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Fixes #10302.

The bug

import libPath from "./libfoo.so" with { type: "file" }
import { dlopen, FFIType } from "bun:ffi"
dlopen(libPath, { answer: { args: [], returns: FFIType.i32 } })
Error [ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED]: Failed to open library
"$perryfs/__perry_imports/<hash>/libfoo.so": cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

An import with with { type: "file" } lowers to a $perryfs/<name> virtual path served by crate::embedded. crate::fs understands those paths; the dynamic loader does not — it needs a real filesystem path. Nothing translated between the two on the FFI path.

The change

Materialize the embedded bytes into a temp file ($TMPDIR/perry-ffi-<pid>/<name>, mode 0755) the first time a given virtual path is opened, cache the mapping for the life of the process, and hand the loader the real path. That is what a bun-compiled binary does with its own embedded libraries. Non-virtual paths pass through untouched.

The translation lives in open_library, not at the entry points. There are two — dlopen_value (bun:ffi) and node_dlopen_value (process.dlopen) — and they reach the loader with differently-shaped arguments; the first commit patched only dlopen_value and the second moved the translation down to the single choke point both reach, which is where it belongs.

Verification

New test issue_10302_dlopen_embedded_asset builds a one-symbol C dylib with the system cc, imports it with with { type: "file" }, and dlopens the embedded path. A control compiles the same program against the dylib's real path, so a failure in the embedded case cannot be blamed on the fixture or on the host's cc. Both skip (rather than fail) when cc is unavailable.

  • Sabotage (revert crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_ffi/dlopen.rs, keep the test): embedded case FAILED with exactly cannot open shared object file, control ok.
  • With the fix: both ok.
  • bun_ffi_stage1 (3 tests) and issue_6714_ffi_string_json_parse: green.

Why it matters

This is how @opentui/core ships its renderer, and therefore how OpenCode's TUI starts: the binary embeds libopentui.so and dlopens the embedded path. Tracker: #10107.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed collisions when embedded libraries share the same filename but come from different virtual paths.
    • Improved concurrent loading of embedded libraries to prevent duplicate or conflicting materialization.
    • Strengthened the security of temporary library files and their containing directories.
    • Materialization failures are now correctly reported when loading embedded libraries.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for loading embedded dynamic libraries and verifying distinct libraries with matching filenames.

Ralph Kuepper added 3 commits September 15, 2026 20:49
An import with the file type attribute lowers to a $perryfs virtual path, and
OpenTUI loads its renderer exactly that way: the binary embeds libopentui.so
and hands the path to dlopen. The dynamic loader only accepts a real
filesystem path, so the virtual one failed with "cannot open shared object
file".

Materialize the embedded bytes to a temp file once per virtual path and open
that, which is what a bun-compiled binary does with its own embedded
libraries. Non-virtual paths pass through untouched.

Fixes PerryTS#10302. Refs PerryTS#10293, PerryTS#10107.
Both dlopen entry points land in open_library, so doing the virtual-path
translation there covers node dlopen as well. Patching only the bun:ffi call
site left OpenTUI still failing to load its renderer.
Builds a one-symbol C dylib with the system cc, imports it with
`with { type: "file" }` so it lands in the binary as `$perryfs/<name>`, and
dlopens that path. The control compiles the same program against the dylib's
REAL path, so a failure in the embedded case cannot be blamed on the fixture
or on the host's cc. Both skip (rather than fail) when cc is unavailable.

Refs PerryTS#10302
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open_library now materializes embedded $perryfs/ libraries into cached executable files in a private directory before loading them. Regression tests cover embedded paths, filesystem paths, and same-basename libraries with different virtual paths.

