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Same programme as #40055 / #40135 / #40136 / #40139 / #40187 / #40190 / #40200 / #40202 / #40203 / #40204, applied to node:fs: src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs 123 → 1, node_fs_binding.rs 7 → 0. The one residual is NodeFS::watch's deref of create_fs_watcher's raw return, which #40200 changes to return the JSValue and removes.

What moved one layer down (every new unsafe is here, each with a one-line SAFETY):

  • bun_sys: link, truncate, mkdtemp(&mut [u8]) (in-place), posix_fadvise, posix_rmdir (plain rmdir(2), tag rmdir; bun_sys::rmdir unchanged for install callers), linux::/freebsd::copy_file_range_fd (offsets as Option<&mut i64>), read_uninit(Fd, &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>]) -> &mut [u8], read_into_vec, iovecs_as_const (layout const-asserted), safe_libc::{fsync, fdatasync}; Windows sys_uv::{realpath, mkdtemp, utime, lutime, futime} on a shared OwnedFsReq, windows::{get_file_attributes, copy_file, set_end_of_file, flush_file_buffers, get_final_path_name_by_handle}.
  • bun_libuv_sys: OwnedFsReq (cleanup-on-drop iff initialised; nulls the bufs → bufsml self-reference first so it is move-safe), fs_t::{is_initialized, statfs_result, ptr_c_str, path_c_str} (path narrowed to pub(crate)).
  • bun_io::uv_fs (new, Windows): UvFsRequest/UvFsIo + open/close/statfs/read/write(Box<T>, ..) — the box is released to libuv and handed back to on_complete; a synchronous failure returns Err((Box<T>, rc)). General enough for the Bun.write Windows path to converge on.
  • bun_event_loop: AnyTaskWithExtraContext::from_value<T>, boxed_taskable!; bun_threading: BoxQueue<V> (lock-free MPSC of owned values over UnboundedQueue); bun_jsc: MarkedArrayBuffer::from_owned_bytes, ArgumentsSlice::hand_off_protection; bun_core: UninitBuf::as_uninit_mut; codegen: Option<&CStr> params for HOST_EXPORT (same hunk as dns: remove the remaining unsafe from the resolver module #40190).

Shapes in node_fs itself: async ops are Box<Task> through WorkTaskHandler/dispatch (no heap::take in completions); Windows UVFSRequest::run_from_js_thread(self: Box<Self>); AsyncReaddirRecursiveTask { args, scan: Arc<ReaddirScan> } with results joined through BoxQueue; cp -r is NewAsyncCpTask + CpTaskRef with the shell side behind ShellCpHandle::{on_copy, finish}; ret::{Mkdtemp, Readlink, Realpath} = StringOrBytes, Readdir::Buffers(Box<[Box<[u8]>]>), ReadFileWithOptions::{Bytes, JsBuffer}; NodeFS.vm: Option<BackRef<VirtualMachine>>; Bun__mkdirp is a HOST_EXPORT.

Intentional behaviour deltas (all previously hangs/leaks): the async cp JS-thread completion's early error returns now drop the task (old code leaked the task + keep-alive); Windows fs.readv(fd, []) resolves bytesRead: 0 like POSIX (old: synchronous UV_EINVAL → debug assert / release hang); a synchronous libuv submit failure settles the promise with libuv's error instead of hanging.

After rebasing over #40511: node_fs.rs is at 10 rather than 1 — the extra 9 are main's new ThreadIsolated::new/unsafe impl ThreadIsolatedArg sites (main's reviewed API for moving fs args to the work pool), not reintroduced by this PR.

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Debug+ASAN: fs.test.ts 520/520; cp, cp-symlink-target, dir, fs-mkdir, fs-stats-*, promises, abort-signal, write-offset-bound, writeFile-async-iterator, readdirSync-recursive-error-leak, fs-path-length, fs-birthtime, glob, fs-oom, fs-leak, bun-write, bun-file, fetch.file, node-stream, bun-build-compile — pass. All 246 test/js/node/test/parallel/test-fs-*.js exit 0. Hand-driven: sync/callback/promise readFile/writeFile/readdir (recursive, all encodings)/stat/cp -r; mkdtemp/readlink/realpath/link/truncate/rm error shapes; writev/readv with 3000 buffers; readFile/writeFile aborted mid-flight; 1000 concurrent stat/lstat; a Worker running fs ops terminated mid-flight ×4 — exit 0, no ASAN output. clippy clean on every touched crate; rust-check-all x86_64-pc-windows-msvc, aarch64-apple-darwin, x86_64-unknown-freebsd pass (the Windows bun_io::uv_fs / shell-cp paths are type-checked, not executed here).

