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Problem

  • new Response(img) on Bun.file(path).slice(n).image() encodes the whole file from byte 0. Request and fetch() bodies do the same.
  • Then img.bytes() and img.metadata() also decode the whole file.
  • The cause is Image::encode_for_body (src/runtime/image/Image.rs:1187). It swaps the image's Source::Blob for Source::Path, which has no offset or size.

Fix

  • A Blob that starts past byte 0 becomes Source::PathWindow (path, offset, size). This stored value is the fix.
  • PipelineTask::run, the reader of path sources, reads that window with one positioned read. A body then equals img.blob().
  • Verified: test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts (29 new tests, 24 fail without the fix). Other image suites and clippy: Notes.
  • Self-reviewed: 18 concerns raised, 18 addressed.

Background

  • A body must exist when the constructor returns, so encode_for_body reads a Bun.file() by its path.
  • An un-sliced Bun.file() also caches a size (Calling BunFile.exists makes Bun.write write nothing #4930). So only an offset proves a slice.
  • Considered a window read that keeps the Blob source: un-sliced bodies with a stale size then throw.

Downsides

  • Still the whole file, as on main: slice(0, n), and slice(-n) on an unread size.
  • A sliced body now follows its Blob, as img.bytes() does. So a slice at or past the end of the file throws unrecognised format, where main gave the whole file. A slice also ends at a stale cached size (Notes).
  • A path read runs 32 more instructions (492 to 524), with no added syscall or allocation. Release text: +688 B.
Notes

Origin

What changes for a caller

"The whole file" is the first picture in the file. The window of a sliced image is the offset and the size of its Blob at the first body.

Input as a body main this PR
slice(n) or slice(n, m), window inside the file the whole file the slice
later bodies, bytes(), metadata(), width on that image the whole file the slice
bytes() or metadata() that is pending across the body the whole file the slice
a slice of fs.openAsBlob(path) the whole file the slice
a negative index on a Bun.file() whose size was read the whole file the slice
empty window past byte 0, slice(n, n) the whole file throws unrecognised format, as img.bytes() rejects
window that starts at or past the end of the file the whole file throws unrecognised format, as img.bytes() rejects
small window of a file over 256 MiB throws input exceeds maxPixels limit the slice
slice of a Bun.file() with a stale cached size the whole file ends at the cached size (below)
slice(n, -m) on a size that is not read yet the whole file from n to the end of the file, as img.bytes() reads
slice(-n) on a size that is not read yet the whole file the whole file
slice(0, n), slice(0, 0) the whole file the whole file
slice(0, n) of a file over 256 MiB throws input exceeds maxPixels limit the same throw
un-sliced Bun.file(), path string, buffer no change

The 256 MiB cap of a path read now measures the window. A window over the cap is refused before the read.

By the slice() algorithm of the File API, a slice at or past the end of a Blob is empty, and a negative index counts back from the size. Each row that this PR changes moves toward that.

A window at or past the end of the file

  • The reader measures the window against the file at each read: len = min(size, file_size - offset), and 0 when the file ends at or before the offset.
  • An empty window is an empty input. The body throws unrecognised format, as await img.bytes() rejects for that slice on main.
  • The first push of this PR read the whole file for such a window, which is the answer of main. One image then changed between the slice and the first picture of the file when the file changed length. A self-review and a review comment on this PR preferred the rule that is here now.
  • Who sees a difference from main: a body from slice(n) with n at or past the size of the file. Main gave the first picture of the file. It is now a throw.

One image, img = Bun.file(p).slice(a).image(), over a file of [PNG 16x16, a bytes][JPEG 64x64][PNG 4x3]:

File at the time of new Response(img) main this PR
complete png 16x16 jpeg 64x64
cut to a bytes png 16x16 throws unrecognised format
complete again png 16x16 jpeg 64x64

A regular file can report a size of 0 and have bytes (procfs). The reader reads such a file whole, as it does for a path source, and cuts the window from the bytes. A Linux test does this with /proc/self/cmdline.