Changes

Embedded dlopen support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Materialize embedded libraries
crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_ffi/dlopen.rs
open_library resolves virtual paths through a locked cache. Materialized filenames include a hash of the full virtual path. The runtime creates an exclusive 0700 directory and uses exclusive file creation with restrictive permissions.
Validate embedded library loading
crates/perry/tests/issue_10302_dlopen_embedded_asset.rs
The tests build C shared-library fixtures, generate Bun-compatible programs, and verify loading through embedded and real filesystem paths. A same-basename test verifies distinct virtual paths return 111 and 222 without changing the first loaded library.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant BunProgram
  participant open_library
  participant EmbeddedCache
  participant DynamicLoader
  BunProgram->>open_library: dlopen $perryfs path
  open_library->>EmbeddedCache: lookup and materialize by full virtual path
  EmbeddedCache-->>open_library: return cached filesystem path
  open_library->>DynamicLoader: load materialized library
  DynamicLoader-->>BunProgram: return loaded symbols
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 56.25% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 16 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: materializing embedded $perryfs libraries for dlopen. It is concise and specific.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the bug, implementation, related issue, verification steps, regression coverage, and user impact. It does not use every template heading or checklist item, but it provides the…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy #10302. open_library translates $perryfs/ paths before dlopen, which covers the shared path for bun:ffi and process.dlopen. materialize_virtual_library reads embedded b…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The runtime changes directly implement #10302. The tests support the embedded-library loader fix and its security and collision requirements. No unrelated product behavior or files are evidenced.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/bun_ffi/dlopen.rs`:
- Around line 592-597: Update the target construction near the path stem
extraction to include a stable hash of the full virtual path, while retaining
the stem for readability. Ensure distinct virtual paths always produce distinct
filenames in the per-process temporary directory used by the materialization
flow.
- Around line 586-617: Update open_library’s embedded-library materialization
path to serialize initialization per virtual path, covering cache lookup, file
creation/write/flush, and cache insertion before any caller can load the file.
Use the existing MATERIALIZED/cache synchronization or a per-key guard so
concurrent dlopen_value and node_dlopen_value calls cannot truncate or read the
same target concurrently.
- Around line 594-600: Update materialize_virtual_library to create its
per-process directory exclusively with unpredictable naming and mode 0700,
rejecting any pre-existing path instead of using create_dir_all. Create the
library target with exclusive, no-follow semantics (or an equivalent secure
temporary-file API) so existing symlinks or files cannot be reused before
dlopen_value loads it.

In `@crates/perry/tests/issue_10302_dlopen_embedded_asset.rs`:
- Around line 55-69: Update the fixture compilation flow around the cc Command
in the test setup to return None only when spawning cc fails with
ErrorKind::NotFound; propagate or fail the test for all other spawn errors. Also
replace the unsuccessful compiler-exit skip path with a test failure so invalid
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let out = Command::new("cc")
.current_dir(dir)
.arg("-shared")
.arg("-fPIC")
.arg("-o")
.arg(&lib_path)
.arg(&c_path)
.output()
.ok()?;
if !out.status.success() {
eprintln!(
"skipping: cc could not build the fixture dylib:\n{}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
);
return None;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Skip only when cc is unavailable.

.output().ok()? and the status check convert every compiler failure into a passing test. Invalid flags, linker failures, and permission errors can therefore remove all regression coverage without failing CI.

Return None only for ErrorKind::NotFound. Fail the test for other spawn errors and unsuccessful compiler exits.

Proposed fix
-    let out = Command::new("cc")
+    let out = match Command::new("cc")
         .current_dir(dir)
         .arg("-shared")
         .arg("-fPIC")
         .arg("-o")
         .arg(&lib_path)
         .arg(&c_path)
-        .output()
-        .ok()?;
+        .output()
+    {
+        Ok(out) => out,
+        Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return None,
+        Err(error) => panic!("failed to start cc: {error}"),
+    };
     if !out.status.success() {
-        eprintln!(
-            "skipping: cc could not build the fixture dylib:\n{}",
+        panic!(
+            "cc could not build the fixture dylib:\n{}",
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
         );
-        return None;
     }
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let out = Command::new("cc")
.current_dir(dir)
.arg("-shared")
.arg("-fPIC")
.arg("-o")
.arg(&lib_path)
.arg(&c_path)
.output()
.ok()?;
if !out.status.success() {
eprintln!(
"skipping: cc could not build the fixture dylib:\n{}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
);
return None;
let out = match Command::new("cc")
.current_dir(dir)
.arg("-shared")
.arg("-fPIC")
.arg("-o")
.arg(&lib_path)
.arg(&c_path)
.output()
{
Ok(out) => out,
Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return None,
Err(error) => panic!("failed to start cc: {error}"),
};
if !out.status.success() {
panic!(
"cc could not build the fixture dylib:\n{}",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
);
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In `@crates/perry/tests/issue_10302_dlopen_embedded_asset.rs` around lines 55 -
69, Update the fixture compilation flow around the cc Command in the test setup
to return None only when spawning cc fails with ErrorKind::NotFound; propagate
or fail the test for all other spawn errors. Also replace the unsuccessful
compiler-exit skip path with a test failure so invalid compilation, linker, or
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…ibraries

Two review findings on PerryTS#10304, both real:

1. The temp file was named after the library's BASENAME only, while the cache
   was keyed by the full virtual path. `$perryfs/a/libfoo.so` and
   `$perryfs/b/libfoo.so` therefore materialized to the same file: the second
   overwrote the first, and a later load mapped the wrong library's bytes.
   The file name now carries a hash of the full virtual path.

