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Same programme as #40055 … #40214, applied to node:quic: src/runtime/node/quic/endpoint.rs 86 → 0, session.rs 46 → 0, stream.rs 24 → 0, tls.rs 35 → 0 (ffi.rs deleted). The unsafe moves into typed layers:

  • bun_lsquic_sys (rewritten as the typed layer): lsquic_engine/conn/stream are opaque_ffi! types with safe fn externs; Conn/Stream are Copy handles; Engine<E: NqEndpoint> holds a RefPtr<E> (Drop = lsquic_engine_destroy then release); NqEndpoint/NqSession/NqStream traits + NqVtable<E>::new() — a const table of monomorphised thunks; conn/stream contexts are RefPtrs leaked in on_new_conn/on_new_stream/connect and released in on_conn_closed/on_stream_close (or take_ctx); each thunk holds a ScopedRef across the callback. A process-wide OnceLock<[TypeId; 3]> records the installed endpoint/session/stream types so Conn::ctx::<S>()/Stream::take_ctx::<St>() return None on a mismatched type parameter instead of trusting the caller (one load + compare; a second endpoint type asserts). HandshakeConn is the restricted view TLS callbacks get (it may be a mini-conn); OutSpecs/SockAddr typed views; NqDriver<T> (loop-linked driver node holding a RefPtr<T>, Drop unregisters).
  • C shim (node_quic_shim.c): vtable no longer carries owner; the global us_nq_vt is installed by CAS; driver nodes carry process/drain fn pointers; loop_data.nq_cursor so unregistering a node mid-walk can't leave a dangling successor (pre-existing latent UAF).
  • bun_boringssl_sys::ctx: OwnedSslCtx::new_tls + Deref<SSL_CTX> and typed setters (set_proto_version_range, set1_groups_list, use_certificate, add0_chain_cert(OwnedX509), use_private_key, cert_store, set_keylog_callback::<H>, set_alpn_protos, set_alpn_select_from(prefs) with prefs owned by an ex_data slot, set1_verify_host, …), X509_STORE::{add_cert, add_crl, set_flags}, MemBio PEM readers, OwnedX509/EvpPkey/X509Crl/X509Stack, SSL::{early_data_*, alpn_selected, verify_result, group_id, certificate, peer_certificate}; the X509 validation-error-code table moves to Rust (matches ncrypto), removing Bun__X509__validationErrorCode.
  • bun_uws_sys::udp: UdpHandler + owning UdpSocket<U> (holds a ref on U; handles uSockets-initiated close, which previously left QuicEndpoint.socket dangling); bun_jsc: aliased_struct! / AliasedStruct<T> (Arc-backed, integer-Cell fields, exposed to JS as a pinned non-detachable ArrayBuffer) for handle.state/stats.

JS-visible deltas: handle.state/handle.stats buffers are now non-transferable (pinned); server ALPN setup can report OOM. Pre-existing issues fixed in passing: driver-list walk successor UAF (cursor), dangling UDP socket after poll-error close.

Testing

Debug+ASAN: test/js/node/quic/* 17/17; test/js/node/test/parallel/test-quic-* 232/235 (the same 3 fail on main: two need node:stream/iter, one initial-RTT assertion); serve-http3 + fetch-http3-{client,cold-post,adversarial,syscall-fault} 140/140. Hand-driven: echo server+client, connect to a closed port, endpoint closed with live sessions/streams, listening endpoint GC, 200 sequential sessions + GC (wrapper counts identical to main; native counter 399/400 sessions+streams and the endpoint freed), Worker endpoint terminated mid-session — exit 0, outputs identical to main, no ASAN reports. clippy clean; rust-check-all windows-msvc + apple-darwin pass.

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I reviewed this PR and the automated bug-hunting pass found no issues. Given the scope — a full rewrite of the node:quic FFI/ownership model plus new cross-cutting abstractions in bun_lsquic_sys, bun_boringssl_sys::ctx, bun_uws_sys::udp, and bun_jsc::AliasedStruct — a human review is still warranted.

