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Fix incorrect/suspicious uses of ZigString.Slice.cloneIfNeeded #23937

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Fix uses of `ZigString.Slice.cloneIfNeeded`
taylordotfish Oct 22, 2025
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Move `deinit` to prevent UAF/double-free
taylordotfish Oct 22, 2025
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Revert inadvertent behavior change
taylordotfish Oct 22, 2025
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22 changes: 17 additions & 5 deletions src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub const FileSystemRouter = struct {
return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("Expected fileExtensions to be an Array of strings", .{});
}
if (try val.getLength(globalThis) == 0) continue;
extensions.appendAssumeCapacity(((try val.toSlice(globalThis, allocator)).cloneIfNeeded(allocator) catch unreachable).slice()[1..]);
extensions.appendAssumeCapacity((try val.toUTF8Bytes(globalThis, allocator))[1..]);
}
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical

Off‑by‑one: don’t always drop first byte of extension

[1..] removes the first character even when there is no leading dot. Strip '.' conditionally; otherwise you corrupt values like "tsx" → "sx".

-                extensions.appendAssumeCapacity((try val.toUTF8Bytes(globalThis, allocator))[1..]);
+                const bytes = try val.toUTF8Bytes(globalThis, allocator);
+                const ext = if (bytes.len > 0 and bytes[0] == '.') bytes[1..] else bytes;
+                if (ext.len == 0) continue;
+                extensions.appendAssumeCapacity(ext);
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extensions.appendAssumeCapacity((try val.toUTF8Bytes(globalThis, allocator))[1..]);
}
const bytes = try val.toUTF8Bytes(globalThis, allocator);
const ext = if (bytes.len > 0 and bytes[0] == '.') bytes[1..] else bytes;
if (ext.len == 0) continue;
extensions.appendAssumeCapacity(ext);
}
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
In src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig around lines 90–91, the code always uses
[1..] which drops the first byte of the extension even when there is no leading
'.' (corrupting "tsx" → "sx"); change this to read the UTF‑8 bytes into a
variable, check that the slice is non‑empty and that the first byte is '.' and
only then append bytes[1..], otherwise append the full bytes (bytes[0..]) to
preserve extensions without a dot and handle empty strings safely.

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Just noting for anyone reading this that this PR does not change this behavior. If it's incorrect now, it was incorrect before.

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@taylordotfish, you're absolutely correct—the [1..] slice was already present in the original code. Your PR only changes how the string is obtained (from toSlice().cloneIfNeeded().slice() to toUTF8Bytes()), not the slicing logic itself.

Since you're already touching this line and the fix would be straightforward, you could optionally address it here to avoid a potential bug, but it's entirely reasonable to keep this PR focused on the cloneIfNeeded fixes and handle extension parsing separately if needed.

}

Expand All @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub const FileSystemRouter = struct {
return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("Expected assetPrefix to be a string", .{});
}

asset_prefix_slice = (try asset_prefix.toSlice(globalThis, allocator)).cloneIfNeeded(allocator) catch unreachable;
asset_prefix_slice = try (try asset_prefix.toSlice(globalThis, allocator)).cloneIfBorrowed(allocator);
}
const orig_log = vm.transpiler.resolver.log;
var log = Log.Log.init(allocator);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ pub const FileSystemRouter = struct {
router.config.dir = fs_router.base_dir.?.slice();
fs_router.base_dir.?.ref();

// TODO: Memory leak? We haven't freed `asset_prefix_slice`, but we can't do so because the
// underlying string is borrowed in `fs_router.router.config.asset_prefix_path`.
// `FileSystemRouter.deinit` frees `fs_router.asset_prefix`, but that's a clone of
// `asset_prefix_slice`. The original is not freed.
return fs_router;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ pub const FileSystemRouter = struct {

var path: ZigString.Slice = brk: {
if (argument.isString()) {
break :brk (try argument.toSlice(globalThis, globalThis.allocator())).cloneIfNeeded(globalThis.allocator()) catch unreachable;
break :brk try (try argument.toSlice(globalThis, globalThis.allocator())).cloneIfBorrowed(globalThis.allocator());
}
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Own URL storage in MatchedRoute; stop leaking and avoid freeing interior pointers

URLPath borrows from path. Keeping path alive by skipping deinit leaks; freeing route.pathname directly risks invalid frees on interior pointers. Store the owned ZigString.Slice inside MatchedRoute and free it in deinit; remove the mi_free block.

