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A directory event that names an entry the module graph resolved through (a directory symlink, a replaced directory, or a followed file symlink) now busts the resolver cache for that entry and every directory below it, then triggers a reload. On kqueue, where events carry no names, every symlink the resolver followed in the directory is checked against its current real path. The resolver also watches the directory that holds a followed symlink, so the retarget is seen when no loaded module sits next to the link.
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WalkthroughThe change adds resolver cache invalidation for followed symlink changes. Resolvers track symlink directories, watcher events invalidate affected cache trees, and Unix hot-reload tests cover retargeted file and directory symlinks. ChangesSymlink cache invalidation
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The symlink hot-reload improvements are not ready to merge: concurrent cache refreshes can leave inconsistent watcher state, and valid hidden symlink imports can continue using stale targets. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
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…leased Gate the tree bust on the exact bust, drop not-found markers with it, and cover a directory that exists only under the new link target.
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The follow-up commit addresses all three points from the earlier review — the directory-symlink watch is now queued in link_dir_watches and flushed after entries_mutex is released, clear_not_found() evicts stale negative markers, and bust_dir_cache_tree early-returns on the exact-key miss so plain file saves skip the map walk. Beyond the new inline findings, I checked whether the second new watcher.watch() call in finalize_result (src/resolver/resolver.rs:1617, the file-symlink branch) reintroduces the AB-BA order — it does not: finalize_result runs outside entries_mutex (the lock is taken and released inside dir.get_entry), same as the pre-existing watch site the earlier comment pointed to.
Extended reasoning...
Re-read the diff after commit a604d53. The three earlier findings (AB-BA deadlock via watcher.watch() under entries_mutex, un-evicted NOT_FOUND markers, and O(cached-dirs) work on every inotify file event) are each addressed structurally, not papered over. The one new place this revision calls watcher.watch() directly — the file-symlink branch of finalize_result — is outside the entries_mutex critical section (the comment at resolver.rs:1587 and the grep of lock sites confirm the lock lives inside dir.get_entry), so the lock-order concern does not recur there. The two remaining watcher-thread data races are covered by this run's inline comments; nothing further to add in the body.
The watcher thread walks dir_cache under entries_mutex, which every DirInfo writer holds, and reads Entry.cache under the per-entry mutex.
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I re-reviewed after 1cb3536 and the two data races flagged last round look fixed: Entry::followed_symlink() now takes the per-entry mutex before reading cache, and bust_dir_cache_tree now holds entries_mutex across the dir_cache.remove_where/clear_not_found walk. The earlier optional perf note on the inotify path is also addressed — bust_dir_cache_tree early-returns on the O(1) bust_dir_cache miss, so plain file saves skip the linear map scan. Given the lock-ordering surface (Watcher.mutex → entries_mutex → BSSMap mutex, plus RESOLVER_MUTEX → Watcher.mutex via flush_link_dir_watches) and the author-noted untested kqueue branch, a human pass on the threading model is still worthwhile.
What was reviewed
flush_link_dir_watchesruns afterdir_info_cached_missreturns, soentries_mutexis dropped beforewatcher.watch— the original AB-BA is gone; onlyRESOLVER_MUTEXis still held there, matching the pre-existingwatcher.watchsite at resolver.rs:6046.- The kqueue
followed: Vec<&'static Entry>is now safe to read after the lock drop becausefollowed_symlink()re-serializes onentry.mutexandbase()is immutable EntryStore data. clear_not_found()over-invalidates (global, not prefix-scoped) — correctness-safe, only a re-resolve cost on the next miss.- The second
dir_info_uncachedcaller (auto-install path, resolver.rs:3516) does not flushlink_dir_watches; any queued entries there sit onselfuntil the nextdir_info_cached_maybe_logmiss flushes them — delayed registration, not a leak or deadlock.
