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robobun
e7672b2d04 Add string fast path for postMessage and structuredClone (#21926)
## Summary

Implements a string fast path optimization for `postMessage` and
`structuredClone` operations that provides significant performance
improvements for string-only data transfer, along with various bug fixes
and infrastructure improvements.

## Key Performance Improvements

**postMessage with Workers:**
- **Small strings (11 chars):** ~5% faster (572ns vs 599ns)
- **Medium strings (14KB):** **~2.7x faster** (528ns vs 1.40μs) 
- **Large strings (3MB):** **~660x faster** (540ns vs 356μs)

**Compared to Node.js postMessage:**
- Similar performance for small strings
- Competitive for medium strings  
- **~455x faster** for large strings (540ns vs 245μs)

## Implementation Details

The optimization adds a **string fast path** that bypasses full
structured cloning serialization when:
- Input is a pure string (`value.isString()`)
- No transfer list or message ports are involved
- Not being stored persistently

### Core Changes

**String Thread-Safety Utilities (`BunString.cpp/h`):**
- `isCrossThreadShareable()` - Checks if string can be safely shared
across threads
- `toCrossThreadShareable()` - Converts strings to thread-safe form via
`isolatedCopy()`
- Handles edge cases: atoms, symbols, substring slices, external buffers

**Serialization Fast Path (`SerializedScriptValue.cpp`):**
- New `m_fastPathString` field stores string data directly
- Bypasses full object serialization machinery for pure strings
- Creates isolated copies for cross-thread safety

**Deserialization Fast Path:**
- Directly returns JSString from stored string data
- Avoids parsing serialized byte streams

**Updated Flags System (`JSValue.zig`, `Serialization.cpp`):**
- Replaces boolean `forTransfer` with structured `SerializedFlags`
- Supports `forCrossProcessTransfer` and `forStorage` distinctions

**Structured Clone Infrastructure:**
- Moved `structuredClone` implementation to dedicated
`StructuredClone.cpp`
- Added `jsFunctionStructuredCloneAdvanced` for testing with custom
flags
- Improved class serialization compatibility checks (`isForTransfer`,
`isForStorage`)

**IPC Improvements (`ipc.zig`):**
- Fixed race conditions in `SendQueue` by deferring cleanup to next tick
- Proper fd ownership handling with `bun.take()`
- Cached IPC serialize/parse functions for better performance

**BlockList Thread Safety Fixes (`BlockList.zig`):**
- Fixed potential deadlocks by moving mutex locking inside methods
- Added atomic `estimated_size` counter to avoid lock during GC
- Corrected pointer handling in comparison functions
- Improved GC safety in `rules()` method

## Benchmark Results

```
❯ bun-21926 bench/string-postmessage.mjs  # This branch
postMessage(11 chars string)  572.24 ns/iter
postMessage(14 KB string)     527.55 ns/iter  ← ~2.7x faster
postMessage(3 MB string)      539.70 ns/iter  ← ~660x faster

❯ bun-1.2.20 bench/string-postmessage.mjs  # Previous
postMessage(11 chars string)  598.76 ns/iter
postMessage(14 KB string)       1.40 µs/iter
postMessage(3 MB string)      356.38 µs/iter

❯ node bench/string-postmessage.mjs       # Node.js comparison  
postMessage(11 chars string)  569.63 ns/iter
postMessage(14 KB string)       1.46 µs/iter
postMessage(3 MB string)      245.46 µs/iter
```

**Key insight:** The fast path achieves **constant time performance**
regardless of string size (~540ns), while traditional serialization
scales linearly with data size.

## Test Coverage

**New Tests:**
- `test/js/web/structured-clone-fastpath.test.ts` - Fast path memory
usage validation
- `test/js/web/workers/structuredClone-classes.test.ts` - Comprehensive
class serialization tests
  - Tests ArrayBuffer transferability 
  - Tests BunFile cloning with storage/transfer restrictions
  - Tests net.BlockList cloning behavior
  - Validates different serialization contexts (default, worker, window)

**Enhanced Tests:**
- `test/js/web/workers/structured-clone.test.ts` - Multi-function
testing
- Tests `structuredClone`, `jscSerializeRoundtrip`, and cross-process
serialization
  - Validates consistency across different serialization paths
- `test/js/node/cluster.test.ts` - Better error handling and debugging

**Benchmarks:**
- `bench/string-postmessage.mjs` - Worker postMessage performance
comparison
- `bench/string-fastpath.mjs` - Fast path vs traditional serialization
comparison

## Bug Fixes

**BlockList Threading Issues:**
- Fixed potential deadlocks when multiple threads access BlockList
simultaneously
- Moved mutex locks inside methods rather than holding across entire
function calls
- Added atomic size tracking for GC compatibility
- Fixed comparison function pointer handling

**IPC Race Conditions:**
- Fixed race condition where `SendQueue._onAfterIPCClosed()` could be
called on wrong thread
- Deferred cleanup operations to next tick using task queue
- Improved file descriptor ownership with proper `bun.take()` usage

**Structured Clone Compatibility:**
- Enhanced class serialization with proper transfer/storage mode
checking
- Fixed edge cases where non-transferable objects were incorrectly
handled
- Added better error reporting for unsupported clone operations

## Technical Notes

- Thread safety ensured via `String.isolatedCopy()` for cross-VM
transfers
- Memory cost calculation updated to account for string references
- Maintains full compatibility with existing structured clone semantics
- Does not affect object serialization or transfer lists
- Proper cleanup and error handling throughout IPC pipeline