What was reviewed:

  • The RefPtr lifecycle for conn/stream contexts (leak in on_new_conn/connect/on_new_stream, release in on_conn_closed/on_stream_close/take_ctx) — refs balance on every path I traced, including the connect failure branch and early teardown.
  • The nq_cursor fix for the driver-list walk and the nested-walk case (inner walk nulls the cursor, ending the outer one early).
  • set_alpn_select_from's ex_data slot ownership (previous value freed, new value freed by free_func on ctx destroy) and the add0_chain_cert ownership handoff.
  • The AliasedStruct Arc-backed buffer + pin, and the new validation_error_code table against ncrypto's X509Pointer::ErrorCode.
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Overview

This PR removes all unsafe from src/runtime/node/quic/{endpoint,session,stream,tls}.rs (191 blocks total) by pushing every raw-pointer operation into typed FFI layers. It rewrites bun_lsquic_sys (~1000 net-new lines) around NqEndpoint/NqSession/NqStream traits with a const monomorphised vtable, changes the C shim to a process-global vtable installed by CAS, adds a 543-line bun_boringssl_sys::ctx module of RAII SSL_CTX/X509/BIO wrappers, introduces bun_jsc::AliasedStruct (Arc-backed pinned ArrayBuffer over Cell fields), and adds UdpSocket<U: UdpHandler> to bun_uws_sys::udp. The endpoint/session/stream ownership model moves from raw pointers + JS-wrapper Strongs to intrusive RefPtr/ThisPtr/BackRef throughout, with session/stream identity now keyed by monotone u32 IDs instead of pointer equality.

Security risks

The PR directly touches TLS context construction (SSL_CTX setup, certificate/key/CA/CRL loading, ALPN selection, verify-mode/hostname binding, keylog callback routing) and moves the X509 validation-error-code table from C++ to a hand-written Rust match. It also reshapes how BoringSSL callbacks recover the owning session via lsquic_ssl_to_conn → HandshakeConn. These are security-sensitive paths where a subtle behaviour change (e.g. verify-mode, ALPN fallback, ex_data slot lifetime) would be user-invisible until it isn't. I did not find any such change — the new code mirrors the old call sequence closely and the ALPN ex_data slot is freed correctly — but this is exactly the class of code the review guidelines flag for human sign-off.

Level of scrutiny

High. This is a ~9700-line diff across 23 files that redesigns the ownership/lifecycle model of an entire subsystem, introduces four new cross-cutting abstractions that other crates will depend on, changes the C shim's dispatch model to a process-wide singleton (with a TypeId guard and an abort() on mismatch), and rewires refcounting on every callback path. The PR description reports thorough Debug+ASAN testing (all quic tests, HTTP/3 tests, GC/leak counters, worker termination), which is reassuring, but the design decisions here — the single-endpoint-type-per-process constraint, AliasedStruct's soundness contract, Engine<E> holding a RefPtr on its owner, the BackRef<_, Root> self-ref pattern — deserve a maintainer's eye.

Other factors

No prior review comments exist on the timeline. The PR follows the same programme as #40055…#40214, so the patterns are presumably established, but each application to a new subsystem carries its own lifecycle subtleties. The two JS-visible behaviour changes (state/stats buffers now pinned/non-transferable; server ALPN setup can now report OOM) are called out in the description and seem benign, but a maintainer should confirm the pinning change is acceptable for Node compat.

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The PR replaces raw QUIC and TLS pointer plumbing with typed Rust wrappers, managed ownership, aliased JavaScript buffers, typed callbacks, and safer loop traversal. It also adds BoringSSL context helpers and a reference-counted UDP socket wrapper.

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Typed QUIC and TLS integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
TLS and aliased-state foundations
src/boringssl_sys/*, src/jsc/aliased_struct.rs, src/jsc/JSValue.rs, src/jsc/bindings/ncrypto.*, src/jsc/lib.rs
Adds BoringSSL ownership and TLS context APIs, X.509 constants, pinned aliased JavaScript buffers, and public crate exports. Removes the previous X.509 error-code bridge.
Typed lsquic API and ownership
src/lsquic_sys/*
Adds typed lsquic handles, callback traits, settings ownership, engine and stream APIs, packet views, transport helpers, and loop-driver ownership.
Node QUIC session, stream, and TLS migration
src/runtime/node/quic/*, src/runtime/dispatch.rs, src/runtime/node/quic/quic.classes.ts
Migrates sessions and streams to typed references, stable stream keys, aliased state, and managed teardown. Rewrites QUIC callbacks and TLS operations to use typed lsquic and BoringSSL APIs.
Native callback and socket integration
packages/bun-usockets/src/internal/*, packages/bun-usockets/src/node_quic_shim.c, src/uws_sys/*, src/sys/lib.rs, src/runtime/socket/SocketAddress.rs
Installs one process-wide QUIC vtable, separates loop process and drain callbacks, protects driver traversal during unregister operations, and adds typed UDP socket ownership and bound-address handling.