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Overview
This PR makes bun --hot follow retargeted symlinks on the import path. It touches the process-global resolver caches (BSSMapInner in src/bun_alloc/lib.rs, entries/dir_cache in src/resolver/), adds prefix-eviction (remove_where, clear_not_found, bust_dir_cache_tree, bust_entries_cache_below), queues deferred watcher registrations on the Resolver struct to avoid a lock-order inversion, and extends the POSIX hot-reloader directory-event handler with kqueue-vs-inotify branching that re-realpaths followed symlinks and tree-busts the cache. Five new integration tests in test/cli/hot/hot.test.ts cover directory links, nested directories, links in unwatched directories, negative-cache invalidation, and file links.
Security risks
None identified. No user-facing input parsing, no auth/crypto/network surface. The changes are internal cache invalidation and filesystem watching. The unsafe blocks added carry SAFETY comments and dereference EntryStore/BSSMap slots that the codebase already documents as never-freed.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is concurrent code touching shared mutable state across the JS thread and the watcher thread, with three interacting mutexes (Watcher.mutex, entries_mutex, per-Entry.mutex) plus RESOLVER_MUTEX and the BSSMap-internal mutex. The prior two review rounds each found a real race (AB-BA deadlock, then two torn-read data races); the author fixed all of them. The kqueue branch is #[cfg]-gated and was not run locally by the author (Linux container), so macOS CI is the only coverage. REVIEW.md's threading and cross-platform sections both apply.
Other factors
The latest commit directly implements the fixes suggested in the prior review: followed_symlink() now takes entry.mutex, and bust_dir_cache_tree takes entries_mutex around the DirInfo slot reads. I traced the new lock acquisition order and it is consistent with the existing Watcher.mutex → entries_mutex order the watcher thread already uses, and flush_link_dir_watches runs with entries_mutex released (the guard inside dir_info_cached_miss is dropped on return before line 4279). The remaining open inline thread (optional perf note) is addressed by the bust_dir_cache early-return gate. Tests use tempDir, bunExe/bunEnv, await observable stdout lines rather than sleeping, and are skipIf(isWindows). Not approving because the threading surface is subtle enough that a maintainer sign-off on the overall lock discipline — and a green macOS CI run for the kqueue path — is warranted before merge.
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Status: the diff is ready for review at b506b5f. Reproduced with the script in the PR body on bun 1.4.3. The five new tests in test/cli/hot/hot.test.ts fail on 1.4.3 and pass with this branch on every Linux and macOS lane (the kqueue path included). Review rounds since the first push fixed a lock-order inversion (the link directory watch is now registered after entries_mutex is released), two unguarded reads (Entry.cache under the per-entry mutex, DirInfo slots under entries_mutex), the nested directory case (prefix bust), stale not-found markers, and the cost of the bust on a plain file save (exact-key check first). CI on the last builds (#110998, #111056, #111144, #111178, #111272) is red only on lanes the diff does not touch: the binary-size check (the same deltas appear on other current builds against the canary baseline), test-crypto-dh-leak.js on the asan lane (marked pre-existing), worker crashes of unrelated tests in parallel batches (reported separately), and tests that passed on retry. One retry was in hot.test.ts on alpine aarch64 (the pre-existing delete-and-rewrite test counted one extra reload). It passes 6 of 6 runs locally with this build. |
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline nit, I re-checked the earlier blockers against 1cb3536 and a604d53: the watcher.watch() under entries_mutex is now deferred to flush_link_dir_watches(), followed_symlink() holds Entry.mutex, dir_cache.remove_where runs under entries_mutex, clear_not_found() covers stale negative markers, and the inotify per-name walk short-circuits on bust_dir_cache(path) == false so plain file saves stay O(1) — all addressed. Given the lock-ordering surface (watcher thread ↔ resolver) and the kqueue path being CI-only, a human pass is still worthwhile.
Extended reasoning...
The only change since the last review round (e4f039f) adds a flush_link_dir_watches() call after dir_info_for_resolution, which the confirmed inline finding shows is unreachable for pushes (that call site passes parent = None, and the queue is only pushed under Some(parent)). All five substantive concerns from earlier rounds — the AB-BA deadlock between Watcher.mutex and entries_mutex, the unguarded Cell<EntryCache> read in followed_symlink(), the DirInfo.abs_path torn read in remove_where, the un-evicted not-found markers, and the O(cached-dirs) scan on every inotify file save — trace to concrete fixes in the two intermediate commits. Nothing new surfaced beyond the dead flush call; deferring rather than approving because the change threads two locks across two threads with a platform branch the author could not run locally.