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Co-authored-by: Jarred Sumner <jarred@jarredsumner.com>
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2025-08-20 00:25:00 -07:00
190n
6090833da6 deflake worker.test.ts (#19634) 2025-05-14 18:58:24 -07:00
190n
cd8d037c79 pass test-worker-message-event.js (#19614)
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2025-05-14 18:56:14 -07:00
190n
a182c313e2 pass test-worker-nested-uncaught.js (#19509) 2025-05-12 14:10:18 -07:00
190n
b5f31a6ee2 node:worker_threads: improve error messages, support environmentData, emit worker event (#18768)
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2025-05-08 19:27:46 -07:00
Meghan Denny
9e201eff9e node:net: implement BlockList (#19277) 2025-05-01 16:09:44 -07:00
Meghan Denny
2a2247bbb6 js: fix serialization of non-transferable objects (#19351) 2025-04-29 18:23:26 -07:00
Jarred Sumner
376b1b4f97 Support preload option in Worker (#15045) 2024-11-07 21:30:51 -08:00
Jarred Sumner
cd6785771e run prettier and add back format action (#13722) 2024-09-03 21:32:52 -07:00
Andrew Johnston
483af7c33c fix (worker-eval): fail worker with source when eval = false (#13062)
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2024-08-03 23:49:36 -07:00
Ciro Spaciari
1c648063fa fix(tls/socket/fetch) shutdown fix + ref counted context (#12925)
Co-authored-by: Jarred Sumner <jarred@jarredsumner.com>
2024-07-30 22:41:54 -07:00
Jarred Sumner
5f1b569c52 Fix crash when creating a new Worker with a numeric environment varia… (#12810) 2024-07-25 18:10:57 -07:00
Ashcon Partovi
d105b048b1 Use Buildkite for CI (#11477) 2024-06-27 14:56:07 -07:00
Dylan Conway
5b48bb1d5d Fix cloning File with structuredClone (#11766)
Co-authored-by: Jarred Sumner <jarred@jarredsumner.com>
2024-06-10 19:35:09 -07:00
Jarred Sumner
6a756bf979 Implement blob: URLs in fetch, import, and Worker (#11537)
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2024-06-05 18:49:03 -07:00
Meghan Denny
d0d4d8bf85 windows: enable more passing tests (#8711)
Co-authored-by: Jarred Sumner <jarred@jarredsumner.com>
2024-02-06 16:08:49 -08:00
Ashcon Partovi
264142e756 Add isWindows and related helpers to test harness 2024-02-05 12:47:52 -08:00
dave caruso
647b15e4f3 fix(windows): initialize uv allocators earlier (#8631)
* uv loop is thread local

* hi

* stuff so far

* [autofix.ci] apply automated fixes

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2024-02-02 00:18:28 -08:00
Meghan Denny
3a7df3f6c7 windows: add more passing test (#8615) 2024-02-01 13:45:47 -08:00
dave caruso
072f2f15ea ci: run windows tests and also run them concurrently (#7758) 2024-01-12 17:02:20 -08:00
Otger Rogla
2946bacbbd feat(worker_threads) support argv and execArgv options (#7962)
Co-authored-by: Jarred Sumner <jarred@jarredsumner.com>
2024-01-03 14:23:39 -08:00
Jérôme Benoit
6a5995e27d test(worker): refactor worker tests (#6732)
* test(worker): refactor worker tests

+ constify variables
+ typing
+ untangle web worker from worker_threads tests
+ cleanup variables namespace

no functional changes on tests

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: move worker_threads related code to node/worker_threads

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* test: move worker tests into workers directory

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* refactor: report upstream changes

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* refactor: report upstream change

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* fix: address review comments

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* chore: fix submodule

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2023-12-06 17:06:11 -08:00
Jérôme Benoit
85a0d71c52 fix(worker_threads): off by one on threadId (#6671)
* fix(worker_threads): off by one on threadId

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: refine worker_threads threadId consistency test

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* test: improve worker_threads tests

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* test: fix worker_threads threadId consistency test

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: simplify worker_threads threadId consistency test

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: refine worker_threads threadId consistency test

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@piment-noir.org>

* refactor: cleanup import on worker_threads tests

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: switch worker_threads worker to TS

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: revert wrong refactoring

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@sap.com>

* test: format

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* test: port worker_threads worker to ESM

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* test: cleanup worker_threads test

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* test: improve worker_threads coverage

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Signed-off-by: Jérôme Benoit <jerome.benoit@piment-noir.org>
2023-10-24 17:05:22 -07:00
Dylan Conway
6c40d6f2f5 add BroadcastChannel (#3922)
* copy and format

* update `SerializedScriptValue.cpp`

* use `expect().fail()` in message channel tests

* rename `BroadcastChannelIdentifier.h`

* copy registries

* progress and tests

* cleanup

* worker and broadcast channel test

* `BroadcastChannel` ref and unref

* `MessagePort` ref, unref, and hasRef

* remove `SecurityContext.cpp/h`

* add types
2023-08-01 18:40:02 -07:00
Dylan Conway
d432448ac8 fix types and add message channel/port gc test 2023-07-28 16:55:49 -07:00
Dylan Conway
d614fdfaac MessageChannel and MessagePort (#3860)
* copy and format

* copy

* copy

* cleanup

* some tests

* spellcheck

* add types

* don't lock getting contextId

* array buffer test
2023-07-28 16:44:28 -07:00
Dylan Conway
c39c11e101 structured clone (#3637)
* copy `SerializedScriptValue`

* format

* make `SerializedScriptValue` compile

* add `transfer` option

* tests

* serialize/deserialize blobs

* tests for blobs

* serialize/deserialize file blobs

* more tests

* small cleanup

* format

* small changes + serialize offset

* slice helper

* map and set test
2023-07-14 19:37:22 -07:00