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1679-1696: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Promote the layout checks to unconditional assertions.

debug_assert_layout compares us_nq_vtable_size(), us_nq_driver_size(), and us_nq_tp_size() against the Rust size_of values. In release builds these checks are compiled out. A layout mismatch in a release build calls through misaligned function pointers in RawVtable and writes past the NqTransportParams stack buffer. Use assert_eq! so the mismatch aborts before any dispatch, and rename the function accordingly.

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-pub fn debug_assert_layout() {
-    debug_assert_eq!(
+pub fn assert_layout() {
+    assert_eq!(
         us_nq_vtable_size(),
         core::mem::size_of::<RawVtable>(),
         "us_nq_vtable layout mismatch between node_quic_shim.c and lsquic_sys"
     );
-    debug_assert_eq!(
+    assert_eq!(
         us_nq_driver_size(),
         core::mem::size_of::<DriverNode>(),
         "us_nq_driver_s layout mismatch between node_quic_shim.c and lsquic_sys"
     );
-    debug_assert_eq!(
+    assert_eq!(
         us_nq_tp_size(),

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In `@src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs` around lines 1679 - 1696, Promote all three size
checks in debug_assert_layout to unconditional assertions so they execute in
release builds, and rename the function to reflect that it performs runtime
layout validation. Update any call sites to use the new name; do not expand the
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In `@src/boringssl_sys/ctx.rs`:
- Around line 333-347: Change alpn_prefs_index to return Option<c_int>,
converting a negative SSL_CTX_get_ex_new_index result into None instead of
asserting. Update set_alpn_select_from to return false when the index is
unavailable, and adjust alpn_select_from_prefs to handle the optional index
without panicking while preserving normal callback behavior.

In `@src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs`:
- Around line 653-665: Update the app-error conversion in on_conncloseframe to
treat any nonzero app_error value as true by using the module’s established != 0
behavior, while preserving the existing reason handling and session callback.
- Around line 743-759: Update on_dg_write so it returns -1 when the payload from
session::&lt;E&gt;(ctx).on_dg_write(sz) is larger than sz; only copy and return
the full payload length when it fits, removing the silent min-based truncation.

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In `@src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs`:
- Around line 1679-1696: Promote all three size checks in debug_assert_layout to
unconditional assertions so they execute in release builds, and rename the
function to reflect that it performs runtime layout validation. Update any call
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Re the outside-diff note on debug_assert_layout: promoted to release assert_eq! and renamed assert_layout in 8fa6bc6 — it runs once at endpoint init.

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…and TLS code

Take src/runtime/node/quic/*.rs to zero `unsafe` by giving the layers below
typed, owning APIs:

- bun_lsquic_sys: opaque lsquic handles with safe methods (Conn, Stream,
  Engine<E>), NqEndpoint/NqSession/NqStream traits dispatched through one
  static callback table, conn/stream contexts that are RefPtrs this crate
  installs and releases, a typed loop-driver node (NqDriver), OutSpecs and a
  SockAddr view for lsquic's sockaddr buffers. The C shim no longer reads a
  vtable pointer out of each context; engine callbacks get the endpoint from
  their ctx slots and the driver list carries its callbacks and a walk cursor.
- bun_boringssl_sys: safe SSL_CTX construction from PEM (MemBio, OwnedX509,
  cert/key/CA/CRL loading), typed keylog callback, ALPN selection from a
  preference list stored on the SSL_CTX, and SSL inspection helpers.
- bun_uws_sys::udp: UdpSocket<U>, an owning handle whose user slot is a
  refcounted owner with typed callbacks.
- bun_jsc: AliasedStruct, a native struct of integer Cells shared with JS as
  a pinned ArrayBuffer (node's AliasedStruct), replacing raw pointers into
  JSC-owned buffers for the state/stats blocks.

QuicEndpoint/QuicSession/QuicStream are intrusively refcounted; every ref a
C-side holder keeps (socket, engines, driver, conn/stream contexts, registry)
is a typed slot released where the old code cleared the pointer.
…ringssl_sys, drop the unused C++ X509Pointer::ErrorCode, fix the alpn_select SAFETY comment
…g; lsquic thunks: app_error != 0, refuse oversized datagrams, check shim layout in release
…rop change

lsquic_sys thunks hold a RefPtr for the callback, conn/stream contexts move
refs with RefPtr::into_raw/from_raw; UdpSocket, Engine and NqDriver release
their owner ref by dropping the field; the endpoint registry is ManuallyDrop
so thread exit never touches a torn-down VM's timer heap.
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❌ @Jarred-Sumner, your commit c5f452a has 2 failures in Build #108286 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 40220

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-40220 executable, so you can run:

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In `@packages/bun-usockets/src/node_quic_shim.c`:
- Around line 578-582: Update the drain/process flow around
Session::process_events, QuicEndpoint::schedule_process, and
QuicEndpoint::process so a pending flag set during a nested drain is not
consumed prematurely by driver.take_pending(). Preserve pending for the
subsequent process pass, ensuring requeued Closed sessions are processed even
when the nested drain clears the shared cursor.

In `@src/lsquic_sys/lib.rs`:
- Line 170: Add and export the shim size accessor us_nq_conn_info_size, then
update assert_layout to compare it with size_of::<ConnInfo>() alongside the
existing us_nq_tp_size check, ensuring the Rust allocation matches the C
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Jarred-Sumner pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 14, 2026
…he HTTP/3 engine (#42732)

### Problem
- HTTP/3 uses more than 100% CPU when UDP sends keep failing with an
errno other than `EAGAIN`. Both `fetch()` and `Bun.serve({ http3: true
})`.
- Two triggers: an iptables DROP rule (`EPERM`), and an egress MTU below
1500, where each DPLPMTUD probe fails with `EMSGSIZE`.
- The cause is the tail of `us_quic_packets_out`
(`packages/bun-usockets/src/quic.c:316`). It reports every send errno as
`EAGAIN` and arms `LIBUS_SOCKET_WRITABLE`. The socket is already
writable, so `on_drain` fires at once and the send fails again.

### Fix
- `us_quic_packets_out` passes `EMSGSIZE` through. lsquic retires that
datagram with `ci_packet_too_large` and feeds DPLPMTUD.
- Any other refused datagram counts as sent. To lsquic that is a packet
lost on the wire, so its loss timer paces the retries and a timeout ends
the connection.
- Only `EAGAIN`, `EWOULDBLOCK` and `ENOBUFS` still return short and arm
`WRITABLE`. quinn draws the same line.
- Verified: `fetch-http3-syscall-fault.test.ts`, four new tests, three
fail on stock bun. Also the other h3 suites and `node:quic`, on Linux
and Windows.

### Background
- lsquic calls `us_quic_packets_out` to send a batch of datagrams. One
engine serves every HTTP/3 connection of the process, so one refused
peer stalls the rest.
- A short return with `EAGAIN` stops every send of that engine until
`lsquic_engine_send_unsent_packets` runs. Bun runs it from `on_drain`,
the callback of a writable UDP poll.
- A short return with `EMSGSIZE` retires one datagram and leaves the
engine running.
- Any other errno closes the connection that owns the first unsent
datagram. A pending ICMP error on the shared client socket belongs to no
particular peer, so that does not fit.

<details><summary>Notes</summary>

**Reach: what was run, and what was simulated.** The
unsendable-IP-literal trigger is real (`EACCES` from the kernel, no
privileges needed). `EPERM` from a firewall rule is simulated two ways:
a seccomp filter that fails `sendmsg`/`sendmmsg`, and
`US_FAULT_SENDMSG`. The report this came from also saw it with a real
`iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport <port> -j DROP`. The low egress MTU
is simulated with an `LD_PRELOAD` shim, because the container has no
`CAP_NET_ADMIN` to set a link MTU. No user has reported this. The HTTP/3
API is experimental, so this is a low-priority fix.

**Repro without privileges.** `fetch("https://255.255.255.255/", {
protocol: "http3", signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1500) })`. An IP literal
skips DNS and the connect-time route probe
(`us_quic_socket_context_connect`), and `sendmsg` to the limited
broadcast address fails every time on a socket without `SO_BROADCAST`.
Unset `HTTPS_PROXY` first, a proxy makes fetch refuse HTTP/3 up front.
Stock bun uses 2056 ms of CPU in a 1502 ms wait, and 1354 ms of it after
the abort. With the fix: 69 ms, then 25 ms.

**Tests.**
- `a datagram the kernel refuses to send is dropped without spinning the
HTTP thread` uses that address in a child process and compares
`process.cpuUsage()` with the wall time of a 1 s wait. It needs no fault
injection, so it runs on release builds too. Unfixed: 1365 ms CPU
(release), 1033 ms (debug). Fixed: 34 ms. Skipped on Windows, where the
dual-stack socket sends to `::ffff:255.255.255.255` without an error.
- `Bun.serve: a send error on every datagram does not spin the server's
event loop` arms `EPERM` on every send from inside a request handler and
reads the server child's CPU time. Spin: 2124 ms CPU in 1050 ms. Fixed:
135 ms.
- `Bun.serve: a refused version-negotiation reply does not spin the loop
when no connection exists` sends one long-header datagram with version
`0x0a0a0a0a`, built from a real Initial with its version bytes replaced.
The server queues a Version Negotiation reply for a connection it does
not have. The test first sends the datagram to an unfaulted server and
checks that the reply is a Version Negotiation packet that offers QUIC
v1, so the CPU check cannot pass without a reply to refuse. This is the
only spin with no connection and no timeout to end it. Spin: 2129 ms CPU
in 1052 ms. Fixed: 325 ms against a 150 ms idle baseline for a debug
ASAN server. On the release binary under seccomp the old code uses 2637
ms in 2002 ms.
- `a DPLPMTUD probe above the egress MTU does not stall the transfer`
streams 2.5 s of body under an `LD_PRELOAD` shim that refuses any
datagram above 1400 payload bytes, which is above lsquic's base packet
size and below its first probe. Unfixed: the transfer delivers 32 KB,
stalls for the remaining 11 s, and the next request on the same engine
times out. Fixed: 3.1 MB delivered, no stall, 696 ms CPU in 4049 ms, and
each probe refused once instead of twice.
- The MTU shim declares `sendmmsg` with the flags type of the libc it
builds against: `int` on glibc, `unsigned int` on musl.
- An injected 0 from `US_FAULT_SENDMSG` (the `zero` action) now counts
as one datagram sent in the `sendmmsg` path, as it already does in
`us_quic_send_one`. Before, it left that loop without progress. Only the
test hook can reach this.
- The two `Bun.serve` tests pass on stock bun for a different reason:
the old `sendmmsg` retry does not go through `US_FAULT_SENDMSG`, so an
injected error cannot persist and the retry sends the datagram. This PR
puts the retry behind the hook. The CPU numbers above come from a build
with the hook and the old errno logic.

**`IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE`.** The comment in `us_quic_set_dontfrag` claimed
that this option lets DPLPMTUD probe without `EMSGSIZE`. It does not. It
makes the kernel ignore its cached path MTU. The device MTU still bounds
the datagram: on a 1500 MTU link, a 1472-byte payload is sent and 1473
bytes gives `EMSGSIZE`. The comment now says that, and names where the
errno goes.

**Prior art.** quinn waits for a writable socket only on `WouldBlock`.
It logs every other send error and goes on (`UdpSenderHelper::poll_send`
in `quinn/src/runtime/mod.rs`, with the test
`non_would_block_send_errors_are_logged_and_ignored` using
`PermissionDenied`). Its `quinn-udp` doc says UDP send errors are
non-fatal "because higher-level protocols must employ retransmits and
timeouts anyway".

**Not in this change.** `node:quic`'s own `packets_out`
(`src/runtime/node/quic/endpoint.rs:792-803`) has the same errno
rewrite. It does not spin: `us_udp_socket_send` arms `WRITABLE` only for
`EAGAIN`, so each failure costs one second through lsquic's failsafe. It
also keeps `EMSGSIZE`, as this PR now does. A classifier change there
belongs in its own PR, because #40220 rewrites that file (+645/-1056).

**Relation to #42678.** Both change the same two `sendmmsg` calls, and
#42678 calls this behaviour "a separate bug". This PR is the smaller of
the two, so it should land first. The conflict is mechanical: the call
moves into `us_quic_sendmmsg`.

**Other cases that stay as they are.** `ENOBUFS` remains backpressure,
as #35255 chose. That holds on Windows too: `us_quic_send_one` keeps
`WSAENOBUFS` as `ENOBUFS`. Before, it became `EIO`, which the old tail
still treated as backpressure and this PR would have dropped. A UDP
socket that is already closed (`!ls->udp`) still returns short with no
poll to arm, so lsquic's one-second failsafe paces it.

