fix(gc): root for-in and Proxy descriptor callbacks by proggeramlug · Pull Request #9864 · PerryTS/perry

proggeramlug · 2026-09-06T09:04:24Z

for…in can invoke Proxy ownKeys, descriptor, and prototype callbacks while it is accumulating keys. A moving collection in one of those callbacks left the runtime's output array or current receiver pointing into retired from-space. This crashes Solid's universal renderer when it enumerates reactive spread properties; the same crash occurs with output from Solid's official Babel transform. Descriptor field getters also exposed a wrong answer: a collection while reading value could change the resulting writable: true to false.

Keep the receiver, accumulated output, and key snapshots in runtime handles, and reload them after callbacks and array growth. Apply the same rule to the Proxy target, normalized key, and descriptor fields used after descriptor callbacks. The new regressions cover direct and inherited Proxy enumeration, output growth, ordering, and non-enumerable shadowing.

Validation: the full perry-runtime suite passes (3,193 passed, 4 ignored), including four moving-GC unit regressions with observed object relocation. Direct for-in, Perry-generated JSX, and official Babel-generated JSX each pass normally and with forced collection schedules (4644, 1), (1, 0.25), and (42, 0.1) under from-space protection and evacuation verification. Both perry-solid release fixtures pass. All 64 local repository gates pass, with the two CI-expression commands skipped by the local runner.

Refs #4644. Stacked on the separate verifier correction in #9822. PR #9823 optimizes the same enumeration walk; the callback roots must be retained when those changes are combined. No version bump.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved garbage-collection safety during for…in enumeration and Proxy callbacks, preserving receivers, keys, descriptors, and results during object relocation.
- Corrected evacuation verification to recognize valid retained array-growth aliases while still rejecting stale references.
Tests
- Added regression coverage for Proxy enumeration, descriptor callbacks, moving garbage collection, and evacuation-forwarding validation.
Documentation
- Added changelog entries describing the evacuation verification and for…in callback fixes.

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The change adds policy-aware evacuation verification for retained array-growth aliases. It also roots for...in and Proxy descriptor state across callbacks that can trigger moving garbage collection, with runtime and parity regression tests.

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Retained growth evacuation verification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Forwarding verifier policy `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/verify.rs`	Adds `EvacuationVerifier` and propagates its forwarding policy through heap, root, scanner, FFI, and remembered-range verification.
Evacuation verification wiring `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/copying.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/cycle.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/roots.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/runtime_roots/*`, `scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json`	Copying-minor and full-cycle checks pass explicit verifier modes. Root visitors and scanner checks use the verifier context.
Retained-growth regression tests `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/forwarding_verification.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/mod.rs`, `changelog.d/9822-retained-growth-verifier.md`	Tests accept retained growth aliases and chains, while rejecting stale nursery hops across root formats and heap slots.

Proxy for-in callback rooting

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enumeration and descriptor rooting `crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/enumeration.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/reflect.rs`	Roots receivers, output arrays, keys, Proxy state, trap results, and descriptors. The code reloads these values after JavaScript callbacks.
Callback rooting regression tests `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/rooted_for_in.rs`, `crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/mod.rs`, `test-files/test_gap_gc_for_in_proxy_callback_roots.ts`, `test-parity/gc_repsel_corpus.txt`, `changelog.d/9864-for-in-callback-roots.md`	Tests moving collections during Proxy enumeration and descriptor callbacks. The parity corpus registers the new witness test.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to fcbb0

Proxy descriptor handling can crash if collection occurs during trap lookup. Root and reload the handler in the shared helper before merging.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: adding GC roots for for-in enumeration and Proxy descriptor callbacks. It is concise and specific.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the bug, the rooting fix, affected runtime values, regression coverage, validation results, related issues, and version-bump status. It does not use the template headings or i…
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changelog.d/9822-retained-growth-verifier.md
changelog.d/9864-for-in-callback-roots.md
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/copying.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/cycle.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/roots.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/forwarding_verification.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/mod.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/rooted_for_in.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/runtime_roots/callback_scanners.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/runtime_roots/side_table_scanners.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/verify.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/enumeration.rs
crates/perry-runtime/src/proxy/reflect.rs
scripts/gc_runtime_root_holders.json
test-files/test_gap_gc_for_in_proxy_callback_roots.ts
test-parity/gc_repsel_corpus.txt

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coderabbitai · 2026-09-06T09:15:57Z

+    // A root is useful only if each post-callback read reloads its current value.
+    let inner_handle = scope.root_nanbox_f64(inner);
+    let handler_handle = scope.root_nanbox_f64(handler);
+    let trap = handler_trap(handler_handle.get_nanbox_f64(), "getOwnPropertyDescriptor");


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Root handler inside handler_trap.

js_string_from_bytes can trigger moving GC before handler_trap calls extract_pointer(handler.to_bits()). The by-value f64 is not rewritten when the caller’s root moves, so the helper can dereference a stale handler address. Root handler in a RuntimeHandleScope before key construction, then reload it before extracting the pointer.

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…he LIFO handle stack Four gate failures the assembled tree produced, and the rooting bug the suite caught: - The runtime handle stack is strictly LIFO (`Drop` truncates to the scope's base), so rooting into an OUTER scope while an inner one is live has the inner scope's drop discard the handle. #9869's `visited.push(&scope, ..)` sat inside #9864's per-level scope and hit "runtime handle used after its scope was dropped". The per-level scope now closes before the push. Caught by gc::tests::rooted_for_in::for_in_grown_result_and_receiver_survive_prototype_collection. - shape_descriptor_census asserted `gc_malloc(.. GC_TYPE_REGEXP)` at `js_regexp_new`; #9845 deliberately moves that birth to the nursery, so the assertion now accepts either allocator. What it checks is unchanged and is the point: RegExp is born with its OWN GcHeader kind, never as a generic object something later re-identifies by payload magic. Verified the updated gate still fails when the birth kind is blunted. - #9853's page-class table pushed arena/page_meta.rs to 2559 lines. Split into page_meta/{mod,page_class,tests}.rs; the page-class tests move next to their subject. Both feature configurations build. - That split also stranded six frontier entries in gc_runtime_root_holders.json on the old path, and the PASS1_MARKED census pin needed its re-audit for #9860's and #9845's gc/mod.rs re-export additions before the hash could move.

proggeramlug · 2026-09-06T12:54:32Z

Landed on main via merge train #9883. Validated as a tree: 64/64 lint gates, and perry-runtime/codegen/hir/stdlib all green (5,910 tests, 0 failures). Thanks!

Ralph Küpper added 4 commits September 6, 2026 10:37

fix(gc): allow retained array-growth aliases in copying verification

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docs: number retained-growth verifier changeset for PR 9822

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fix(gc): root for-in and proxy descriptor callbacks

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docs: number for-in callback roots changeset for PR 9864

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proggeramlug mentioned this pull request Sep 6, 2026

feat(ui): compile Solid JSX for native rendering #9865

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GC: for-in's deferred shadow set records prototype levels as unrooted raw pointers #9869

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Merge train: #9795, #9844, #9845, #9853, #9857, #9860, #9862, #9864, #9865, #9868 (+ #9869) #9883

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