer handles the options-object form. The binding parses the positional form and throws the range errors. Its twin args::Read::from_js already reads its slots this way.
• Considered normalizing every slot in JS (the approach of fix(fs): match Node read and write argument defaults #44476, which also covers fs.read). It adds JS work per call for every caller and leaves the native parser able to drop slots for any other caller. The native rewrite leaves the parser as soon as the slots run out, so writeSync(fd, buf) does the same work as before.
• Self-reviewed: 3 concerns raised, 3 addressed (land as the successor of fs: honor length and position in write/writeSync when offset is undefined #37647, the options form {offset: null, ...} must keep its length and position, note the fs.read twin). The fs.read twin (readSync(fd, buf, undefined, undefined, 2) throws, Node returns 0) is a different coercion and stays out of this PR. fs.test.ts:2357 tracks it as it.failing.

Downsides

• writeSync(fd, buf, undefined, 17) and writeSync(fd, buf, 0, NaN) now throw ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE where Bun wrote 16 or 0 bytes. writeSync(fd, buf, fn, ...) now throws ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE. The length message changes from >= 0 and <= 12 to Node's <= 12 or >= 0. Node throws and words it this way in all of these.
• Bundled node:fs grows by 72 bytes (30925 to 30997, production bundle of src/js/node/fs.ts). JS objects retained per call: 0 before and after, for writeSync(fd, buf) and for drained fs.write loops (bun:jsc heapStats, 1e5 and 2e4 calls). Instruction count and binary size are not measured here: perf, valgrind and bloaty are not available in the build container.
• A positional null offset still discards the length and position (writeSync(fd, buf, null, 8, 0) writes the whole buffer at the current offset). This matches Node and is unchanged.

Notes

Node semantics, lib/fs.js v26.3.0: writeSync routes typeof offsetOrOptions === 'object' (so null too) through the options destructure, then if (offset == null) offset = 0; else validateInteger(offset, 'offset', 0), if (typeof length !== 'number') length = buffer.byteLength - offset, then validateOffsetLengthWrite(offset, length, byteLength): length > byteLength - offset throws <= N, length < 0 throws >= 0, then validateInt32(length, 'length', 0) throws an integer for NaN and fractions. fs.write adds typeof offset === 'function' -> 0 after the destructure.

Repro from the issue, before and after:

$ bun-1.4.4 repro.mjs
undefined, undefined, 2  "XYrem ipsum"
0, undefined, 2          "XYrem ipsum"
0, null, 2               "XYrem ipsum"
undefined, 2, 2          "XYrem ipsum"
{position:2}             "loXYm ipsum"
0, 2, 2                  "loXYm ipsum"
async undefined,undefined,2 "XYrem ipsum"

$ bun-debug repro.mjs   # this branch, same as node v26.3.0
every row: "loXYm ipsum"

Already correct on main and unchanged: the offset bound check (writeSync(fd, buf, 17) throws ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE since #37632). A bigint length takes the default like a bigint position does since #36135.

Changes against #37647: rebased over the string re-encoding (from_js_with_encoding_maybe_async) in the same parser, kept the PinnedBuffer arm, the length checks follow validateOffsetLengthWrite (NaN and fractions throw, one-sided messages), fs.write maps options.offset functions to 0 as well, the options destructures read from the frozen kEmptyObject, and new rows for (undefined, undefined, 2), (0, undefined, 2), {offset: null, length: 8, position: 0}, {offset: null, position: 0}, {offset: fn, ...}, NaN, 1.5 and Infinity.

Related: #44476 normalizes read and write overloads in JS. #43435 touches the string arm's encoding line.

Suites run with the debug build: test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts (the readdir ... x 100 tests time out in this ASAN container; they do not call write), test/js/node/fs/promises.test.js, test/js/node/fs/fs-write-offset-bound.test.ts, fs-writeSync-stdio-windows.test.ts, and the 74 test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-write*, test-fs-read*, test-fastutf8stream* files individually.

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Filesystem write argument parsing now reads positional slots independently for buffer and string writes. The JavaScript wrappers handle callback and options-object cases. Regression tests cover synchronous, callback-based, and file-handle writes.

Changes

Filesystem write argument handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Positional argument parsing src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs	The runtime parser reads buffer offset, length, and position independently. For string writes, it reads position and encoding from their respective slots.
Write overloads and regression coverage src/js/node/fs.ts, test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts	The wrappers handle a callback in the offset slot and route null through the writeSync options path. Tests cover positional arguments, output, byte counts, and errors across write APIs.

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fs.write and fs.writeSync now honor position when offset or length are omitted or non-numeric, matching Node. No concrete remaining defect was identified; normal CI validation applies.

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Issue #45607 requires fs.write and fs.writeSync to honor position when offset is undefined or length is non-numeric. The native args::Write::from_js parser now reads offset, length, and position independently and applies Node-compatible defaults and validation. The JavaScript overload handling preserves null-offset options behavior and callback behavior. The regression tests cover synchronous, callback, and FileHandle.write cases, including defaults, positions, byte counts, and errors.