**Self-reviewed:** 8 concerns raised, 5 addressed (the `EMSGSIZE`
classifier and its false comment, the zero-connection spin, the
`node:quic` twin note, the #42678 note, the reach note). 3 rejected:
folding the `node:quic` fix in (#40220 rewrites that file), patching
lsquic instead (the callback contract has no fourth outcome), and a
client-side address-walk change (a separate behaviour, not this bug).

</details>

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usrbinkat pushed a commit to usrbinkat/bun that referenced this pull request Sep 15, 2026
…he HTTP/3 engine (oven-sh#42732)

### Problem
- HTTP/3 uses more than 100% CPU when UDP sends keep failing with an
errno other than `EAGAIN`. Both `fetch()` and `Bun.serve({ http3: true
})`.
- Two triggers: an iptables DROP rule (`EPERM`), and an egress MTU below
1500, where each DPLPMTUD probe fails with `EMSGSIZE`.
- The cause is the tail of `us_quic_packets_out`
(`packages/bun-usockets/src/quic.c:316`). It reports every send errno as
`EAGAIN` and arms `LIBUS_SOCKET_WRITABLE`. The socket is already
writable, so `on_drain` fires at once and the send fails again.

### Fix
- `us_quic_packets_out` passes `EMSGSIZE` through. lsquic retires that
datagram with `ci_packet_too_large` and feeds DPLPMTUD.
- Any other refused datagram counts as sent. To lsquic that is a packet
lost on the wire, so its loss timer paces the retries and a timeout ends
the connection.
- Only `EAGAIN`, `EWOULDBLOCK` and `ENOBUFS` still return short and arm
`WRITABLE`. quinn draws the same line.
- Verified: `fetch-http3-syscall-fault.test.ts`, four new tests, three
fail on stock bun. Also the other h3 suites and `node:quic`, on Linux
and Windows.

### Background
- lsquic calls `us_quic_packets_out` to send a batch of datagrams. One
engine serves every HTTP/3 connection of the process, so one refused
peer stalls the rest.
- A short return with `EAGAIN` stops every send of that engine until
`lsquic_engine_send_unsent_packets` runs. Bun runs it from `on_drain`,
the callback of a writable UDP poll.
- A short return with `EMSGSIZE` retires one datagram and leaves the
engine running.
- Any other errno closes the connection that owns the first unsent
datagram. A pending ICMP error on the shared client socket belongs to no
particular peer, so that does not fit.

<details><summary>Notes</summary>

**Reach: what was run, and what was simulated.** The
unsendable-IP-literal trigger is real (`EACCES` from the kernel, no
privileges needed). `EPERM` from a firewall rule is simulated two ways:
a seccomp filter that fails `sendmsg`/`sendmmsg`, and
`US_FAULT_SENDMSG`. The report this came from also saw it with a real
`iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport <port> -j DROP`. The low egress MTU
is simulated with an `LD_PRELOAD` shim, because the container has no
`CAP_NET_ADMIN` to set a link MTU. No user has reported this. The HTTP/3
API is experimental, so this is a low-priority fix.

**Repro without privileges.** `fetch("https://255.255.255.255/", {
protocol: "http3", signal: AbortSignal.timeout(1500) })`. An IP literal
skips DNS and the connect-time route probe
(`us_quic_socket_context_connect`), and `sendmsg` to the limited
broadcast address fails every time on a socket without `SO_BROADCAST`.
Unset `HTTPS_PROXY` first, a proxy makes fetch refuse HTTP/3 up front.
Stock bun uses 2056 ms of CPU in a 1502 ms wait, and 1354 ms of it after
the abort. With the fix: 69 ms, then 25 ms.