@@
-        var result = MatchedRoute.init(
+        var result = MatchedRoute.init(
             globalThis.allocator(),
             route,
             this.origin,
             this.asset_prefix,
             this.base_dir.?,
         ) catch unreachable;
-
-        // TODO: Memory leak? We haven't freed `path`, but we can't do so because the underlying
-        // string is borrowed in `result.route_holder.pathname` and `result.route_holder.query_string`
-        // (see `Routes.matchPageWithAllocator`, which does not clone these fields but rather
-        // directly reuses parts of the `URLPath`, which itself borrows from `path`).
-        // `MatchedRoute.deinit` doesn't free any fields of `route_holder`, so the string is not
-        // freed.
+        // Tie lifetime of borrowed substrings to this instance.
+        result.owned_path = path; // move ownership; do not deinit `path` in this scope

Add a field to MatchedRoute and update deinit:

@@
 pub const MatchedRoute = struct {
@@
     base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString = null,
+    // Owns the allocation backing route_holder.pathname/query_string when derived from a parsed URL.
+    owned_path: ?ZigString.Slice = null,
@@
     pub fn deinit(this: *MatchedRoute) void {
         if (this.query_string_map) |*map| {
             map.deinit();
         }
         if (this.needs_deinit) {
-            if (this.route.pathname.len > 0 and bun.mimalloc.mi_is_in_heap_region(this.route.pathname.ptr)) {
-                bun.mimalloc.mi_free(@constCast(this.route.pathname.ptr));
-            }
+            if (this.owned_path) |*s| {
+                s.deinit();
+                this.owned_path = null;
+            }
             this.params_list_holder.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
             this.params_list_holder = .{};
         }

Run the failing asan target (🐧 12 x64-asan) to validate no new leaks/UAFs. If Router later clones pathname/query_string, you can omit owned_path.

Also applies to: 328-333

I'll verify this review comment by examining the relevant code sections in the filesystem_router.zig file.Now let me search the repository for the actual filesystem_router.zig file:


No results returned; let me try to clone and examine the file:

Let me search directly for the file content:


Let me search for the mi_free call mentioned in the review:

Let me look at lines around 278-279:


Let me examine the filesystem_router.zig file directly:
=== File exists, extracting lines 270-340 === break :brk try (try argument.toSlice(globalThis, globalThis.allocator())).cloneIfBorrowed(globalThis.allocator()); } } 
    var result = MatchedRoute.init(
        globalThis.allocator(),
        route,
        this.origin,
        this.asset_prefix,
        this.base_dir.?,
    ) catch unreachable;

    // TODO: Memory leak? We haven't freed `path`, but we can't do so because the underlying
    // string is borrowed in `result.route_holder.pathname` and `result.route_holder.query_string`
    // (see `Routes.matchPageWithAllocator`, which does not clone these fields but rather
    // directly reuses parts of the `URLPath`, which itself borrows from `path`).
    // `MatchedRoute.deinit` doesn't free any fields of `route_holder`, so the string is not
    // freed.

    return result;
}


Perfect! Now let me examine the MatchedRoute struct definition and its deinit method:
26:pub const MatchedRoute = struct { 27: route: Routes.Route = .{}, 28: route_holder: Routes.Route.Holder = .{}, 29: params_list_holder: Routes.ParamsList = .{}, 30: origin: []const u8 = "", 31: asset_prefix: []const u8 = "", 32: base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString = null, 33: query_string_map: ?*QueryStringMap = null, 34: needs_deinit: bool = false, 37:pub const MatchedRoute = struct { 37:pub const MatchedRoute = struct { ```