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[claude]

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

Beyond the inline findings, I also checked two things the removed is_function bail-out could have affected: callback fs.write with the callback landing in the length or position slot (fs.write(fd, buf, 4, cb) / fs.write(fd, buf, 4, 8, cb)) still takes the defaults, because the new parser only consumes is_number() lengths and i52::offset_from_js returns None for non-numbers; and FileHandle.write already normalizes offset/length/position in JS (src/js/node/fs.promises.ts:643-651) before reaching the native parser, so it is unaffected by the Rust rewrite.

Extended reasoning...

The change rewrites the Buffer arm of args::Write::from_js in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs to read offset, length and position as independent positional slots, and adjusts src/js/node/fs.ts so a callback in the offset slot maps to 0 and a null offset takes the options path in writeSync; it touches no security-sensitive surface. The two things I traced beyond the posted findings (callback in later slots, and the promises FileHandle.write twin) behave as Node does, so this note only records what was ruled out.

[claude]

I reviewed the new push and didn't find any bugs. Because it rewrites the native argument parser shared by writeSync, callback write and FileHandle.write and newly throws ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE on inputs Bun used to accept (undefined/NaN/fractional length), a human look at that compat trade-off is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

• The push now destructures from the frozen null-prototype kEmptyObject and emits Node's one-sided length messages plus the NaN/fraction "an integer" check, covering the points raised last round.
• Traced the Rust Buffer arm against Node's validateOffsetLengthWrite order: offset <= buf_len is enforced before buf_len - args.offset, so the u64 subtraction cannot underflow, and length_float as u64 only runs after the > max, < 0 and non-integer checks; every fallible call (validate_integer, Encoding::assert, the re-encode) propagates with ?.
• Checked the other callers of the native binding (FileHandle.write, WriteStream, fast-utf8-stream's fs.write(fd, buf, cb)): they pass numbers, or a function in the offset slot that fs.ts now maps to 0, so dropping the old native is_function() early-exit does not change them.

Extended reasoning...

The change rewrites the Buffer and string arms of args::Write::from_js in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs into a strictly positional parser, adjusts fs.write/fs.writeSync in src/js/node/fs.ts to route a nullish offset through the options path and map a callback in the offset slot to 0, and adds four table-driven tests in test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts. It touches no security-sensitive surface (no auth, crypto or path handling), and no CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files. The new commit addresses the kEmptyObject, NaN/fraction and one-sided-message points from the prior review, and the arithmetic and exception propagation in the Rust block check out. Deferral rather than approval because it is a ~100-line native parser rewrite that changes user-visible error behavior for previously accepted inputs, and a third-party (coderabbitai) inline comment on the parser line predates the push with its resolution state unverifiable here.

[claude]

Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

This push addresses the earlier inline points (null-prototype kEmptyObject in both destructures, NaN/fractional length rejected, one-sided length messages). Beyond the inline finding, I also checked: buf_len - args.offset cannot underflow because the offset > buf_len check returns first; a callback landing in the position slot (fs.write(fd, buf, 0, 4, cb)) is ignored by i52::offset_from_js since get_number is non-coercing; and filehandle.write with a null offset still takes the options path in fs.promises.ts, matching Node.

Extended reasoning...

The change rewrites the buffer arm of args::Write::from_js in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs to consume offset, length and position as independent slots and mirrors Node's validateOffsetLengthWrite ordering, plus small kEmptyObject/function-in-offset-slot adjustments in src/js/node/fs.ts; it touches no security-sensitive surface. The one remaining inline finding is a test-coverage nit (promises form not run against the error table), and the native parser serves all three write forms with newly thrown errors, so a human maintainer look is still worthwhile.

[claude]

I re-reviewed the latest push (the new filehandle.write error-table test) and found no bugs; since this rewrites the native argument parser that writeSync, callback write and FileHandle.write all share, a human look is still worthwhile before landing.

What was reviewed:

• The new 'buffer arm in args::Write::from_js: offset is validated (0..=MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) before the u64 cast and bounds-checked before buf_len - offset, so the .expect and the subtraction cannot trip; NaN/±Infinity/1.5 length go through the three float comparisons in Node's validateOffsetLengthWrite order and length_float as u64 only runs on a validated non-negative integer.
• Slot consumption after the rewrite: writeSync passes all five positionals whenever arguments.length > 2, so next_eat() always sees undefined rather than running out; non-number position/length (string, bigint, callback function) default as in Node, and internal callers (net.ts, streams.ts writeAll, fast-utf8-stream's write(fd, buf, cb)) still parse to the same values.
• Existing assertions on the old behavior: fs-write-offset-bound.test.ts still holds because the offset check now precedes the length checks; no other test asserts the old >= 0 and <= N length wording.

Extended reasoning...

The diff touches the positional-argument parser for fs.write/writeSync/FileHandle.write in src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs (~150 lines replacing the labelled-block state machine), two small JS-layer adjustments in src/js/node/fs.ts (null options object via frozen kEmptyObject, function-in-offset-slot mapped to 0), and ~200 lines of table-driven tests in test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts covering all three entry points. It touches no auth, crypto or injection surface; the sensitive part is integer handling from JS, which I traced and found validated before every cast and subtraction. No CODEOWNERS entry covers the changed files and no CHANGES_REQUESTED review is outstanding, but several third-party inline threads were resolved by the author only, and the change is a semantics-bearing native rewrite rather than a mechanical one, which decided defer over approve.