A negative index on a size that is not read yet

  • slice() counts a negative index back from the size of the Blob. For a Bun.file() whose size is not read yet, that size is the largest size a Blob can have (2^52 - 1).
  • slice(-n) then has an offset near 2^52, which is not a place in the file. encode_for_body stores Source::Path for an offset above half of that size, so the body is the whole file, as on main. That is correct when n is at or over the size of the file. When n is smaller, the body must be the last n bytes: a test.failing row records that.
  • For this row the body follows main, not img.bytes(). On main, await img.bytes() of that slice depends on the file system. On ext4 the seek fails, the read ignores that, and it returns the first n bytes of the file. On tmpfs the seek works and the read is empty. I did not run macOS or Windows.
  • slice(n, -m) keeps its start and loses its end: the window runs from n to the end of the file, for the body as for img.bytes(). A second test.failing row records that.
  • A step that resolves the size of such a Blob before the first body rewrites its offset and size against the file. structuredClone() of the Blob does this, and it leaves a slice(-n) Blob empty at the end of the file, on main too. Its body then throws unrecognised format, where main gave the whole file. A third test.failing row records that.
  • Bun.file().slice(): count a negative index back from the file's real end #41257 is the open change that makes slice() count a negative index from the real end of the file. Whichever of that PR and this one lands second must look again at && offset <= MAX_SIZE / 2 in encode_for_body and at the three test.failing rows. Without that bound, a positive start of 2^51 or more on a size that is not read yet changes from the whole file to a throw.

A stale cached size

  • A Bun.file() caches its size when .size or exists() reads it. A later slice(n) of that handle ends at the cached size.
  • The body now follows that window, as img.bytes() does. Main encoded the file from byte 0.
  • The body is then what img.blob() gives for those bytes: a throw, or a cut picture with no error where the decoder accepts missing pixel data.
  • Measured on linux-x64, where Bun's own decoders run: a cut PNG, WebP or BMP throws decode failed. A JPEG or GIF that is cut inside its pixel data encodes with no error. On macOS and Windows the system decoders read BMP and GIF first. I did not run those.
  • An un-sliced Bun.file() with a stale size is read to the end of the file, as on main. The test "an un-sliced Bun.file() with a stale size is still served whole" pins this.

Not fixed here

This PR is a partial fix. The image body is 1 of 6 consumers on main that take the path of a sliced Bun.file() and read the whole file. I ran each row on main.

Consumer Site What it needs Open PR
Bun.write(dest, slice), Bun.write(dest, new Response(slice)) src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs:4401 the window in the copy #41209
Bun.spawn and Bun.spawnSync stdin src/runtime/api/bun/spawn/stdio.rs:253, :610 a transport: the child opens the path #44301 (draft)
Shell redirect and interpolation, cat < ${slice} src/runtime/shell/shell_body.rs:349 a transport: the path goes into the script none
TLS key, cert, ca read_from_blob, src/runtime/socket/SSLConfig.rs:94 two assignments: ReadFile has offset and max_size none
import() and new Worker() of a blob: URL get_loader_and_virtual_source, src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs:3995 a windowed read into the module source none

In this arm, two window shapes still read the whole file: a slice from byte 0, and slice(-n) on a size that is not read yet. The test for a slice is 0 < offset <= MAX_SIZE / 2. It stays as it is: the better test is at the Blob level, and two open PRs propose one.

Measurements

Release builds (linux-x64) of main 71bc8185c8 and of this change on it, from one recipe. After that, main 963452075e was merged in. No commit between the two touches the image code.