Let me get the full struct definition:


<output>
26:pub const MatchedRoute = struct {
27:    route: Routes.Route = .{},
28:    route_holder: Routes.Route.Holder = .{},
29:    params_list_holder: Routes.ParamsList = .{},
30:    origin: []const u8 = "",
31:    asset_prefix: []const u8 = "",
32:    base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString = null,
33:    query_string_map: ?*QueryStringMap = null,
34:    needs_deinit: bool = false,
35:
36:    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, route: Routes.Route, origin: []const u8, asset_prefix: []const u8, base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString) MatchedRoute {
37:        return .{
38:            .route = route,
39:            .route_holder = route,
40:            .origin = origin,
40:            .asset_prefix = asset_prefix,
40:            .base_dir = base_dir,
41:            .needs_deinit = false,
42:        };
43:    }
44:
45:    pub fn deinit(this: *MatchedRoute) void {
46:        if (this.query_string_map) |*map| {
47:            map.deinit();
48:        }
49:        if (this.needs_deinit) {
50:            if (this.route.pathname.len > 0 and bun.mimalloc.mi_is_in_heap_region(this.route.pathname.ptr)) {
50:                bun.mimalloc.mi_free(@constCast(this.route.pathname.ptr));
51:            }
52:        }
53:        this.params_list_holder.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
53:        this.params_list_holder = .{};
54:    }

Excellent! Now let me check the context where the MatchedRoute.init is called to understand the memory flow better:


<output>
        ) catch |err| {
            return globalThis.throwValue(err);
        };

        var path = try URLPath.parse(
            globalThis.allocator(),
            url,
            "",
        );

        const argument = JSC.JSValue.fromJSX(@constCast(route_holder.pathname_value), globalThis) catch return globalThis.throwValue(JSC.JSValue.@"throw"(globalThis, "Failed to create JSC.JSValue"));
        const route = try argument.toRoute(
            globalThis,
            path,
            globalThis.allocator(),
        );

        var result = MatchedRoute.init(
            globalThis.allocator(),
            route,
            this.origin,
            this.asset_prefix,
            this.base_dir.?,
        ) catch unreachable;

        // TODO: Memory leak? We haven't freed `path`, but we can't do so because the underlying
        // string is borrowed in `result.route_holder.pathname` and `result.route_holder.query_string`
        // (see `Routes.matchPageWithAllocator`, which does not clone these fields but rather
        // directly reuses parts of the `URLPath`, which itself borrows from `path`).
        // `MatchedRoute.deinit` doesn't free any fields of `route_holder`, so the string is not
        // freed.

        return result;

Now let me search for URLPath definition to understand the borrowing pattern:


<output>
3:pub const URLPath = struct {
4:    path: []u8,
5:    origin: []const u8,
6:    query_string: []const u8,

Let me check if URLPath has a deinit method:


<output>
3:pub const URLPath = struct {
4:    path: []u8,
5:    origin: []const u8,
6:    query_string: []const u8,
7:    pub fn deinit(this: *URLPath) void {
8:        if (this.path.len > 0) {
9:            bun.default_allocator.free(this.path);
9:        }
10:    }

Now let me check the Routes.Route type to see what toRoute does:


<output>
82:    pub fn toRoute(value: JSC.JSValue, globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, path: URLPath, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Routes.Route {
83:        var out: Routes.Route = .{};
84:        var query_string: []const u8 = path.query_string;
85:        var pathname: []const u8 = path.path;
86:
87:        // ... code processing pathname/query_string
...

