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WalkthroughChangesWatcher tracing now records resolved trace-file metadata and enabled state. The Linux and Android inotify watcher skips events for the trace file. Tests cover real paths and symlink paths. Watcher trace filtering
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In `@src/watcher/WatcherTrace.rs`:
- Line 46: Resolve trace_path against top_level_dir before opening the file,
then reuse that resolved path for both File::openat and trace-event matching so
filtering targets the same file. Add a regression case covering a watcher root
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In `@test/cli/watch/watcher-trace.test.ts`:
- Line 159: Replace the parameterized test.each(traceDirKinds) structure with
describe.each(traceDirKinds), moving the existing callback body into a nested
test() while preserving the current assertions and test behavior.
- Line 188: Update the output-reading loop around the TextDecoder call to
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LGTM — all six points from earlier rounds are addressed (checked-join for over-long paths, get_fd_path realpath, TRACE_ENABLED fast-path with a Relaxed-ordering note, expect(i).toBe(3) guarding vacuous pass, and the symlink case gated off Windows).
What was reviewed: the inotify skip in watch_loop_cycle runs only when name_len > 0 and the watch index is in the per-cycle trace-dir snapshot, so it cannot drop file-level or unrelated directory events; collect_dir_indices is under the existing this.mutex so it reads a consistent watchlist and does no lock/scan when tracing is off; on non-Linux targets path is still consumed by openat before the cfg-gated shadow, so no unused-binding; the test awaits each run N marker and asserts the ack count before reading the trace.
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Overview
This PR fixes a self-feeding loop in the debug-only BUN_WATCHER_TRACE feature on Linux/Android inotify: writing the trace file into a watched directory generated IN_MODIFY events on the directory watch, which were traced, which generated more events. The fix stores the trace file's absolute realpath (via getcwd_z + join_abs_string_buf_checked + get_fd_path) alongside the File, snapshots the watchlist indices of directories containing the trace file once per cycle under the existing mutex, and skips named directory events whose name matches the trace file's basename before they become WatchEvents. A TRACE_ENABLED atomic (commented as a Relaxed lock-skip hint) keeps the disabled path free of extra locking. A new describe.each test drives three --hot reloads with the trace file inside the watched directory (direct and via symlink on non-Windows) and asserts no trace.log self-references and a bounded line count.
Security risks
None. BUN_WATCHER_TRACE is an opt-in debug environment variable; the change only reads it, resolves it against cwd, opens it for append, and filters its own write events out of an internal debug log. No user-facing API surface, no network, no privilege boundaries. The path-resolution helpers used (join_abs_string_buf_checked, get_fd_path) are the in-tree hardened variants and errors silently disable tracing rather than propagating.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. The change is contained to a debug feature and is #[cfg]-gated to Linux/Android for the filter itself; the PR body documents why kqueue and ReadDirectoryChangesW do not exhibit the cycle and states cargo check across all targets passed. This has already been through six review rounds on this PR, each producing a corresponding fix commit (visible in the log: bf1d2e80, c0112a77, e83b8e9c, bff5e82f, 38399fbf, 5bb3ccab), and this run's bug hunt exited on dry_streak with no new findings.
Other factors
No CODEOWNERS entry matches src/watcher/. There are no outstanding third-party CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews; the coderabbitai threads were resolved by a non-author. The test follows harness conventions (tempDir, bunEnv spread, awaits stdout markers rather than sleeping, asserts i === 3 before reading the trace so an early child exit fails loudly). The filter's placement before watch_events[event_id] = ... means dropped events never reach on_file_update or the trace writer, and the contains(&idx) check on a tiny (typically 0-1 element) Vec is negligible.
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I reviewed the force-pushed rewrite (e030dec) and didn't find bugs, but a human should look: the PR description still documents the old path-filtering approach in WatcherTrace.rs, while the actual diff now drops IN::MODIFY from the inotify directory watch mask — a change that affects every Linux --hot/--watch/bake user, not just BUN_WATCHER_TRACE. All earlier review threads target deleted code and are now moot.
What was reviewed:
- File-level watches keep
IN::MODIFY(INotifyWatcher.rs:134), so plain writes to imported modules still reload; the newwatcher-trace.test.tscase exercises this viaBun.writeand assertsi === 3. hot_reloader.rs's inotify directory arm doesn't gate onWatchOp::WRITE(only kqueue does), so no dead branch is created; the eviction it previously triggered on plain writes was redundant since the inode is unchanged — thewatch-many-dirstest now uses rename to keep exercising eviction viaIN_MOVED_TO.DevServer.rs:5790receives per-fileappend_fileevents for bundled sources, so bake HMR for edits doesn't depend on directory-levelMODIFY;CREATE/DELETE/MOVED_TOremain in the mask for new/removed entries.fs.watchuses the separatepath_watcher.rsinotify path and is unaffected.
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Overview
Since the last review the PR was force-pushed to a single commit that replaces the previous WatcherTrace path-resolution/filtering machinery with a one-line change: IN::MODIFY is removed from watch_dir_mask in src/watcher/INotifyWatcher.rs. The trace self-feedback loop is broken by no longer subscribing directory watches to write events at all, rather than by filtering the trace file's own name. test/cli/hot/watch-many-dirs.test.ts was updated to trigger the eviction path via renameSync (IN_MOVED_TO) instead of writeFileSync, and a new test in test/cli/watch/watcher-trace.test.ts places the trace file inside the watched directory and asserts no self-references appear across three --hot reloads (with the earlier vacuous-pass concern addressed by expect(i).toBe(3)).