**Tests.**
- `a datagram the kernel refuses to send is dropped without spinning the
HTTP thread` uses that address in a child process and compares
`process.cpuUsage()` with the wall time of a 1 s wait. It needs no fault
injection, so it runs on release builds too. Unfixed: 1365 ms CPU
(release), 1033 ms (debug). Fixed: 34 ms. Skipped on Windows, where the
dual-stack socket sends to `::ffff:255.255.255.255` without an error.
- `Bun.serve: a send error on every datagram does not spin the server's
event loop` arms `EPERM` on every send from inside a request handler and
reads the server child's CPU time. Spin: 2124 ms CPU in 1050 ms. Fixed:
135 ms.
- `Bun.serve: a refused version-negotiation reply does not spin the loop
when no connection exists` sends one long-header datagram with version
`0x0a0a0a0a`, built from a real Initial with its version bytes replaced.
The server queues a Version Negotiation reply for a connection it does
not have. The test first sends the datagram to an unfaulted server and
checks that the reply is a Version Negotiation packet that offers QUIC
v1, so the CPU check cannot pass without a reply to refuse. This is the
only spin with no connection and no timeout to end it. Spin: 2129 ms CPU
in 1052 ms. Fixed: 325 ms against a 150 ms idle baseline for a debug
ASAN server. On the release binary under seccomp the old code uses 2637
ms in 2002 ms.
- `a DPLPMTUD probe above the egress MTU does not stall the transfer`
streams 2.5 s of body under an `LD_PRELOAD` shim that refuses any
datagram above 1400 payload bytes, which is above lsquic's base packet
size and below its first probe. Unfixed: the transfer delivers 32 KB,
stalls for the remaining 11 s, and the next request on the same engine
times out. Fixed: 3.1 MB delivered, no stall, 696 ms CPU in 4049 ms, and
each probe refused once instead of twice.
- The MTU shim declares `sendmmsg` with the flags type of the libc it
builds against: `int` on glibc, `unsigned int` on musl.
- An injected 0 from `US_FAULT_SENDMSG` (the `zero` action) now counts
as one datagram sent in the `sendmmsg` path, as it already does in
`us_quic_send_one`. Before, it left that loop without progress. Only the
test hook can reach this.
- The two `Bun.serve` tests pass on stock bun for a different reason:
the old `sendmmsg` retry does not go through `US_FAULT_SENDMSG`, so an
injected error cannot persist and the retry sends the datagram. This PR
puts the retry behind the hook. The CPU numbers above come from a build
with the hook and the old errno logic.

**`IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE`.** The comment in `us_quic_set_dontfrag` claimed
that this option lets DPLPMTUD probe without `EMSGSIZE`. It does not. It
makes the kernel ignore its cached path MTU. The device MTU still bounds
the datagram: on a 1500 MTU link, a 1472-byte payload is sent and 1473
bytes gives `EMSGSIZE`. The comment now says that, and names where the
errno goes.

**Prior art.** quinn waits for a writable socket only on `WouldBlock`.
It logs every other send error and goes on (`UdpSenderHelper::poll_send`
in `quinn/src/runtime/mod.rs`, with the test
`non_would_block_send_errors_are_logged_and_ignored` using
`PermissionDenied`). Its `quinn-udp` doc says UDP send errors are
non-fatal "because higher-level protocols must employ retransmits and
timeouts anyway".

**Not in this change.** `node:quic`'s own `packets_out`
(`src/runtime/node/quic/endpoint.rs:792-803`) has the same errno
rewrite. It does not spin: `us_udp_socket_send` arms `WRITABLE` only for
`EAGAIN`, so each failure costs one second through lsquic's failsafe. It
also keeps `EMSGSIZE`, as this PR now does. A classifier change there
belongs in its own PR, because oven-sh#40220 rewrites that file (+645/-1056).

**Relation to oven-sh#42678.** Both change the same two `sendmmsg` calls, and
oven-sh#42678 calls this behaviour "a separate bug". This PR is the smaller of
the two, so it should land first. The conflict is mechanical: the call
moves into `us_quic_sendmmsg`.

**Other cases that stay as they are.** `ENOBUFS` remains backpressure,
as oven-sh#35255 chose. That holds on Windows too: `us_quic_send_one` keeps
`WSAENOBUFS` as `ENOBUFS`. Before, it became `EIO`, which the old tail
still treated as backpressure and this PR would have dropped. A UDP
socket that is already closed (`!ls->udp`) still returns short with no
poll to arm, so lsquic's one-second failsafe paces it.

**Self-reviewed:** 8 concerns raised, 5 addressed (the `EMSGSIZE`
classifier and its false comment, the zero-connection spin, the
`node:quic` twin note, the oven-sh#42678 note, the reach note). 3 rejected:
folding the `node:quic` fix in (oven-sh#40220 rewrites that file), patching
lsquic instead (the callback contract has no fourth outcome), and a
client-side address-walk change (a separate behaviour, not this bug).

</details>

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run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms:
test/js/web/fetch/fetch-http3-syscall-fault.test.ts

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