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In `@src/jsc/hot_reloader.rs`:
- Line 852: Remove the second mutable RealFS derivation in the tombstone path
and reuse the caller’s filesystem handle. In on_file_update, derive a single
*mut RealFS with addr_of_mut! and thread that pointer through tombstone_entries,
bust_changed_entry, and symlink_entry_changed, creating only narrow reborrows
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In `@src/resolver/resolver.rs`:
- Around line 6345-6351: Update the auto-install resolution flow in
dir_info_for_resolution to call flush_link_dir_watches() after _entries_unlock
releases entries_mutex, ensuring watches queued in link_dir_watches are flushed
before returning. Preserve the existing cache-miss behavior and lock-release
ordering.
- Around line 1612-1613: Update the branch around get_entries_const and
watcher.watch so link_dir and fd are read under entries_mutex using the locked
EntriesOption::dir_and_fd() accessor, preserving a consistent valid snapshot
when entries_at_locked replaces the slot.
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In `@src/jsc/hot_reloader.rs`:
- Line 861: Update tombstone_entries and the direct parent lookup paths to
acquire rfs.entries’ entries_mutex before reading the map or capturing tombstone
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- Line 1267: Update the directory-entry filtering before bust_changed_entry so
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Problem
bun --hot entry.ts, an import that goes through a symlink (import "./cur/app.ts"withcur -> v1) stays bound tov1/app.tsafter the link is swapped tov2. Edits tov2/app.tsare not seen. A reload of the entry still runsv1/app.ts. The same applies tobun --watch./dir/curin itsDirInfo(abs_real_path,src/resolver/resolver.rs:6312). The hot reloader's directory-event handler (src/jsc/hot_reloader.rs,Kind::Directoryarm) busts the cache for/dironly, never for the changed entry/dir/cur, and never reloads for it. The watcher watches only the real pathv1/, so nothing seesv2/.Fix
Resolver::bust_dir_cache_tree, new). When there was something to bust, or when the old listing shows the entry as a followed symlink (Entry::followed_symlink, new), it enqueues a reload. On kqueue, where events carry no names, it compares each followed symlink in the listing withrealpathand reloads on a change.v2. The reload loadsv2/app.ts, which adds it to the watch list. Without the tree bust,import "./cur/sub/app.ts"kept the stalev1/subreal path in the cachedDirInfoof/dir/cur/sub.test/cli/hot/hot.test.ts(4 new tests, all fail on stock bun 1.4.3 by timeout). Also all oftest/cli/hot/,test/bake/dev/hot.test.tsandtest/js/bun/resolve/resolve.test.ts.Background
entries(directory listings) anddir_cache(DirInfo, which holds the real path of a symlinked directory). Both areBSSMapInnermaps keyed by a path hash, so a prefix removal walks the values (remove_where, new).bust_dir_cachestays exact-key.bust_dir_cache_treeis the new prefix form for a retargeted or replaced directory.Notes
Manual repro (fails on 1.4.3, passes with this build):
The entrypoint itself behind a symlink (
bun --hot current/entry.tswithcurrent -> releases/v1) is not covered. The VM stores the entry by real path and reloads that path. A restart is needed there.Links inside
node_modulesand links outside the project root are not watched, the same policy the watcher applies to every directory (Watcher::on_maybe_watch_directory).An edit to the old target (
v1/app.ts) after the swap still triggers a reload, because the watch list is never pruned under--hot. The reload runs the right module.Self-reviewed. The review raised the nested directory case, the missing watch on the link's directory, and the missing tombstone for the busted listing. All three are addressed in this diff. It also asked to stack this on #40587 and to share a mechanism with #41489 (dev server). This PR is independent of both: the tree bust here is prefix based and does not depend on the alias bust in #40587.
The kqueue path compares
realpathwith the real path the resolver got fromF_GETPATH. It is not run locally (Linux container). CI on macOS covers it.no test proof · iteration 4 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/hot/hot.test.ts