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The PR adds owned task and queue abstractions, typed libuv filesystem requests, platform filesystem wrappers, safer async copy ownership transfers, empty-buffer handling, and empty vectored-I/O test coverage.

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Ownership primitives and runtime references
src/bun_core/lib.rs, src/codegen/generate-host-exports.ts, src/event_loop/*, src/runtime/{jsc_hooks.rs,node/node_fs_binding.rs}, src/threading/*, src/jsc/array_buffer.rs
Adds uninitialized buffer access, nullable CStr conversion, owned task construction, boxed task implementations, VM back-references, BoxQueue, and typed-array ownership and copy handling.
Owned libuv filesystem requests
src/io/*, src/libuv_sys/libuv.rs, src/sys/sys_uv.rs, src/runtime/dispatch.rs, test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
Adds owned libuv request cleanup, generic open/close/statfs/read/write submission, filesystem result accessors, libuv-backed path and timestamp operations, and empty readv/writev coverage.
Platform filesystem syscall surface
src/sys/lib.rs, src/sys/windows/mod.rs
Adds POSIX, Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows wrappers for filesystem operations, uninitialized reads, vector conversion, file copying, truncation, and flushing.
Async copy ownership handoff
src/runtime/shell/builtin/cp.rs, src/runtime/webcore/blob/*, src/runtime/dispatch.rs
Routes shell copy completion through ShellCpHandle, returns owned async-copy arguments, consumes queued task allocations, and passes owned paths to Windows mkdirp tasks.

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The new uninitialized-read path can invoke undefined behavior during filesystem operations and should be corrected before merge.

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❌ @Jarred-Sumner, your commit 5f1af6e has 5 failures in Build #111696 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 40212

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-40212 executable, so you can run:

bun-40212 --bun

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Both earlier findings are addressed in a29effa (the readv([])/writev([]) test is in fs.test.ts, and the mkdtemp NUL scans now go through bun_core::strings). This pass found no further issues. Given the scope — a broad ownership rework across async cp/readdir tasks, a new Windows bun_io::uv_fs layer, and cross-thread Arc/BoxQueue lifetimes with the Windows paths only type-checked locally — a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • CpTaskRef/Arc last-drop → on_all_done posting: checked that every drop path (dir-scan, per-file subtask, error early-returns) reaches it and the keep-alive is released in Drop.
  • ReaddirScan shared across pool subtasks: root_fd/pending_err/result_list now guarded/atomic; done token taken under lock — no unguarded &mut on the shared scan.
  • OwnedFsReq::drop nulls the bufs → bufsml self-reference before cleanup so a moved request doesn't free a stale interior pointer; is_initialized gates cleanup on the sentinel.
  • read_file_with_options two-phase read now maintains buf.len() == total via read_into_vec, so the try_reserve(8192) growth arm still amortises correctly.
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Overview

This PR continues the unsafe-removal series for node:fs, dropping src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs from 123 → 1 unsafe blocks and node_fs_binding.rs to 0. It does so by (a) pushing raw FFI calls down into typed wrappers in bun_sys/bun_libuv_sys/bun_io::uv_fs/bun_sys::windows, and (b) reworking the ownership model of the async task types: NewAsyncCpTask is now shared through an Arc-backed CpTaskRef whose last-drop posts the completion; AsyncReaddirRecursiveTask splits its shared scan state into an Arc<ReaddirScan> with results joined through a new BoxQueue; Windows UVFSRequest is boxed and lent to libuv via a new bun_io::uv_fs layer that hands the box back on completion. Return types that previously carried a JS-heap Buffer off-thread now carry Box<[u8]> (StringOrBytes, Readdir::Buffers), with the JSC buffer constructed on the JS thread. 22 files touched across bun_core, bun_sys, bun_libuv_sys, bun_io, bun_event_loop, bun_threading, bun_jsc, the shell cp builtin, and node_fs itself.