  • Input: 64 B -> 64 B. Job<PipelineTask> allocation: 352 B -> 352 B (const assert, gdb disassembly of Image::schedule).
  • Un-sliced Bun.file() body: 658 -> 690 instructions from encode_for_body to the close of the file, 6 -> 6 file syscalls, 26 -> 26 allocator entries.
  • Path-string body: 492 -> 524 instructions, 6 -> 6 file syscalls, 21 -> 21 allocator entries.
  • Path-string read on a pool thread (PipelineTask::run to the close of the file): 410 -> 442 instructions.
  • Buffer body: 0 -> 0 file syscalls, 20 -> 20 allocator entries.
  • Sliced body (a 90-byte window at offset 157 of a 247-byte file): 6 -> 4 file syscalls (openat, fstat, pread64, close), 247 -> 90 bytes read, 28 -> 29 allocator entries (the 32-byte Box<PathWindow>).
  • Slice that starts at or past the end: 6 -> 3 file syscalls (openat, fstat, close), 247 -> 0 bytes read.
  • slice(-4) on a size that is not read yet: 6 -> 6 file syscalls.
  • A call pending across a sliced body, then a later call: 24 -> 18 file syscalls. Reads at offset 0: 3 -> 0.
  • Release .text: 107,319,777 -> 107,320,465 B (+688). PipelineTask::run: 28,765 -> 22,959 B. encode_for_body: 2,222 -> 2,222 B. New read_window: 397 B.
  • Full collections per 300,000 bodies: 0 -> 0, un-sliced and sliced. Live Image / Blob wrappers after 100 slice-image cycles with a body: 1 / 1 -> 1 / 1.

The 32 instructions of a path read: read_to_end is a call and no longer inline in run (+15), run (+10), InputPath::file (+6), the window length (+2), one less elsewhere.

The instruction counts are from gdb stepi, two runs each, equal. The syscall counts are from gdb catch syscall. An allocator entry is a call of an out-of-line mimalloc entry, the same value in at least 6 of 7 runs. Sizes are from size and nm -S. The container has no strace, valgrind, bloaty or perf binary.

Other open PRs in this file

History of this branch

  • The first version read the raw window in encode_for_body and did not write the source.
  • A review found two regressions for an un-sliced Bun.file(). A body with a stale cached size threw. The image kept its Blob alive after a body.
  • A window read only for an offset past 0, with the Blob kept as the source, was weighed too. It needs a second guarded reader. The sliced image then keeps its Blob alive after a body, or holds bytes that the GC does not count.
  • The first push kept the swap of main and added the window to it. A window at or past the end of the file read the whole file.
  • The second push makes that window empty, reads the window of a file with no size, removes the read of a 256 MiB window from the cap test, adds tests, and merges main.

Tests

  • bun bd test test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts (debug build with ASAN): 132 pass, 5 skip, 0 fail.
  • With the src/ of main, 24 of the 29 new tests fail. The 5 that pass there: the un-sliced stale-size test, the test.failing rows for slice(0, n), slice(-n) and slice(n, -m), and the test of slice(-n) with n over the size.
  • image-kernels.test.ts: 37 pass. image-vs-sharp.test.ts: 29 pass.
  • image-adversarial.test.ts: 98 pass, 2 fail. Two tests exceed their 5 s timeout on the debug build in my container: "decode/encode cycles plateau" and "doesn't crash when the ICCP tag of a WebP input is rewritten while a pipeline is pending". They do the same with the src/ of main. They read no file.
  • cargo clippy -p bun_runtime is clean. bun run rust:check-all: 12 targets ok.

no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts

…ts past byte 0

new Response(image), new Request(url, { body: image }) and
fetch(url, { body: image }) encode inside the call. For an Image made
from Bun.file(path), encode_for_body replaces the source with the path
of the file and reads that. The offset and the size of a slice were
lost there, so the body was an encode of the whole file. The source
stayed the bare path, so later bodies and terminals decoded the whole
file, and so did a terminal that was pending across the call.

A source whose Blob starts past byte 0 now becomes a path source with
that window (Source::PathWindow). The path reader in PipelineTask::run
reads the window with one positioned read, after the same open, fstat
and regular-file guard, and the 256 MiB cap measures the window.

Only an offset proves a slice. A Blob that starts at byte 0 can be an
un-sliced Bun.file() with a cached size, so it is read to the end of
the file, as before. A window that starts at or past the end of the
file is read as the whole file, as before.
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  • Reproduced on main (71bc8185c8) and on Bun 1.4.3. The file is two PNG pictures, 64x48 then 20x10. new Response(Bun.file(path).slice(157).image()) gives the 64x48 picture. await img.bytes() on that slice gives the 20x10 picture.
  • With the src/ of main, 24 of the 29 new tests in test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts fail. With this branch they pass.
  • The fix is this PR, Bun.Image: as a body, keep the window of a Bun.file() slice that starts past byte 0 #46081.

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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 whether the raw InputPath::Window pointer can dangle: the only source.set() sites are the constructor, encode_for_body (replaces a Source::Blob, which never hands out a window pointer), and the blob-read resolver, which is guarded by matches!(source, Source::Blob(_)) and so drops its bytes instead of replacing a PathWindow a pool task may be reading. The Box therefore lives as long as the Image, and the SAFETY comments hold.

Extended reasoning...

The change adds a Source::PathWindow variant and InputPath enum in src/runtime/image/Image.rs so sliced Bun.file() image bodies read only their window via pread, plus a new test block in test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts. It touches unsafe raw-pointer borrows across a pool thread and size arithmetic on file metadata, but no auth, crypto, or injection surface. Three inline findings were posted (a 256 MiB test cost, the window-past-EOF whole-file fallback the author also flagged as an open design question, and the offset-0 slice gap), so a human decision is needed; the pointer-lifetime concern was ruled out from the source.set() call sites.

Comment thread test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts Resolved
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Image body encoding now preserves valid Bun.file() slice windows for path-backed sources. Worker reads apply the requested offset and size, enforce the input-file limit, and handle regular and size-less files. Tests cover slice encoding, repeated reads, and boundary cases.

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Image File Slice Support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Represent sliced file sources
src/runtime/image/Image.rs
The image source model adds path windows. Synchronous body encoding creates a window for valid positive slice offsets and retains whole-path behavior otherwise.
Read and validate file windows
src/runtime/image/Image.rs, test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts
Worker inputs distinguish whole paths from windows. Worker reads enforce the file-size limit and apply the window to regular and size-less files. Tests cover slice bodies, repeated reads, changing files, and boundary cases.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

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This change makes sliced Bun.file() image bodies keep their offset window, and the supplied evidence shows no remaining functional risk. The only open item is a minor test-style suggestion, so the PR is ready to merge.

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The path reader dropped the window of a slice when the file ended at or
before its offset, and read the whole file. One Image then changed
between the slice and the first picture in the file when the file
changed length. The reader now keeps the window. A window past the end
is empty, so the body throws "unrecognised format", as image.bytes()
does.

slice(-n) on a Bun.file() whose size is not read yet counts back from
the largest size of a Blob. No file has that offset. encode_for_body
stores the bare path for it, so the body is the whole file, as before.

The test of the 256 MiB cap no longer reads a window of exactly the cap.
It asserts that a slice from byte 0 of a file over the cap is refused.
A regular file can report a size of 0 and have bytes (procfs). The
length of a window came from that size, so a sliced body of such a file
was empty. The reader now reads that file whole, as it does for a path
source, and cuts the window from the bytes.

New tests: a slice of fs.openAsBlob(), a slice of /proc/self/cmdline, a
negative end index, and a window at the 256 MiB cap of a longer file.
Two test.failing rows record a negative end index on a size that is not
read yet, and structuredClone() of a slice(-n) Blob before the body.

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// `fetch(url, { body: image })` encode inside the call. A Bun.file() source
// becomes a path source there, and a slice that starts past byte 0 keeps its
// window: the body, later bodies and every terminal read the slice.
describe("a slice of Bun.file() as a body", () => {

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Run the slice-body tests concurrently.

Each test in this describe block creates its own tempDir. The tests share no file state. Several tests write files or spawn a subprocess, and they run one after another. Change the block to describe.concurrent. The test.each and test.failing entries keep working inside a concurrent describe.

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--- "a/test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts"
+++ "b/test/js/bun/image/image.test.ts"
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
   // `fetch(url, { body: image })` encode inside the call. A Bun.file() source
   // becomes a path source there, and a slice that starts past byte 0 keeps its
   // window: the body, later bodies and every terminal read the slice.
-  describe("a slice of Bun.file() as a body", () => {
+  describe.concurrent("a slice of Bun.file() as a body", () => {
     // Three pictures back to back. A slice of the file selects one of them.
     const pictures = [gradientPng, cmykJpeg, cornersPng];
     const [a, b, c] = pictures.map(picture => picture.length);
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