Security risks
None. This is a Linux-only inotify subscription mask change in a debug/dev-time code path (--hot/--watch/bake). No auth, crypto, untrusted-input parsing, or privilege boundaries are involved. The tests are hermetic (tempDir + spawned child, no network).
Level of scrutiny
Moderate-to-high, and specifically human. The LOC delta is tiny, but the semantic scope grew: the previous revisions confined the fix to the BUN_WATCHER_TRACE debug feature, while this revision changes what every Linux directory watch reports. That's a reasonable design (it aligns Linux with kqueue, which never reported file writes through the directory vnode, and cuts a documented "very noisy" event source), but it's a product-level decision a maintainer should sign off on — particularly for the bake DevServer's append_dir consumer. The PR title and body still describe the abandoned approach, which will mislead a reviewer reading the description first.
Other factors
Every inline thread from the seven prior review rounds targets files (WatcherTrace.rs, Watcher.rs, WindowsWatcher.rs) that are no longer in the diff, so those concerns no longer apply. I traced the three consumers of directory-level events on Linux (hot_reloader.rs inotify arm, DevServer.rs::on_file_update, and the trace writer itself) and none require Op::WRITE on a directory entry for correctness given that per-file watches retain IN::MODIFY. The watch-many-dirs test edit is itself evidence of the observable behavior change and correctly preserves what that test guards (the eviction leak). Node's fs.watch lives in src/runtime/node/path_watcher.rs with its own inotify_add_watch call and is untouched.
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Isn't this literally a breakign change?
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Yes. Dropping Reverted to the targeted fix in 14d7c84: the mask is unchanged, and the inotify loop only drops the event for the trace file's own write. The PR body describes that revision again. The mask change is in e030dec if the behavior change is wanted separately, and #36418 (draft) derives the masks per consumer, which would cover it. |
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In `@test/cli/watch/watcher-trace.test.ts`:
- Line 213: Update the self-reference assertion in the watcher trace test to
check the entire selfReferences collection rather than only its first three
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Each trace append inside the project directory is an IN_MODIFY event on the directory watch. The watcher traced that event, which appended again, so one seed event made the watcher thread write about 5,000 lines per second until the process exited. WatcherTrace now stores the real path of the open trace file. The inotify loop drops a named directory event when the directory holds the trace file and the name is its basename, before the event reaches the trace writer or on_file_update. kqueue and ReadDirectoryChangesW do not report the append through the directory watch, so only inotify filters.
The cycle exists on inotify only. On Windows the test added no coverage and timed out twice in CI when the first --hot reload after startup was missed.
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BUN_WATCHER_TRACE=<path>inside the watched project directory,bun --hotwrites{"timestamp":...,"files":{"<dir>/":{"events":["write"],"changed":["trace.log"]}}}forever after the first change. Measured on bun 1.4.3: 27,824 lines in 5 s, one core busy, until the process exits or the disk fills.IN_MODIFYevent on the directory watch.watch_loop_cycle(src/watcher/INotifyWatcher.rs) turned it into aWatchEvent,dispatch_file_updatestraced it, and the append fired the next event.Fix
WatcherTrace::initresolves the trace path against the process cwd, opens it, and stores the real path of the open fd (bun_sys::get_fd_path), so it matches the realpath'd watchlist entries. The inotify loop drops a named directory event when the directory holds the trace file and the name is its basename.WatchEvent, so neither the trace noron_file_updatesees it. It only ever drops the trace file's own write. When tracing is off, the per-cycle check is one relaxed atomic load. Nothing else changes for--hot,--watchor the dev server.ReadDirectoryChangesWwithLAST_WRITEdoes not fire while the trace handle stays open (verified with the unfixed canary on Windows). So only inotify filters.test/cli/watch/watcher-trace.test.ts(new--hottest, fails on stock bun with thousands of self-references, plus a symlinked trace path on Linux). Alsotest/cli/watch/andtest/cli/hot/. Self-reviewed: 6 concerns raised, 6 addressed.Background
BUN_WATCHER_TRACEis a debug aid: the watcher thread appends one JSON line per event batch to the given file.--hotand--watchplace an inotify watch on each imported file and on its parent directory. A directory watch reportsIN_MODIFYwith the entry name for every write to a file inside it.eventlist_indexsnapshot, because the JS thread can reallocate the watchlist columns while the watcher thread reads them.Notes
Repro (Linux):
bun 1.4.3: 27,824 lines, 27,858 mentions of
trace.log. With this change: 1 line, 0 mentions. A relativeBUN_WATCHER_TRACE=trace.logis resolved against the process cwd and filtered the same way.--watchescapes the loop in the healthy case because each reload execve's the process. It spins the same way while parked in "error, waiting for changes".Alternative considered and not taken: drop
IN_MODIFYfrom the inotify directory mask (watch_dir). #26009 added that bit forfs.watch, and #29952 movedfs.watchonto its own inotify instance, so nobun_watcherconsumer reads a directory write today. A revision of this PR (e030dec) did that, and the hot, watch, bake dev and fs.watch suites passed with it. It also stops the watcher from waking on writes to non-imported files in watched directories and from evicting and re-adding a file watch on each plain write. That is a behavior change for every Linux--hotand--watchuser, so this PR keeps the mask and filters only the trace file. #36418 (draft) derives masks from each consumer's subscription and is the place for the mask change.Windows: the same test and a manual
--hotrun withBUN_WATCHER_TRACEinside the project dir on the unfixed canary (76e9dcc) produced 2 trace lines for 2 edits, no self-feedback.Suites run with the debug build:
test/cli/watch/(16 pass),test/cli/hot/(17 pass).cargo check -p bun_watcherpasses for linux, windows, macOS, freebsd, and android targets.no test proof · iteration 3 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/watch/watcher-trace.test.ts