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fix(pipeline): saturate queue-byte debits so queue_bytes_in_flight cannot overflow - #811

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Fixes #810 — an intermittent attempt to add with overflow panic in BamPipelineState::queue_bytes_in_flight, seen under coverage CI (cargo llvm-cov nextest, a debug build with overflow checks).

Root cause

queue_bytes_in_flight sums nine heap-byte counters that gate the Read step. Credits are generally taken before a batch is published, but several debits use a raw fetch_sub:

  • the three reorder buffers via ReorderBufferState::sub_heap_bytes (the wrap hazard is already noted in that struct's docs), and
  • the serialized / compressed output counters via q5_track_pop / q6_track_pop — and q6_push charges the counter after publishing the batch, so a consumer can pop-and-refund before the charge lands.

When a debit races ahead of its credit it subtracts past zero and wraps the atomic to u64::MAX. The atomic op doesn't panic, but the next queue_bytes_in_flight overflows the checked + (debug/coverage) or, in release, reads a bogus huge in-flight total that spuriously closes the admission gate.

Fix

  • ReorderBufferState::sub_heap_bytes floors at zero (saturating fetch_update).
  • BAM q5_track_pop / q6_track_pop route through the existing saturating refund_queue_bytes helper.
  • queue_bytes_in_flight folds with saturating_add as a backstop, since the nine loads are not one atomic snapshot.

In a balanced run these are arithmetically identical to the previous code; they diverge only in the underflow case that caused #810.

Scope / follow-up

Observed on the BAM pipeline, so this hardens the BAM aggregate and the shared ReorderBufferState (which also covers the FASTQ reorder buffers). The FASTQ pipeline's own queue_bytes_in_flight and per-counter debits are left untouched here to avoid overlapping the in-flight #766 charging rework in fastq.rs; a follow-up can extend the same saturating_add backstop there.

Testing

  • cargo ci-fmt and cargo ci-lint clean; full cargo test suite green locally.
  • New regression test test_reorder_buffer_sub_heap_bytes_saturates_at_zero (an over-subtraction floors at zero instead of wrapping to u64::MAX).
  • The overflow only reproduces under llvm-cov's scheduling jitter (it did not reproduce in 73 normal-build runs), but the fix removes it by construction: saturating arithmetic makes the wrap impossible regardless of thread interleaving.

Risk: command output changes: none; unsafe changes: none, and the CLAUDE.md allowlist is unchanged; memory-bound, queue-capacity, and thread/backpressure policy changes: none.

Fix: BAM queue-byte accounting now uses saturating debits and aggregate additions to prevent underflow and overflow during concurrent updates.

  • Reorder-buffer, serialized-output, compressed-output, and processed-byte debits saturate at zero.
  • Output charges occur before publication and are refunded when pushes fail.
  • Regression tests cover debit saturation, charge ordering, refunds, and rejected pushes.

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Queue memory accounting now uses saturating arithmetic. Queue charges occur before publication and failed pushes refund their charges. Regression tests cover counter cleanup, rejected pushes, and reorder-buffer over-subtraction.

Changes

Queue memory accounting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reorder-buffer debit handling
src/lib/unified_pipeline/base.rs
sub_heap_bytes uses atomic saturating subtraction. Tests verify zero-floor behavior and later additions.
Queue publication charge ordering
src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs
Compressed and serialized queue paths charge before publication and refund failed pushes or retries.
Queue refunds and validation
src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs
Queue aggregation and processed, serialized, and compressed refunds use saturating arithmetic. Tests verify counter cleanup and rejected pushes.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 18c8e

This change prevents queue-byte accounting from wrapping during concurrent debits and preserves normal balanced-run behavior. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant QueueProducer
  participant MemoryCounters
  participant Queue
  QueueProducer->>MemoryCounters: record queue charge
  QueueProducer->>Queue: publish batch
  Queue-->>QueueProducer: reject push or retry
  QueueProducer->>MemoryCounters: refund failed charge
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue [#810] by preventing reorder-buffer underflow, fixing charge ordering, refunding failed pushes, and saturating aggregate accounting.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within BAM queue accounting and shared reorder-buffer state described by issue [#810].

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Pair each queue operation with its byte accounting before relying on saturating refunds.

Saturating subtraction prevents counter wraparound but does not prevent phantom charges when a consumer refunds before a producer records the matching charge.