Perfect! Now I understand the memory flow. Let me check if there are any other relevant details in the deinit function:


<output>
        return result;
    }

    fn matchingPage(this: *Router, globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, route_holder: *const Routes.Route.Holder) !JSC.JSValue {
        defer {
            if (!has_error) {
                globalThis.vm().clearException();
            }
        }
        var query_string_result = QueryStringResult{};
        var has_error = false;

        const query_string = result.query_string_map;

        var iter = query_string.iterator();

Let me check what's happening more around line 328-333 carefully:


<output>
28:    pub const MatchedRoute = struct {
46:    pub fn deinit(this: *MatchedRoute) void {

Let me run ast-grep to find all deinit implementations in this file:


<output>
45:    pub fn deinit(this: *MatchedRoute) void {
46:        if (this.query_string_map) |*map| {
47:            map.deinit();
48:        }
49:        if (this.needs_deinit) {
50:            if (this.route.pathname.len > 0 and bun.mimalloc.mi_is_in_heap_region(this.route.pathname.ptr)) {
50:                bun.mimalloc.mi_free(@constCast(this.route.pathname.ptr));
51:            }
52:        }
53:        this.params_list_holder.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
53:        this.params_list_holder = .{};
54:    }

Good! Now let me check how ZigString.Slice is used elsewhere in Bun:


<output>
1:pub const URLPath = struct {
2:    path: []u8,
3:    origin: []const u8,
4:    query_string: []const u8,
5:
6:    pub fn deinit(this: *URLPath) void {
7:        if (this.path.len > 0) {
8:            bun.default_allocator.free(this.path);
8:        }
9:    }

Let me search more broadly for ZigString types:


<output>
src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig:1:pub const URLPath = struct {
src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig:2:    path: []u8,
src/bun.js/zig/html_rewriter.zig:5:const ZigString = bun.JSC.ZigString;
src/bun.js/zig/html_rewriter.zig:8:    pub fn deinit(this: *StringList) void {

Let me check what bun.JSC.ZigString looks like:


<output>

Let me check a different approach - look at how needs_deinit is set:


<output>

Let me search for where MatchedRoute objects are manipulated:


<output>

Let me examine the whole filesystem_router.zig file structure to understand better:


<output>
pub const URLPath = struct {
    path: []u8,
    origin: []const u8,
    query_string: []const u8,

    pub fn deinit(this: *URLPath) void {
        if (this.path.len > 0) {
            bun.default_allocator.free(this.path);
        }
    }
};

const Routes = @import("routes.zig");
pub const JSC = bun.JSC;
pub const jsc = JSC;
const std = @import("std");
const bun = @import("bun");

pub const MatchedRoute = struct {
    route: Routes.Route = .{},
    route_holder: Routes.Route.Holder = .{},
    params_list_holder: Routes.ParamsList = .{},
    origin: []const u8 = "",
    asset_prefix: []const u8 = "",
    base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString = null,
    query_string_map: ?*QueryStringMap = null,
    needs_deinit: bool = false,

    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, route: Routes.Route, origin: []const u8, asset_prefix: []const u8, base_dir: ?*jsc.RefString) MatchedRoute {
        return .{
            .route = route,
            .route_holder = route,
            .origin = origin,
            .asset_prefix = asset_prefix,
            .base_dir = base_dir,
            .needs_deinit = false,
        };
    }

    pub fn deinit(this: *MatchedRoute) void {
        if (this.query_string_map) |*map| {
            map.deinit();
        }
        if (this.needs_deinit) {
            if (this.route.pathname.len > 0 and bun.mimalloc.mi_is_in_heap_region(this.route.pathname.ptr)) {
                bun.mimalloc.mi_free(@constCast(this.route.pathname.ptr));
            }
        }
        this.params_list_holder.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
        this.params_list_holder = .{};
    }
};

Perfect! Now I have all the information I need. Let me update my scratchpad and generate the final response:


<output>

Based on my verification of the code, the review comment correctly identifies a real memory management issue in the codebase. Here's my final response:

Fix memory leak in MatchedRoute by managing URLPath ownership

The review comment accurately identifies a memory leak where the path variable allocated via URLPath.parse() is never freed. The current code:

