fix(ci): list buffer/typed-array constructors as poll-capable - #8134
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gc-root-dominance's nightly has been red since #8120 added the call edges: `--audit-poll-reach` reports five ALLOC_RE symbols that reach an already-poll-capable element read without being listed themselves. js_uint8array_new -> js_typed_array_get, js_uint8array_from_array js_typed_array_new_from_array -> js_array_get_f64 js_buffer_from_array -> js_array_get_f64 js_buffer_from_value -> js_buffer_from_array js_buffer_alloc_fill_value -> js_buffer_from_value The reads are the reach proof: a source element can be an accessor or a Proxy get trap (user JS), and the per-element loop allocates the destination as it goes — so Buffer.from(arr) / new Uint8Array(arr) are collection points like any other element-reading builtin. Unlisted, a window whose only collection point is one of them classifies MOVING: no and every --moving-only arm drops it (#7616's shape). Audit goes exit 2 -> exit 0 against locally built archives, converging in one pass. Widening the set is one-sided — it can only make previously dropped windows visible — so the corpus gates in CI are what confirm the budgets still hold.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe GC root-dominance checker now classifies five buffer and typed-array constructors as poll-capable. The changelog records the update, and project version metadata changes from ChangesGC poll classification
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In `@changelog.d/8134-poll-reach-buffer-constructors.md`:
- Around line 10-19: Add scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py to the changelog
fragment alongside the existing runtime symbols, preserving the current
root-cause and validation details.
In `@scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py`:
- Around line 1218-1221: Update the allocation rationale at
scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py:1218-1221 to state that source-element
processing can execute user JavaScript and allocate, without claiming the
destination is allocated per element; apply the same allocation-order wording to
changelog.d/8134-poll-reach-buffer-constructors.md:21-25.
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| Five constructors reach an element read that way, and the audit named them | ||
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| js_uint8array_new -> js_typed_array_get, js_uint8array_from_array | ||
| js_typed_array_new_from_array -> js_array_get_f64 | ||
| js_buffer_from_array -> js_array_get_f64 | ||
| js_buffer_from_value -> js_buffer_from_array | ||
| js_buffer_alloc_fill_value -> js_buffer_from_value | ||
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Add the affected file path to the changelog fragment.
The entry names the five runtime symbols but does not name the changed checker file. Add scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py so the release note is traceable.
Based on learnings, changelog fragments should include a long-form root-cause explanation, affected file paths, and validation notes.
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In `@changelog.d/8134-poll-reach-buffer-constructors.md` around lines 10 - 19, Add
scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py to the changelog fragment alongside the
existing runtime symbols, preserving the current root-cause and validation
details.
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| # The reads are the reach proof: a source element can be an accessor or a | ||
| # Proxy `get` trap, i.e. user JS, and the per-element loop allocates the | ||
| # destination as it goes. `Buffer.from(arr)` / `new Uint8Array(arr)` are | ||
| # therefore collection points like any other element-reading builtin. |
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Keep the allocation rationale accurate in both locations.
The supplied array-copy implementations snapshot source elements and allocate the destination afterward. Element processing can still execute user JavaScript and allocate, so the poll-capable classification is valid. The current statement that the destination is allocated per element is inaccurate.
scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py#L1218-L1221: describe element processing as capable of executing user JavaScript and allocating.changelog.d/8134-poll-reach-buffer-constructors.md#L21-L25: use the same allocation-order wording in the release note.
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In `@scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py` around lines 1218 - 1221, Update the
allocation rationale at scripts/gc_root_dominance_check.py:1218-1221 to state
that source-element processing can execute user JavaScript and allocate, without
claiming the destination is allocated per element; apply the same
allocation-order wording to
changelog.d/8134-poll-reach-buffer-constructors.md:21-25.
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Audited and merging, after pushing The bump: this carried The fix is right, and it is the one I independently arrived at. I opened #8129 for the same five symbols before seeing this; I am closing mine in favour of yours, which has the better changelog. Recording that we converged, since two independent derivations of the same five-symbol set is worth more than either alone. Verified on a landing-equivalent tree (merged current On unmodified Why this matters more than five list entries, for the record: it is #7616's shape. The checker knew each of these returns a heap value it must track and knew it calls something that can re-enter JS — and refused to combine the two, so any window whose only collection point was one of the five classified One thing to watch after this lands: the gate is now stricter, so the full corpus run may surface real violations in newly-audited windows. That would be the gate doing its job for the first time on those paths, not a regression from this change. |
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gc-root-dominancehas failed every scheduled run onmainsince #8120 landed the call edges — the last three nightlies (01:51, 19:15, 13:46) all die the same way, in both thegc-root-dominanceandgc-root-dominance-statepointsjobs.What fails
--audit-poll-reachcatches exactly one shape (#7616): a symbol whose result the checker tracks as a heap value (ALLOC_RE) that calls something already known to re-enter JS or run a moving minor, without being listed itself. A window whose only collection point is such a call classifiesMOVING: no, so every--moving-onlyarm — which is every gated arm, in all four corpus × lowering modes — silently drops it.Five buffer/typed-array constructors reach an element read that way. The audit names them with their edges:
Why they belong in the set
The reads are the reach proof: a source element can be an accessor or a Proxy
gettrap — user JS — and the per-element loop allocates the destination as it goes.Buffer.from(arr)andnew Uint8Array(arr)are therefore collection points like any other element-reading builtin, and a value held live across one is exactly as much at risk as one held acrossjs_array_map.Validation
--audit-poll-reachagainst locally built runtime archives: exit 2 → exit 0 (no ALLOC_RE symbol reaches a poll-capable one unlisted), converging in one pass — listing these five surfaces no further unlisted callers.--moving-onlyarms previously dropped. That is the point of the change, and it is also the only way it could newly exceed a budget, so the four corpus × lowering gates in this PR's CI are what confirm the budgets still hold. I have not asserted that locally — the corpus check outran my local time budget, and a claim I did not measure does not belong in the changeset.Split out of #8084 (the #7803 investigation) so main's nightly can go green without waiting on that branch.
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