  • src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs#L1418-L1422: charge compressed_heap_bytes before publishing to Q6 and refund failed pushes.
  • src/lib/unified_pipeline/base.rs#L844-LL858: verify that reorder-buffer additions and removals cannot interleave into a late credit after a saturating refund.
  • src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs#L1391-L1394: verify that the serialized-byte charge precedes Q5 publication and that failed pushes refund it.
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In `@src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs` at line 1, Pair each queue publication with
its byte-accounting charge before publishing, and refund that charge only when
the push fails: update the Q6 flow using compressed_heap_bytes and the Q5
serialized-byte flow accordingly. Audit the reorder-buffer accounting in the
base pipeline so additions and removals cannot produce a late credit after a
saturating refund, preserving balanced producer/consumer accounting.

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In `@src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs`:
- Around line 1391-1394: Update serialize_output_push and q6_push to charge
serialized_heap_bytes before publishing their outputs, then refund that charge
whenever publishing returns Err. Ensure q5_track_pop cannot refund before the
corresponding charge is recorded, while preserving existing
successful-publication accounting.

Apply the same fix in `@src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs` around lines 1418 - 1422:
The same publish-before-charge race exists in Q6.

In `@src/lib/unified_pipeline/base.rs`:
- Around line 844-853: Update the added Rust documentation comments around the
underflow behavior to wrap the Read identifier in backticks, using “`Read` step”
and “`Read` gate” consistently in the affected comments.

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In `@src/lib/unified_pipeline/bam.rs`:
- Line 1: Pair each queue publication with its byte-accounting charge before
publishing, and refund that charge only when the push fails: update the Q6 flow
using compressed_heap_bytes and the Q5 serialized-byte flow accordingly. Audit
the reorder-buffer accounting in the base pipeline so additions and removals
cannot produce a late credit after a saturating refund, preserving balanced
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Addressed the review feedback:

  • Q5/Q6 publish-before-charge race (Major): serialize_output_push and q6_push now charge their heap-byte counters before publishing to the queue and refund the charge if the push fails, so a consumer can no longer pop-and-refund before the producer's charge lands. Applied the same ordering to the two sibling serialized-push sites in try_step_serialize (held-batch and priority-5 paths), which had the identical charge-after-publish shape. Updated the now-stale q6_track_pop comment.
  • Outside-diff accounting (Major): verified the reorder-buffer add/remove path — add_heap_bytes and sub_heap_bytes both run under the same write_reorder_buffer().lock(), so unlike the lock-free Q5/Q6 ArrayQueues there is no charge-before-publish window there; no change needed. While auditing, found processed_heap_bytes (also summed into queue_bytes_in_flight) was the one remaining debit still using a raw fetch_sub, contradicting this PR's new "every debit floors at zero" comment — converted its three debit sites to the saturating refund_queue_bytes so the claim holds.
  • Read identifier backticks (Minor): backticked Read in the two new doc comments (base.rs reorder-buffer sub and the Intermittent u64 overflow in queue_bytes_in_flight: reorder-buffer sub_heap_bytes can wrap past zero #810 regression test).

Added two regression tests: serialize_output_push_charges_before_publish_and_refunds_on_pop and q6_push_charges_on_publish_and_refunds_a_rejected_push (the latter fills the bounded queue and asserts a rejected push leaves no phantom charge). Full local gate green (fmt / clippy-pedantic / 7657 tests).

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…nnot overflow

The BAM Read admission gate sums nine heap-byte counters in
`queue_bytes_in_flight`. Several are debited with a raw `fetch_sub`:
`ReorderBufferState::sub_heap_bytes` (the q2/q3/write reorder buffers) and the
serialized/compressed output counters via `q5_track_pop` / `q6_track_pop`. When
a debit races ahead of its matching credit — `q6_push` even charges the counter
*after* it publishes the batch, so a consumer can pop and refund first — the
subtraction goes past zero and wraps the atomic to `u64::MAX`. The atomic op
itself does not panic, but the next `queue_bytes_in_flight` then overflows the
overflow-checked `+` in a debug/coverage build, and in release the wrapped
counter reads as a huge in-flight total that spuriously slams the Read gate shut.

Floor every such debit at zero: `sub_heap_bytes` now uses a saturating
`fetch_update`, and the output counters reuse the existing saturating
`refund_queue_bytes` helper. Fold the aggregate with `saturating_add` as a
backstop, since the nine loads are not one atomic snapshot. In a balanced run
this is arithmetically identical to before; it differs only in the underflow
case.

Fixes #810.
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