  1. Allocates path on line 259
  2. Converts it to route via toRoute() which borrows slices from path
  3. Never calls path.deinit(), causing the allocation to leak
  4. The existing mi_free block in MatchedRoute.deinit() is dead code (never executed since needs_deinit is always false)

The proposed refactoring correctly addresses this by:

  • Adding an owned_path field to MatchedRoute to explicitly own the allocation
  • Calling path.deinit() in the deinit() method to properly release memory
  • Eliminating the problematic mi_free call that operated on interior pointers

The changes are necessary and correct. The suggestion to move ownership of path into MatchedRoute resolves both the leak and the unsafe interior pointer freeing pattern.

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Own URL storage in MatchedRoute — stop leaking and avoid freeing interior pointers

URL slices returned by URLPath.parse(path.slice()) borrow from the local path (heap-allocated in match()). path is never freed and MatchedRoute.deinit currently tries to free an interior pointer with mimalloc.mi_free — unsafe and causes leaks/UAF risk. Make MatchedRoute own the backing string and free it in deinit; remove the mi_free handling.

  • Change summary (src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig — match() ≈ lines 312–334; MatchedRoute ≈ lines 396–474):
    • Add field to MatchedRoute: owned_path: ?ZigString.Slice = null.
    • After creating the MatchedRoute in match(), move ownership: result.owned_path = path; (do not deinit path in this scope).
    • In MatchedRoute.deinit(), remove the mi_free block and replace with:
      if (this.owned_path) |s| { s.deinit(); this.owned_path = null; }
    • Remove freeing route.pathname via mi_free (do not free interior pointers directly).

Run ASAN (x64-asan) / the failing asan target to confirm no new leaks or UAFs.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
In src/bun.js/api/filesystem_router.zig around lines 278-279, MatchedRoute
currently holds URL slice(s) that borrow from a local `path` buffer which is
never freed and MatchedRoute.deinit illegally calls mimalloc.mi_free on interior
pointers; change MatchedRoute to own the backing string by adding a field
`owned_path: ?ZigString.Slice = null`, in match() after constructing the
MatchedRoute set `result.owned_path = path` and stop deinitializing `path` in
that scope, remove any mi_free calls that free interior pointers (including
freeing route.pathname), and update MatchedRoute.deinit to free the owned buffer
safely with `if (this.owned_path) |s| { s.deinit(); this.owned_path = null; }`
so the owned backing string is released correctly and no interior pointer is
freed directly.

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Just noting for anyone reading this that this PR does not change this behavior. It does seem incorrect, though; see the TODO: Memory leak? comments.

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Seems like the humans are having a chat. I'll hop back into my burrow for now. If you need me again, just tag @coderabbitai in a new comment, and I'll come hopping out!


if (argument.isCell()) {
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};

if (path.len == 0 or (path.len == 1 and path.ptr[0] == '/')) {
path.deinit();
path = ZigString.Slice.fromUTF8NeverFree("/");
}

if (strings.hasPrefixComptime(path.slice(), "http://") or strings.hasPrefixComptime(path.slice(), "https://") or strings.hasPrefixComptime(path.slice(), "file://")) {
const prev_path = path;
path = ZigString.init(URL.parse(path.slice()).pathname).toSliceFast(globalThis.allocator()).cloneIfNeeded(globalThis.allocator()) catch unreachable;
prev_path.deinit();
defer prev_path.deinit();
path = try .initDupe(globalThis.allocator(), URL.parse(path.slice()).pathname);
}
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const url_path = URLPath.parse(path.slice()) catch |err| {
Expand All @@ -319,6 +324,13 @@ pub const FileSystemRouter = struct {
this.asset_prefix,
this.base_dir.?,
) catch unreachable;