Security risks

No new attack surface. The changes are internal ownership/FFI plumbing; input validation and error mapping are preserved (spot-checked mkdtemp, rmdir, link, truncate, realpath error paths carry the same errno/tag/path). No auth, crypto, or network parsing is touched.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is a large refactor of memory-ownership across thread boundaries in a hot, safety-critical subsystem (async fs task lifetimes, libuv request ownership, cross-thread Arc sharing of scan state, JS buffer protection hand-off). The Windows bun_io::uv_fs and shell-cp paths are new and, per the PR description, only type-checked locally — Windows CI is the first execution. The OwnedFsReq move-safety fix and the CpTaskRef last-drop-posts-completion pattern are subtle enough that a maintainer familiar with the prior shape should confirm the invariants.

Other factors

Both issues I raised on the previous revision are now fixed: the empty-readv/writev regression test is added to fs.test.ts, and the mkdtemp NUL scans use bun_core::strings::{index_of_char_usize, contains_char} so the byte-search source lint passes. The bug-hunting pass on this revision found nothing. The PR is one of ~10 in a series applying the same programme, so reviewers already have context on the pattern; but each instalment reshapes a different subsystem's concurrency model, and this one is among the larger ones.

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I re-reviewed after the four fix commits (byte-search lint, readv/writev empty-buffers test, dead rmdir fallback, map_rm_errno_narrow comment) and the rebase — no new findings. Given the scope (ownership rework across NewAsyncCpTask/CpTaskRef, ReaddirScan Arc split, new OwnedFsReq/UvFsRequest/BoxQueue abstractions, and Windows libuv paths that are type-checked but not executed here), a human pass is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • CpTaskRef Arc drop → on_all_done posts exactly once; finish_shell/run_from_js_thread drop the box on every return.
  • OwnedFsReq::drop nulls the bufs → bufsml self-reference before cleanup so a moved request never frees a stale interior pointer.
  • BoxQueue/BoxQueueDrain free every node on drop; ReaddirScan result join and clear_result_list both drain.
  • read_into_vec/read_uninit only expose the kernel-written prefix; read_file_with_options keeps buf.len() == total so the 8 KiB grow path is unchanged.
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Overview

This PR continues the unsafe-removal programme (#40055 et al.) applied to node:fs: node_fs.rs goes from 123 → 1 residual unsafe blocks and node_fs_binding.rs to 0. The unsafe operations are pushed one layer down into new safe wrappers across bun_sys (link/truncate/mkdtemp/posix_fadvise/posix_rmdir/copy_file_range_fd/read_uninit/read_into_vec/iovecs_as_const), bun_libuv_sys (OwnedFsReq, typed fs_t accessors), a new bun_io::uv_fs module (Windows async fs requests over boxed owners), bun_threading (BoxQueue), bun_event_loop (from_value, boxed_taskable!), and bun_jsc (MarkedArrayBuffer::from_owned_bytes, ArgumentsSlice::hand_off_protection). The async-task ownership model changes from raw Box::leak + manual refcounts to Box<Self>/Arc throughout: UVFSRequest is boxed and lent to libuv via the UvFsRequest trait; NewAsyncCpTask is shared through CpTaskRef (Arc, last-drop posts completion); AsyncReaddirRecursiveTask splits the shared scan state into Arc<ReaddirScan>. Result types that carried non-Send Buffer (JSC-heap-backed) now carry Box<[u8]>/StringOrBytes off-thread and materialize the JS Buffer in to_js. 22 files, ~2000 lines changed.

