child_process: report a failed child stdin write with syscall write, as Node does - #40935
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A "pipe" child stdio is a socketpair on POSIX, written with send(2) to pass MSG_NOSIGNAL. Every error from it named the syscall "send", where a pipe, and Node, say "write". On macOS a peer that closes while the send copies data in fails with ENOTCONN, because uipc_send checks SS_ISCONNECTED before SS_CANTSENDMORE; Linux returns EPIPE for the same socket. Report errors from the socket arm of the pipe writer the way a pipe would: syscall "write", and ENOTCONN folded into EPIPE.
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In `@test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdin-send-errno.test.ts`:
- Around line 62-65: Update the Promise in the child-process stdin fixture to
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describe.each()for the parameterized cases.This test uses
test.concurrent.each()for theENOTCONNandEPIPEcases. Replace it withdescribe.each()and keep a normaltest()inside each generated suite.As per coding guidelines: Use
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In `@test/js/node/child_process/child-process-stdin-send-errno.test.ts`:
- Around line 92-94: Update the parameterized ENOTCONN and EPIPE test structure
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…as write Node passes the kernel code through, so the ENOTCONN fold goes. The socket arm still names the syscall "write", as Node does, and now keeps every other field of the error it relabels.
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#44072) ### Problem - `test/js/bun/console/console-write.test.ts:134` fails on macOS with `- "caught EPIPE` / `+ "caught ENOTCONN`. - The case closes the reader while the child writes 8 MB. The macOS kernel fails the write that the close lands in with `ENOTCONN`, not `EPIPE`. - #43649 added the case and expects `EPIPE` only. Builds 121009 and 120123 were red: each attempt failed with this or with the unhandled rejection that #43679 fixes. ### Fix - On macOS the case accepts `caught EPIPE` or `caught ENOTCONN`. Other platforms accept `caught EPIPE` only. - The case still requires a rejected promise, no other stderr output, and exit code 0. - Verified on a CI Mac (macOS 26.6.1, M2), `main` canary, 150 runs of the file. `caught ENOTCONN` fails 7 runs of the old file and 0 runs of the new file. - `bun bd test test/js/bun/console/console-write.test.ts` passes on Linux. ### Background - `Bun.spawn` gives a child with `stdout: "pipe"` one end of an AF_UNIX socketpair. - XNU `sosend()` tests for `EPIPE`, then unlocks the socket to copy the bytes. `uipc_send()` then tests "connected" first and returns `ENOTCONN`. Each later write returns `EPIPE`. - Considered a retry in `try_write_with_write_fn` (`src/io/PipeWriter.rs:84`) so that the writer reports `EPIPE`. #40935 decided that Bun passes the kernel errno through, as Node does. Node gave `ENOTCONN` in 65 of 150 runs of this scenario. - The unhandled rejection still fails 67 of those 150 runs. With #43679 and this PR the file passes 100 of 100 runs. <details><summary>Notes</summary> **This PR changes one test.** No file under `src/` changes. **Kernel path** (xnu-12377, `bsd/kern`): - `sosendcheck()` (`uipc_socket.c`) tests `SS_CANTSENDMORE` first and returns `EPIPE`. - `sosend()` calls `socket_unlock()` before the `uiomove` copy and `socket_lock()` after it. It calls `pru_send` with no second state test. - `uipc_send()` (`uipc_usrreq.c`, `SOCK_STREAM` branch) tests `SS_ISCONNECTED` first (`ENOTCONN`) and `SS_CANTSENDMORE` second (`EPIPE`). - `soisdisconnected()` (`uipc_socket2.c`) clears `SS_ISCONNECTED` and sets `SS_CANTSENDMORE` in one step. - `write(2)` on a socket takes the same path (`soo_write()` calls `sosend()`). **C probe, no Bun and no Node.** An 8 MB write on an AF_UNIX socketpair with 512 KB buffers. The peer reads one chunk and closes. 500 runs each. | host | macOS | non-blocking `send()` | blocking `write()` | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | M2 mini | 26.6.1 arm64 | `ENOTCONN` 141 | `ENOTCONN` 396 | | M2 Ultra | 15.7.9 arm64 | `ENOTCONN` 442 | `ENOTCONN` 392 | | Intel i7 | 14.8.9 x64 | `ENOTCONN` 1 | `ENOTCONN` 287 | | Linux x64 | | `ENOTCONN` 0 of 300 | `ENOTCONN` 0 of 200 | All other runs gave `EPIPE`. So the errno is not specific to macOS 26 or to one machine. With the default socket buffer size the M2 mini gave `EPIPE` in 500 of 500 runs. One more write directly after the `ENOTCONN` returned `EPIPE` in 1659 of 1659 runs. A socket that was never connected returns `ENOTCONN` on each write. **The scenario of the test**, on the M2 mini (macOS 26.6.1), Bun `1.4.3-canary.1+37da174d5`, Node v26.3.0: | parent | child | `EPIPE` | `ENOTCONN` | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | bun | bun, `await console.write(big)` | 63 | 137 | | bun | bun, `process.stdout.write(big, cb)` | 66 | 84 | | bun | node, `process.stdout.write(big, cb)` | 145 | 55 | | node | node, `process.stdout.write(big, cb)` | 85 | 65 | On macOS 14.8.9 x64, node parent and node child: `ENOTCONN` in 18 of 200 runs. **Runs of the test file** on the M2 mini: | binary | test file | runs | failed | failures | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `main` canary | `main` | 150 | 76 | 7 `caught ENOTCONN` (one argument), 69 unhandled rejection (several arguments) | | `main` canary | this PR | 150 | 67 | 67 unhandled rejection (several arguments) | | #43679 (4133870) | #43679 | 100 | 3 | 3 `caught ENOTCONN` (one argument) | | #43679 (4133870) | #43679 merged with this PR | 100 | 0 | | The test on `main` stays flaky on macOS until #43679 merges. **The decision in #40935.