// TODO: Memory leak? We haven't freed `path`, but we can't do so because the underlying
// string is borrowed in `result.route_holder.pathname` and `result.route_holder.query_string`
// (see `Routes.matchPageWithAllocator`, which does not clone these fields but rather
// directly reuses parts of the `URLPath`, which itself borrows from `path`).
// `MatchedRoute.deinit` doesn't free any fields of `route_holder`, so the string is not
// freed.
return result.toJS(globalThis);
}

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21 changes: 12 additions & 9 deletions src/bun.js/api/glob.zig
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Expand Up @@ -18,20 +18,24 @@ const ScanOpts = struct {
error_on_broken_symlinks: bool,

fn parseCWD(globalThis: *JSGlobalObject, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, cwdVal: jsc.JSValue, absolute: bool, comptime fnName: string) bun.JSError![]const u8 {
const cwd_str_raw = try cwdVal.toSlice(globalThis, allocator);
if (cwd_str_raw.len == 0) return "";
const cwd_string: bun.String = try .fromJS(cwdVal, globalThis);
defer cwd_string.deref();
if (cwd_string.isEmpty()) return "";

const cwd_str: []const u8 = cwd_str: {
const cwd_utf8 = cwd_string.toUTF8WithoutRef(allocator);

const cwd_str = cwd_str: {
// If its absolute return as is
if (ResolvePath.Platform.auto.isAbsolute(cwd_str_raw.slice())) {
const cwd_str = try cwd_str_raw.cloneIfNeeded(allocator);
break :cwd_str cwd_str.ptr[0..cwd_str.len];
if (ResolvePath.Platform.auto.isAbsolute(cwd_utf8.slice())) {
break :cwd_str (try cwd_utf8.cloneIfBorrowed(allocator)).slice();
}

defer cwd_utf8.deinit();
var path_buf2: [bun.MAX_PATH_BYTES * 2]u8 = undefined;
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if (!absolute) {
const cwd_str = ResolvePath.joinStringBuf(&path_buf2, &[_][]const u8{cwd_str_raw.slice()}, .auto);
const parts: []const []const u8 = &.{cwd_utf8.slice()};
const cwd_str = ResolvePath.joinStringBuf(&path_buf2, parts, .auto);
break :cwd_str try allocator.dupe(u8, cwd_str);
}

Expand All @@ -47,9 +51,8 @@ const ScanOpts = struct {

const cwd_str = ResolvePath.joinStringBuf(&path_buf2, &[_][]const u8{
cwd,
cwd_str_raw.slice(),
cwd_utf8.slice(),
}, .auto);

break :cwd_str try allocator.dupe(u8, cwd_str);
};

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8 changes: 2 additions & 6 deletions src/bun.js/api/server/ServerConfig.zig
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Expand Up @@ -803,13 +803,9 @@ pub fn fromJS(
if (id.isUndefinedOrNull()) {
args.allow_hot = false;
} else {
const id_str = try id.toSlice(
global,
bun.default_allocator,
);

const id_str = try id.toUTF8Bytes(global, bun.default_allocator);
if (id_str.len > 0) {
args.id = (id_str.cloneIfNeeded(bun.default_allocator) catch unreachable).slice();
args.id = id_str;
} else {
args.allow_hot = false;
}
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions src/bun.js/bindings/JSValue.zig
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Expand Up @@ -1187,14 +1187,20 @@ pub const JSValue = enum(i64) {
pub fn toSlice(this: JSValue, global: *JSGlobalObject, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) JSError!ZigString.Slice {
const str = try bun.String.fromJS(this, global);
defer str.deref();

return str.toUTF8(allocator);
}

pub inline fn toSliceZ(this: JSValue, global: *JSGlobalObject, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ZigString.Slice {
return getZigString(this, global).toSliceZ(allocator);
}

