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fix: Fix segmentation fault in tests on CPUs with PKU support#471

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Due to V8's PKU feature, only the thread that initialized the V8 platform or those spawned from it can access the isolates; other threads will get a segmentation fault. Since each test runs in its thread, they crash on newer CPUs that support PKU.

This issue has two possible solutions:

  1. Initialize the platform once in the main thread.
  2. Turn off the PKU feature during testing.

This issue was already encountered for the deno test command, which was resolved by initializing the platform in the main thread (denoland/deno#20495).

In the case of rust tests, the same solution cannot be used, as the default test runner does not allow running code on the main thread before any test runs.

My proposed solution is to add a feature flag to deno_core, which, when enabled, uses the unprotected platform. An alternative solution could be to call deno_core::JsRuntime::init_platform at the beginning of each test.

This PR will also be a step towards fixing denoland/deno#21439

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We'll probably need to tweak the features a bit but it looks like the right approach.

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Do we need to add a Cargo feature here? Maybe we could rely on #[cfg(test)] attribute instead?

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Do we need to add a Cargo feature here? Maybe we could rely on #[cfg(test)] attribute instead?

I think the problem is that some downstream crates need the PKU workaround.

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LGTM, thanks!

@mmastrac mmastrac merged commit ec8cbe2 into denoland:main Jan 24, 2024
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nathanwhit pushed a commit to denoland/deno that referenced this pull request Jun 18, 2025
Fixes #29793.

This PR reapplies #22152 (see issue
for further details).

Changes `deno_core` in tests to be built with the
`unsafe_use_unprotected_platform` feature.

The issue is caused by two or more threads (in Deno's test suite, tests
are spread out across worker threads) in the same process accessing v8's
isolates (see denoland/deno_core#471 for further
details).
CyanChanges pushed a commit to CyanChanges/deno that referenced this pull request Jun 23, 2025
…29794)

Fixes denoland#29793.

This PR reapplies denoland#22152 (see issue
for further details).

Changes `deno_core` in tests to be built with the
`unsafe_use_unprotected_platform` feature.

The issue is caused by two or more threads (in Deno's test suite, tests
are spread out across worker threads) in the same process accessing v8's
isolates (see denoland/deno_core#471 for further
details).
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