2. `$TMPDIR/perry-ffi-<pid>` is predictable, `create_dir_all` accepts an
   existing directory, and `File::create` follows symlinks (CWE-59). A local
   user could plant a symlink at the library's name and have the victim
   `dlopen` attacker-controlled code. The directory is now created
   EXCLUSIVELY with `create_dir` at mode 0700 under a name carrying 64 bits
   from /dev/urandom, and every file is created `O_CREAT|O_EXCL` with mode
   0700 at creation rather than chmod-ed afterwards, so there is no window in
   which another user can substitute the bytes the loader maps.

The materialization lock is now held across the whole operation: two threads
that both missed the cache would otherwise both attempt the exclusive create.

New test loads two same-named libraries from different prefixes and re-reads
the first after the second materializes. It FAILS on the previous
implementation (201s run: the two original tests pass, the collision test
fails) and passes here.

Refs PerryTS#10302.
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Both findings were real and are fixed in bcd209a.

Collision (Major). Confirmed: the cache key was the full virtual path but the file name was only the basename, so $perryfs/a/libfoo.so and $perryfs/b/libfoo.so materialized to the same file. The name now carries a hash of the full virtual path. New test same_basename_under_different_prefixes_do_not_collide builds two same-named dylibs returning different values, dlopens both, and re-reads the first after the second materializes. Against the previous implementation it FAILS while the other two tests pass — so the collision was live, not latent.

CWE-59 (Major). Also real. The directory is now created EXCLUSIVELY with create_dir (never create_dir_all) at mode 0700, under a name carrying 64 bits read from /dev/urandom, and every library file is created O_CREAT|O_EXCL with mode 0700 set at creation rather than chmod-ed afterwards. There is no longer a window in which another user can substitute the bytes the loader maps, and no predictable path to plant a symlink at.

One thing the fix required that the finding did not mention: the materialization lock is now held across the whole operation. Two threads that both missed the cache would otherwise both reach the exclusive create and one would fail.

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Verified at runtime, not just in the diff:

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 /tmp/perry-ffi-434804-91dd47bafc37fb54
-rwx------ 1 root root 15128   63fb2767bd7dd6b8-libperryembed.so

0700 on both, an unpredictable directory suffix, and the file named by a hash of the full virtual path rather than the basename. Sabotage run (previous materialization, tests unchanged): same_basename_under_different_prefixes_do_not_collide FAILED while the other two passed; with the fix all three pass.

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…ibraries

Two review findings on #10304, both real:

1. The temp file was named after the library's BASENAME only, while the cache
   was keyed by the full virtual path. `$perryfs/a/libfoo.so` and
   `$perryfs/b/libfoo.so` therefore materialized to the same file: the second
   overwrote the first, and a later load mapped the wrong library's bytes.
   The file name now carries a hash of the full virtual path.

2. `$TMPDIR/perry-ffi-<pid>` is predictable, `create_dir_all` accepts an
   existing directory, and `File::create` follows symlinks (CWE-59). A local
   user could plant a symlink at the library's name and have the victim
   `dlopen` attacker-controlled code. The directory is now created
   EXCLUSIVELY with `create_dir` at mode 0700 under a name carrying 64 bits
   from /dev/urandom, and every file is created `O_CREAT|O_EXCL` with mode
   0700 at creation rather than chmod-ed afterwards, so there is no window in
   which another user can substitute the bytes the loader maps.

The materialization lock is now held across the whole operation: two threads
that both missed the cache would otherwise both attempt the exclusive create.

New test loads two same-named libraries from different prefixes and re-reads
the first after the second materializes. It FAILS on the previous
implementation (201s run: the two original tests pass, the collision test
fails) and passes here.

Refs #10302.
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 15, 2026
`cargo fmt --all -- --check` is a `lint` step and both #10304 and #10307 fail
it: the `MATERIALIZED` OnceLock declaration and one `assert_eq!` in the global
alias test are wrapped by hand where rustfmt wants different breaks. No code
changes, only whitespace.
proggeramlug pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 15, 2026
Each PR changes `crates/`, so the changeset gate requires a
`changelog.d/<PR>-<slug>.md` fragment and fails without one; none of the three
shipped it. The fragments are keyed to the source PR numbers, not this train's,
so the release notes attribute each change to the PR that made it.
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Landed via merge train #10313 (v0.5.1578). All source commits preserve authorship; merged main matches the validated train exactly.

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