/// The returned slice is always owned by `allocator`.
pub fn toUTF8Bytes(this: JSValue, global: *JSGlobalObject, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) JSError![]u8 {
const str: bun.String = try .fromJS(this, global);
defer str.deref();
return str.toUTF8Bytes(allocator);
}

pub fn toJSString(this: JSValue, globalThis: *JSGlobalObject) bun.JSError!*JSString {
return bun.cpp.JSC__JSValue__toStringOrNull(this, globalThis);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1242,7 +1248,7 @@ pub const JSValue = enum(i64) {
allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
) ?ZigString.Slice {
var str = this.toJSString(globalThis) catch return null;
return str.toSlice(globalThis, allocator).cloneIfNeeded(allocator) catch {
return str.toSliceClone(globalThis, allocator) catch {
globalThis.throwOutOfMemory() catch {}; // TODO: properly propagate exception upwards
return null;
};
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion src/bun.js/bindings/ZigStackFrame.zig
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Expand Up @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ pub const ZigStackFrame = extern struct {
var frame: api.StackFrame = comptime std.mem.zeroes(api.StackFrame);
if (!this.function_name.isEmpty()) {
var slicer = this.function_name.toUTF8(allocator);
frame.function_name = (try slicer.cloneIfNeeded(allocator)).slice();
frame.function_name = (try slicer.cloneIfBorrowed(allocator)).slice();
// TODO: Memory leak? `frame.function_name` may have just been allocated by this
// function, but it doesn't seem like we ever free it. Changing to `toUTF8Owned` would
// make the ownership clearer, but would also make the memory leak worse without an
// additional free.
}

if (!this.source_url.isEmpty()) {
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13 changes: 9 additions & 4 deletions src/bun.js/bindings/ZigString.zig
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Expand Up @@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
};
}

pub fn initDupe(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, input: []const u8) OOM!Slice {
return .init(allocator, try allocator.dupe(u8, input));
}

pub fn byteLength(this: *const Slice) usize {
return this.len;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -384,7 +388,7 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
}

/// Note that the returned slice is not guaranteed to be allocated by `allocator`.
pub fn cloneIfNeeded(this: Slice, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) bun.OOM!Slice {
pub fn cloneIfBorrowed(this: Slice, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) bun.OOM!Slice {
if (this.isAllocated()) {
return this;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -641,7 +645,7 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
if (this.len == 0)
return Slice.empty;
if (is16Bit(&this)) {
const buffer = this.toOwnedSlice(allocator) catch unreachable;
const buffer = bun.handleOom(this.toOwnedSlice(allocator));
return Slice{
.allocator = NullableAllocator.init(allocator),
.ptr = buffer.ptr,
Expand All @@ -661,7 +665,7 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
if (this.len == 0)
return Slice.empty;
if (is16Bit(&this)) {
const buffer = this.toOwnedSlice(allocator) catch unreachable;
const buffer = bun.handleOom(this.toOwnedSlice(allocator));
return Slice{
.allocator = NullableAllocator.init(allocator),
.ptr = buffer.ptr,
Expand All @@ -670,7 +674,7 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
}

if (!this.isUTF8() and !strings.isAllASCII(untagged(this._unsafe_ptr_do_not_use)[0..this.len])) {
const buffer = this.toOwnedSlice(allocator) catch unreachable;
const buffer = bun.handleOom(this.toOwnedSlice(allocator));
return Slice{
.allocator = NullableAllocator.init(allocator),
.ptr = buffer.ptr,
Expand All @@ -684,6 +688,7 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
};
}

/// The returned slice is always allocated by `allocator`.
pub fn toSliceClone(this: ZigString, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) OOM!Slice {
if (this.len == 0)
return Slice.empty;
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27 changes: 11 additions & 16 deletions src/bun.js/webcore/Blob.zig
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Expand Up @@ -542,8 +542,7 @@ const URLSearchParamsConverter = struct {
buf: []u8 = "",
globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject,
pub fn convert(this: *URLSearchParamsConverter, str: ZigString) void {
var out = bun.handleOom(str.toSlice(this.allocator).cloneIfNeeded(this.allocator));
this.buf = @constCast(out.slice());
this.buf = bun.handleOom(str.toOwnedSlice(this.allocator));
}
};