** An earlier revision of #40935 folded `ENOTCONN` into `EPIPE` in `write_to_socket`. The merged commit (118fdd2) dropped the fold: "The kernel errno is passed through unchanged." Node accepts both codes on macOS in its own test (`test/js/node/test/parallel/test-cluster-concurrent-disconnect.js:27-33`). At that time the race was not reproduced (1100 runs, all `EPIPE`). The probes above reproduce it. This PR keeps the decision. **`process.platform` and not `isMacOS`.** #43679 changes the `harness` import line of this file. The test reads `process.platform` so that the two PRs merge in either order with no conflict (checked with `git merge-tree`). **The same errno in other tests.** In the annotations of the last 60 finished builds, `ENOTCONN` appears in the output of three test files: this one, `test/js/bun/util/filesink.test.ts` (#43794 removes the race there) and `test/js/node/process/process-stdin.test.ts` (#42260 ignores the code on macOS). </details> <!-- robobun:evidence:begin --> --- **no test proof** · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/console/console-write.test.ts <!-- robobun:evidence:end -->
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node:child_process(orBun.spawn) reportssyscall: "send". Node reportssyscall: "write"for every stream write error. On Linux, a 16 MiBchild.stdin.end()into a child that exits early givesEPIPEfromsendin 50 of 50 runs; Node givesEPIPEfromwrite."pipe"child stdio is asocketpair(2)on POSIX, and the pipe writer sends to it withsend(2)to passMSG_NOSIGNAL(src/io/PipeWriter.rs:80). The errno wrapper tags the error with the syscall it made.Fix
write_to_socketwrapssend_non_blockfor the socket arm and relabels the error'ssyscalltowrite. Every other field of the error is kept.afterWriteDispatchedinlib/internal/stream_base_commons.jsnames every write errorwrite) and Bun's ownFileSink::on_attached_process_exit, which already synthesizesEPIPEfromwritewhen the child's exit is seen before the write fails. The two delivery paths now agree.ENOTCONN(a peer that closes mid-send) intoEPIPE; Node passes that code through too, so the fold was dropped.EPIPEtests intest/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.tsassertsyscall: "write"(the existing close-stdin test and a new exit-before-draining test); both fail on stock bun with"send". Also the spawn, shell, filesink, and process-stdin suites.Background
PosixPipeWriter::try_writepicks the syscall from the fd'sFileType:write(2)for pipes and files,send(2)for sockets. Subprocess stdin setsFilePollFlag::SocketinWritable::init(subprocess/Writable.rs:257).sys::Errorcarries anerrnoand asyscall: Tag.to_system_errorturns them into the JS error'scode, negatederrno, andsyscall.Notes
err.messagekeeps Bun's format (EPIPE: broken pipe, write) where Node printswrite EPIPE; that is a separate, pre-existing difference.The report behind this PR saw
ENOTCONNfromchild.stdinon darwin-arm64 under CPU load. Mechanism, verified in xnu-12377.121.6:sosenddrops the socket lock for theuiomovecopyin (bsd/kern/uipc_socket.c#L2197,pru_sendat#L2445), anduipc_sendchecksSS_ISCONNECTED(ENOTCONN) beforeSS_CANTSENDMORE(EPIPE) (bsd/kern/uipc_usrreq.c#L605-L619);soisdisconnectedflips both flags at once (bsd/kern/uipc_socket2.c#L278-L281). Linuxunix_stream_sendmsgreturns onlyEPIPEfor the same socket. Node has hit the sameENOTCONNon this write path in its own macOS CI (nodejs/node#38405) and accepts the code in its test (test-cluster-concurrent-disconnect.js:27-33, vendored undertest/js/node/test/parallel/). Bun keeps the kernel code as well, per maintainer decision.Repro runs with the report's script (16 MiB
child.stdin.end()intosh -c 'head -c 1 >/dev/null'):EPIPE,syscall: "send". node 26.3.0: 50/50EPIPE,syscall: "write".EPIPEfromsend; variants that read 64 KB to 2 MB before exit: allEPIPE. The race was not reproduced live (the copyin chain is at mostkern.sosendmaxchain, 64 KB).EPIPE: broken pipe, write,syscall: "write", for bothnode:child_processandBun.spawn.Self-review asked to keep the syscall rename, drop or justify the errno fold, and not split the PR. The fold is dropped (maintainer decision, matching Node); the rename stands alone.
Suites run with the debug build on Linux:
test/js/bun/spawn/spawn.test.ts,spawn-stdin-readable-stream.test.ts,spawn-stdin-pipe-fd-leak.test.ts,spawn-maxbuf.test.ts,spawn-streaming-stdin.test.ts,test/js/bun/shell/bunshell.test.ts,shell-write-fault.test.ts,pipeline_stack.test.ts,test/js/bun/util/filesink.test.ts,test/js/node/process/process-stdin.test.ts,process-stdout-write-after-end.test.ts,test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts(two failures unrelated and present without this change: "default shell" needs$SHELLinbunEnv, and "extra stdio pipes are not double-closed on GC" spends 6.6 s under ASAN against a 5 s timeout),child-process-stdio.test.js. Cross-targetcargo check -p bun_ioforaarch64-apple-darwinandx86_64-pc-windows-msvc.no test proof · iteration 0 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts