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Fixes #10939.

The bug

array_front_offset is array_physical_capacity - capacity, so logical element zero of an ordered keys array sits past the header whenever the front has been consumed — a dense-queue shift, a GC_ARRAY_NAMED_PROPS reserve, #9019's reserved-floor seed, or a size-class round-up on its own. Four sites computed the element base by hand:

let src_data = (keys as *const u8).add(8) as *const f64;
let dst_data = (cloned as *mut u8).add(8) as *mut f64;
site what it does
object/object_ops/keys_array.rs clone-before-mutate for defineProperty
object/field_set_by_name/tail.rs ×2 clone-before-push, [[Set]] growth
object/field_get_set/ic_miss.rs key scan on the miss path (read only)

Why the three copy sites are worse than a bad read

The destination publishes its prefix as a region the collector walks as heap pointers. Copying from the wrong base does not merely lose a key — it promises the collector that ArrayHeader and front-reserve words are pointers. Two symptoms, in this order: a missing property now, and a SIGSEGV inside a later collection whose backtrace names something unrelated (the one in the issue landed in a URLSearchParams shape probe).

The change

Each copy resolves the source through keys_array_dense_slots, takes the destination through array_elements_ptr, and clamps to the slots that actually exist instead of trusting the shape's count — a source shorter than the count means the shape is already lying, and publishing uninitialised words as traced pointers is the failure this fixes. A debug_assert_eq! makes that divergence loud rather than silent. ic_miss.rs uses keys_array_dense_slots_resolved, which is the accessor for a keys pointer read out of a live descriptor on the same straight-line path.

This is the pattern object/dictionary.rs::copy_key_list_into already uses, for the same reason.

Witness, and it can fail

object::keys_front_offset_tests builds the precondition through a real runtime path rather than a hand-built header: it shifts a dense array, which hands the vacated slot to the front offset instead of moving the survivors. It then asserts the premise (array_elements_ptr and header + 8 must disagree, or the test proves nothing), installs the array as a receiver's key list, stamps GC_FLAG_SHAPE_SHARED, and appends one key by name.

Reverting the four sites reddens it by name:

assertion `left == right` failed: the clone copied from `header + 8` instead of
the array's element base: the consumed front slot came back as a key and the
last real key was dropped (#10939)

Suite

cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib -- --test-threads=1, on both arms:
4218 passed / 0 failed / 6 ignored (4215 baseline + the 3 tests these two branches add; the sabotage arm differs only in the expected reddening).

Base: 0fa391529 (train 253, v0.5.1633).

Owner note from the issue: object_ops/keys_array.rs and the tail.rs sites sit in step 2.5's area (#10868); this is memory safety and lands ahead of it, as the issue asked.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed property lookups for arrays whose internal key storage has a nonzero front offset.
    • Corrected key-array cloning and updates to preserve all keys and maintain their order.
    • Prevented properties from being incorrectly resolved through the prototype chain.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for appending keys after front elements have been removed.

…10939)

`array_front_offset` is `array_physical_capacity - capacity`, so logical
element zero sits past the header for any ordered keys array whose front has
been consumed: a dense-queue shift, a `GC_ARRAY_NAMED_PROPS` reserve, #9019's
reserved-floor seed, or a size-class round-up on its own. Four sites computed
the element base by hand as `header + 8` instead of asking
`keys_array_dense_slots` / `array_elements_ptr`:

* `object_ops/keys_array.rs` - clone-before-mutate for `defineProperty`
* `field_set_by_name/tail.rs` x2 - clone-before-push on `[[Set]]` growth
* `field_get_set/ic_miss.rs` - the key scan on the miss path (read only)

The three copy sites are worse than a bad read. Their destination publishes
its prefix as a region the collector walks as heap pointers, so copying from
the wrong base does not merely lose a key - it promises the collector that
`ArrayHeader` and front-reserve words are pointers. Two symptoms in order: a
missing property now, and a SIGSEGV inside a later collection with a
backtrace naming something unrelated (one landed in a URLSearchParams shape
probe).

Each copy now resolves the source through `keys_array_dense_slots`, takes the
destination through `array_elements_ptr`, and clamps to the slots that
actually exist rather than trusting the shape's count - a source shorter than
the count means the shape is already lying, and publishing uninitialised
words as traced pointers is the failure this fixes.

Witness: `object::keys_front_offset_tests` builds the precondition through a
real runtime path (a dense-queue shift consumes the front), installs the
array as a receiver's key list, marks it `GC_FLAG_SHAPE_SHARED`, and appends
one key by name. Reverting the four sites reddens it by name: the consumed
front slot comes back as a key and the last real key is dropped.

Suite: 4218 passed / 0 failed / 6 ignored, `--test-threads=1`, both arms.
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The change replaces fixed header + 8 keys-array access with resolved dense-slot access. Clone paths now copy bounded, bit-preserving values. The change adds a regression test for arrays with consumed front slots.

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Keys-array front-offset handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Correct keys-array cloning
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/object_ops/keys_array.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_set_by_name/tail.rs
Clone paths resolve source and destination slots, clamp the copied count, preserve NaN-boxed bits, and publish the copied length.
Correct own-key scanning
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/field_get_set/ic_miss.rs
The own-key scan uses resolved dense slots and limits scanning to the available slot count.
Front-offset regression coverage
crates/perry-runtime/src/object/keys_front_offset_tests.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/object/mod.rs
A test consumes one front slot, triggers clone-before-push, and verifies the remaining and appended keys. The test module is registered under cfg(test).

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f5d63

Add an IC-miss read assertion for the consumed-front setup so this own-property lookup fix remains protected against regression before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the runtime bug, the incorrect header + 8 assumption, the scope across four sites, and the linked issue.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides a detailed bug summary, affected sites, implementation rationale, related issue, regression-test coverage, and test results. It does not reproduce the template headings or che…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #10939 requires canonical source and destination accessors at four sites, bounded copying, count consistency checks, and coverage of the affected paths. The change updates `object_ops/keys_array…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes stay within issue #10939. They modify the four affected keys-array paths, register a focused regression test, and add helpers required by that test. No unrelated behavior or files are iden…
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/keys_front_offset_tests.rs`:
- Around line 89-90: Extend the consumed-front keys test around
js_array_shift_f64 to call js_object_get_field_ic_miss for a surviving key and
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Comment on lines +89 to +90
let added = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(b"fo_d".as_ptr(), 4);
js_object_set_field_by_name(obj, added, 4.0);

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Add IC-miss coverage for the consumed-front keys array.

The regression test checks key_names and the [[Set]] append. It does not call js_object_get_field_ic_miss, which reaches get_field_ic_miss_impl. Add a read of a surviving key through that entry point after js_array_shift_f64 and assert its value.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/keys_front_offset_tests.rs` around lines 89 -
90, Extend the consumed-front keys test around js_array_shift_f64 to call
js_object_get_field_ic_miss for a surviving key and assert the returned value,
covering the get_field_ic_miss_impl path while preserving the existing key_names
and [[Set]] append checks.

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proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Three new bare GcHeader casts failed `scripts/addr_class_inventory.py`, a
required `lint` gate. One is expressible through the canonical predicate and is
converted; two are not, and carry written justifications rather than a blanket
silence:

* shared_sab.rs (test read) -> `try_read_gc_header`, exactly as
  object::tombstone_tests reads a keys array's flags.
* shared_sab.rs (header INITIALISATION) -> allowlisted. Every addr_class
  predicate is a read-side check on an address of unknown provenance; none can
  express writing a header onto a block this function just alloc_zeroed'd.
* keys_front_offset_tests.rs (test flag WRITE) -> allowlisted.
  `try_read_gc_header` returns a shared reference and cannot express the write;
  same discipline as the box/release_tests.rs entry.

Also lowers the ratchet baseline by 10 sites across 8 entries, which the audit
asked for: #10935's ownership gate, #10948's keys-array fix, this train's
null_stub reconciliation and the earlier binding removals all deleted sites.
Verified mechanically that no entry rose and none was added -- the ratchet only
tightened.
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Three new bare GcHeader casts failed `scripts/addr_class_inventory.py`, a
required `lint` gate. One is expressible through the canonical predicate and is
converted; two are not, and carry written justifications rather than a blanket
silence:

* shared_sab.rs (test read) -> `try_read_gc_header`, exactly as
  object::tombstone_tests reads a keys array's flags.
* shared_sab.rs (header INITIALISATION) -> allowlisted. Every addr_class
  predicate is a read-side check on an address of unknown provenance; none can
  express writing a header onto a block this function just alloc_zeroed'd.
* keys_front_offset_tests.rs (test flag WRITE) -> allowlisted.
  `try_read_gc_header` returns a shared reference and cannot express the write;
  same discipline as the box/release_tests.rs entry.

Also lowers the ratchet baseline by 10 sites across 8 entries, which the audit
asked for: #10935's ownership gate, #10948's keys-array fix, this train's
null_stub reconciliation and the earlier binding removals all deleted sites.
Verified mechanically that no entry rose and none was added -- the ratchet only
tightened.
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Three new bare GcHeader casts failed `scripts/addr_class_inventory.py`, a
required `lint` gate. One is expressible through the canonical predicate and is
converted; two are not, and carry written justifications rather than a blanket
silence:

* shared_sab.rs (test read) -> `try_read_gc_header`, exactly as
  object::tombstone_tests reads a keys array's flags.
* shared_sab.rs (header INITIALISATION) -> allowlisted. Every addr_class
  predicate is a read-side check on an address of unknown provenance; none can
  express writing a header onto a block this function just alloc_zeroed'd.
* keys_front_offset_tests.rs (test flag WRITE) -> allowlisted.
  `try_read_gc_header` returns a shared reference and cannot express the write;
  same discipline as the box/release_tests.rs entry.

Also lowers the ratchet baseline by 10 sites across 8 entries, which the audit
asked for: #10935's ownership gate, #10948's keys-array fix, this train's
null_stub reconciliation and the earlier binding removals all deleted sites.
Verified mechanically that no entry rose and none was added -- the ratchet only
tightened.
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 22, 2026
Three new bare GcHeader casts failed `scripts/addr_class_inventory.py`, a
required `lint` gate. One is expressible through the canonical predicate and is
converted; two are not, and carry written justifications rather than a blanket
silence:

* shared_sab.rs (test read) -> `try_read_gc_header`, exactly as
  object::tombstone_tests reads a keys array's flags.
* shared_sab.rs (header INITIALISATION) -> allowlisted. Every addr_class
  predicate is a read-side check on an address of unknown provenance; none can
  express writing a header onto a block this function just alloc_zeroed'd.
* keys_front_offset_tests.rs (test flag WRITE) -> allowlisted.
  `try_read_gc_header` returns a shared reference and cannot express the write;
  same discipline as the box/release_tests.rs entry.

Also lowers the ratchet baseline by 10 sites across 8 entries, which the audit
asked for: #10935's ownership gate, #10948's keys-array fix, this train's
null_stub reconciliation and the earlier binding removals all deleted sites.
Verified mechanically that no entry rose and none was added -- the ratchet only
tightened.
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Landed on main in merge train 255 (#10950, v0.5.1636), main c7cbc3c73b.

The train carried this PR at head f5d635a9f4. The landed tree is byte-identical to the validated train tree (d43bd23008), and CI on the train head passed every job except the known public-baseline lint step. Trains rebase-merge, which gives new commit SHAs, so GitHub can't mark this PR merged. It's closed as landed.

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Keys-array elements copied at a hand-computed header + 8 in four places — SIGSEGV during collection on a grow-forward or reserved-floor array

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