Security risks

None identified. This is an internal ownership/safety refactor with no new user-facing surface, no parsing of untrusted input, no auth/crypto/permissions changes. The three intentional behaviour deltas (cp early-return leak, empty readv/writev, sync libuv submit failure) are hang/leak fixes.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is exactly the category REVIEW.md calls out as most-blocked: native memory safety, cross-thread ownership, refcount balancing on every terminal path, libuv self-referential request lifetime. The Windows bun_io::uv_fs and UvFsSubmit paths are only type-checked on this branch (per the PR description), so runtime verification of the boxed-owner hand-off to libuv and the OwnedFsReq move-safety fix depends on Windows CI. The Arc-based CpTaskRef/ReaddirScan rework changes when and on which thread the completion fires; the #[allow(clippy::arc_with_non_send_sync)] on CpTaskRef::new is justified by the field-by-field access discipline in the comment, but that discipline is enforced by convention, not the type system.

Other factors

I previously flagged four issues on this PR (missing test for the readv/writev empty-buffer behaviour delta, byte-search lint violations in the new mkdtemp wrappers, dead rmdir fallback in NodeFS::rm, stale map_rm_errno_narrow doc comment); all four were fixed and the threads resolved. The current bug-hunting run found nothing new after the rebase. The PR follows an established pattern from ~10 prior PRs in the same series, and the testing section reports a broad debug+ASAN pass. That said, the size and the number of new cross-crate abstractions introduced in one PR make it worth a maintainer's eyes before merge.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

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

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Do not expose fs_t::path as a safe borrowed CStr.

For synchronous Windows uv_fs_open, libuv leaves req->path pointing to the caller's input because copy_path is false when cb == NULL. Cleanup frees file.pathw, not the caller's path, then nulls req->path. A temporary CString can therefore be dropped before path_c_str() uses the returned reference. Make this accessor unsafe with an explicit lifetime contract, retain input paths, or return None for borrowed paths. The current mkdtemp caller is safe because template remains alive while it copies the result.

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Re the outside-diff note on fs_t::path_c_str: confirmed against vendor/libuv/src/win/fs.c that the synchronous uv_fs_* calls alias the caller's path (fs__capture_path(.., cb != NULL)), so the accessor is now unsafe fn with that contract and the one caller (sys_uv::mkdtemp, whose template outlives the read) carries the SAFETY line — 4fb8d81.

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Route the syscalls node:fs open-coded through typed bun_sys / sys_uv /
sys::windows wrappers (link, truncate, mkdtemp, posix_rmdir, posix_fadvise,
copy_file_range_fd, read_uninit, read_into_vec, iovecs_as_const,
safe_libc::{fsync,fdatasync}; realpath/mkdtemp/utime/lutime/futime via
libuv; GetFileAttributesW/CopyFileW/SetEndOfFile/FlushFileBuffers/
GetFinalPathNameByHandleW), and give libuv fs requests an owned type
(OwnedFsReq) plus typed one-shot submitters in bun_io::uv_fs so the Windows
UVFSRequest is a Box lent to libuv and re-queued with Task::from_boxed.

fs.cp shares its state through CpTaskRef (last share posts the boxed task);
recursive readdir keeps its cross-thread state in Arc<ReaddirScan> with a
lock-free BoxQueue of per-directory results; off-thread results are plain
data (StringOrBytes, byte entries) so AsyncFSTask is Send by construction.
The shell cp builtin hands over a ShellCpHandle instead of a raw pointer,
Bun__mkdirp is a HOST_EXPORT, and ArgumentsSlice::hand_off_protection
replaces the ManuallyDrop dance in the binding.
…view has a real backing store (a null no-copy buffer is detached and JSC throws)
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let bytes: &mut [u8] = unsafe { &mut *(core::ptr::from_mut(buf) as *mut [u8]) };
let n = read(fd, bytes)?;

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🔎 Supported by static analysis

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According to the current official Rust MaybeUninitdocumentation, is it valid to construct&mut [u8]over&mut [MaybeUninit] before the bytes are initialized by an FFI read operation?