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -628,8 +627,8 @@ export fn Blob__setAsFile(this: *Blob, path_str: *bun.String) void {
if (this.store) |store| {
if (store.data == .bytes) {
if (store.data.bytes.stored_name.len == 0) {
var utf8 = path_str.toUTF8WithoutRef(bun.default_allocator).cloneIfNeeded(bun.default_allocator) catch unreachable;
store.data.bytes.stored_name = bun.PathString.init(utf8.slice());
const utf8 = path_str.toUTF8Bytes(bun.default_allocator);
store.data.bytes.stored_name = bun.PathString.init(utf8);
}
}
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1738,7 +1737,7 @@ pub fn JSDOMFile__construct_(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, callframe: *jsc.Ca
switch (store_.data) {
.bytes => |*bytes| {
bytes.stored_name = bun.PathString.init(
bun.handleOom(name_value_str.toUTF8WithoutRef(bun.default_allocator).cloneIfNeeded(bun.default_allocator)).slice(),
name_value_str.toUTF8Bytes(bun.default_allocator),
);
},
.s3, .file => {
Expand All @@ -1750,9 +1749,7 @@ pub fn JSDOMFile__construct_(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, callframe: *jsc.Ca
blob.store = Blob.Store.new(.{
.data = .{
.bytes = Blob.Store.Bytes.initEmptyWithName(
bun.PathString.init(
bun.handleOom(name_value_str.toUTF8WithoutRef(bun.default_allocator).cloneIfNeeded(bun.default_allocator)).slice(),
),
bun.PathString.init(name_value_str.toUTF8Bytes(bun.default_allocator)),
allocator,
),
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2483,11 +2480,10 @@ pub fn pipeReadableStreamToBlob(this: *Blob, globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, re
break :brk .{ .fd = store.data.file.pathlike.fd };
} else {
break :brk .{
.path = ZigString.Slice.fromUTF8NeverFree(
store.data.file.pathlike.path.slice(),
).cloneIfNeeded(
.path = bun.handleOom(ZigString.Slice.initDupe(
bun.default_allocator,
) catch |err| bun.handleOom(err),
store.data.file.pathlike.path.slice(),
)),
};
}
};
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2723,11 +2719,10 @@ pub fn getWriter(
break :brk .{ .fd = store.data.file.pathlike.fd };
} else {
break :brk .{
.path = ZigString.Slice.fromUTF8NeverFree(
store.data.file.pathlike.path.slice(),
).cloneIfNeeded(
.path = bun.handleOom(ZigString.Slice.initDupe(
bun.default_allocator,
) catch |err| bun.handleOom(err),
store.data.file.pathlike.path.slice(),
)),
};
}
};
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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion src/string.zig
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Expand Up @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub const String = extern struct {
else
.unknown; // string was 16-bit; may or may not be all ascii

const owned_slice = try utf8_slice.cloneIfNeeded(allocator);
const owned_slice = try utf8_slice.cloneIfBorrowed(allocator);
// `owned_slice.allocator` is guaranteed to be `allocator`.
break :blk .{ owned_slice.mut(), ascii_status };
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -768,6 +768,16 @@ pub const String = extern struct {
return ZigString.Slice.empty;
}

/// Equivalent to calling `toUTF8WithoutRef` followed by `cloneIfBorrowed`.
pub fn toUTF8Owned(this: String, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ZigString.Slice {
return bun.handleOom(this.toUTF8WithoutRef(allocator).cloneIfBorrowed(allocator));
}

/// The returned slice is always allocated by `allocator`.
pub fn toUTF8Bytes(this: String, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) []u8 {
return this.toUTF8Owned(allocator).mut();
}

/// use `byteSlice` to get a `[]const u8`.
pub fn toSlice(this: String, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) SliceWithUnderlyingString {
return SliceWithUnderlyingString{
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