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According to the official Rust documentation and current language semantics, it is not valid to construct a &mut [u8] from a &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>] before the bytes are initialized [1][2][3]. In Rust, a reference (& or &mut) must always point to valid, initialized memory for the type it references [1][4][2]. Because u8 is a type that does not allow uninitialized bytes, creating a &mut [u8] that points to uninitialized memory constitutes undefined behavior (UB), regardless of whether you intend to read from it before it is initialized [1][4][2]. Even if the memory is intended to be filled by an FFI (Foreign Function Interface) read operation, the act of creating the &mut [u8] reference itself violates Rust's safety invariants [2][3]. The compiler assumes that any &mut [u8] it observes is already initialized; if that assumption is violated, the compiler may perform optimizations (such as eliding stores or assuming specific bit patterns) that lead to unsound behavior [5][4]. To handle this safely, you should generally work with the &mut [MaybeUninit<u8>] directly (e.g., by writing to it using MaybeUninit::write or by obtaining a pointer via .as_mut_ptr()) until the memory has been initialized by the FFI call [6][2]. Once the memory is fully initialized, you can transition to a &mut [u8] by using safe, library-provided methods like MaybeUninit::slice_assume_init_mut (available on nightly) or, if necessary, an unsafe block to perform the conversion after ensuring the memory's state matches the requirement [7][6].

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In systems programming, referencing uninitialized memory—including memory representing a u8 (an 8-bit unsigned integer)—is generally considered undefined behavior (UB) [1][2]. Even though a u8 can hold any bit pattern, languages like Rust treat the presence of uninitialized data within a variable of that type as undefined behavior [1][2]. This is because uninitialized memory does not have a fixed value; its contents can change, and reading the same uninitialized byte multiple times can produce different results [1][2]. Compilers make aggressive optimizations based on the assumption that variables are properly initialized, and providing uninitialized memory violates the invariants required for the program to function safely, leading to unpredictable program execution [1][2]. To handle scenarios where memory must be allocated before it is fully initialized (for example, when working with buffers), developers should use safe wrappers designed for this purpose, such as the MaybeUninit type in Rust [1][2]. These wrappers explicitly manage the uninitialized state, allowing safe transitions to initialized memory without triggering undefined behavior [1][2].

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Keep uninitialized storage as MaybeUninit or raw pointers.

Line 4474 creates &mut [u8] over the full uninitialized buffer before the platform-specific read function writes to it. This violates Rust’s reference validity requirements and causes undefined behavior. Pass the buffer pointer and length through a raw-pointer read path, then create a &mut [u8] only for the initialized [..n] prefix.

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In `@src/sys/lib.rs` around lines 4474 - 4475, Update the read path around the fd
read operation to keep the uninitialized buffer as MaybeUninit or a raw pointer;
pass its pointer and length to the platform-specific read function, then create
a mutable byte slice only for the initialized prefix of length n.

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This follows the repo's existing contract for kernel-filled buffers rather than introducing one: main's bun_core::vec::spare_bytes_mut (and read_into_vec right below, unchanged) already hand read() a &mut [u8] over uninitialised spare capacity on exactly this syscall path, and every platform arm of bun_sys::read only forwards as_mut_ptr()/len to the kernel without reading. read_uninit is the typed entry point for callers that hold MaybeUninit storage, so the one cast lives here instead of at each call site, and only the kernel-written prefix comes back as &mut [u8]. If the repo wants to move all of these to raw-pointer plumbing down to the syscall that's a bun_sys-wide change (spare_bytes_mut, read_into_vec, the recv/pread siblings), not something to do differently for this one function.

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@Jarred-Sumner, thanks for the scope clarification.

read_uninit is consistent with the existing kernel-filled-buffer contract. The same contract also covers spare_bytes_mut, read_into_vec, and related read paths.

The Rust validity concern applies to that shared contract, not only to this helper. A local change to read_uninit would not resolve the broader issue. Any change should use raw-pointer or MaybeUninit plumbing through the syscall boundary across all affected paths.

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File: src/sys/lib.rs:4474-4475
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Learning: In `src/sys/lib.rs`, `read_uninit`, `read_into_vec`, and `bun_core::vec::spare_bytes_mut` use the repository's shared kernel-filled-buffer contract: they pass storage that can be uninitialized to `bun_sys::read`, whose platform implementations only forward the buffer pointer and length to the kernel and do not read the buffer before the kernel initializes its returned prefix. A conversion to raw-pointer or `MaybeUninit` plumbing must be treated as a bun_sys-wide change that also covers related `read`, `pread`, and `recv` paths.

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