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fix(runtime): native-async promises are non-moving, their tokens are released, and a top-level await no longer parks on a settled promise (#9356) - #9520

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Fixes #9356: drizzle-orm transactions over mysql2 hang after a few hundred iterations (the promise of one pool.query never settles), and the SELECT SLEEP(0.01) variant of the same loop segfaults.

Three defects stacked on the perry-ext-mysql2 path. All three were found with an env-gated tick/wake/pump trace of the runtime on the reporter's own script (perrymaster, MySQL 8.0.46, drizzle-orm 0.44.7).

1. The hang: a native-async promise moved under the worker's raw pointer

perry_ffi_promise_new (perry-ffi's JsPromise::new) mints its promise through js_native_async_completion_new, which allocated it in the nursery. The mysql2 worker captures that address as a raw *mut Promise and resolves it later from the blocking pool. The token registry's mutable root scanner keeps the promise alive and rewrites the token's own slot when the copying minor evacuates it, but nothing can rewrite the worker's copy. Once a young collection lands while a query is in flight, the worker queues the retired from-space address; the pump then settles the stale copy (or reads whatever now lives there: a non-pending state field turns js_promise_resolve into a silent no-op) and the promise the program awaits stays pending forever. With from-space reused, the same path reads garbage, which is the segfault face.

That is exactly the reporter's characterisation: deterministic at ~195 transactions (16 MB nursery ÷ per-transaction allocation of the schema-heavy client), ~390 with a bare drizzle(pool), clean at 500 with raw mysql2 (tiny allocation per query), and independent of rows, pool size, delay and locking. Shrinking the nursery to 1 MB moves the hang to iteration 2 to 29.

Fix: token promises are allocated in malloc space (js_promise_new_cross_thread, the same reasoning as #8770's js_promise_new_for_native_resolution). Malloc space is non-moving, so every address native code captured stays valid for the token's life. Unit test pins that a token promise is not arena resident.

2. Every native call leaked its token

JsPromise::resolve_with / reject_with and the legacy resolve_* shims settle through the stdlib pump (js_stdlib_process_pending), not the token API, so the token registered at creation was never removed: one registry entry per mysql2 query (trace: 4 tokens created, 0 drained), each keeping its settled promise rooted and rewritten on every minor, and js_native_async_has_active() pinned at 1. The pump now drops the token when it settles the promise, mirroring what js_native_async_process_pending does for token-API settlements. Unit test covers the deferred path end to end.

3. Top-level await parked for a full idle budget after its promise had settled

The codegen busy-wait await (Expr::Await, non-async context) runs drain → stdlib pump → timers → js_wait_for_event. The pump delivers the native completion and the drain then runs the async chain to the point where it fulfils the awaited promise, but settlements made during a drain deliberately skip the notify (js_notify_promise_progress), so js_wait_for_event found nothing pending and parked for the whole IDLE_CAP_MS (1 s). On perrymaster that was one 1 s stall per transaction (the reporter's box wins the race with the worker's final notify more often). The loop now re-checks the promise state after the tick phases and only parks while it is still pending.

Evidence

Reporter's script (issue9356-repro.ts: drizzle(pool, { mode: "default" }), one 81-row tx.execute per transaction, top-level await loop), perrymaster, MySQL 8.0.46, perry-ext-mysql2 linked, a 5 ms interval timer running so the pre-fix stall does not dominate the timing:

build nursery result
main f1e9c37 16 MB (default) hang between transaction 350 and 375 (killed at 150 s); reporter: ~390
main f1e9c37 1 MB hang between transaction 25 and 50, twice
main f1e9c37 4 MB hang between transaction 75 and 100
main + this PR 16 MB (default) 600/600 in 0.46 s (no interval timer needed)
main + this PR 1 MB 600/600 in 0.44 s
main + this PR 4 MB 600/600 in 0.45 s

Without the interval timer (nothing else on the loop), 5 transactions took 5.0 s on main (one 1 s park per transaction, bug 3) and 600 take 0.46 s with this PR. A 20-query program exits 14 ms after pool.end() (previously the leaked tokens kept js_native_async_has_active() at 1).

Trace on main (env-gated tick/wake/pump/scanner trace, not part of this PR), 200 transactions under a 1 MB nursery: 592 token promises created, 330 of them relocated by the copying minor while registered, 0 tokens ever drained (the leak). Three times the worker queued its resolution against an address the scanner had already retired, e.g.

[atrace native_async scanner: promise MOVED 0x2dcb2e2c5d8 -> 0x2dcaaaebba8]
[atrace 22233681us] queue_deferred_resolution p=0x2dcb2e2c5d8 ok=true     <- worker, retired address
[atrace 22239183us] pump deferred p=0x2dcaaaebba8 ok=true state=0          <- 5.5 ms later

In the traced run each of the three was rescued: another collection ran in the 5 ms between queue and pump and the PENDING_DEFERRED root scan rewrote the queued slot to the new address. Without that coincidence (the untraced runs above, where queue and pump are microseconds apart) the pump settles the retired copy and the transaction never completes.

New release fixture tests/release/packages/drizzle-mysql2-tx (400 transactions under a 1 MB nursery, skips without MySQL): FAIL on 0.5.1519 (seeded, then no exit within 60 s), PASS with this PR (34 s including the compile).

Not in this PR (observed while reproducing, filed separately)

Test plan

  • cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib native_async -- --test-threads=1: 12 pass, including the new token_promise_is_allocated_outside_the_copying_nursery and gc::tests::runtime_roots::callback_scanners::test_native_async_completion_token_roots_survive_copied_minor_gc, updated to the new contract (the promise slot stays put; payload and attached-handle slots are still rewritten).
  • cargo test -p perry-stdlib --lib async_bridge -- --test-threads=1: 3 pass, including the new stdlib_pump_releases_the_native_async_token_of_a_deferred_resolution.
  • cargo test -p perry-ext-mysql2 --lib: 14 pass.
  • ./run_parity_tests.sh --filter test_async and --filter events: 100 %.
  • perrymaster, perry-ext-mysql2 linked: the reporter's script 600/600 at 16 MB / 4 MB / 1 MB nurseries; my raw pool.query, dynamic-dispatch and in-flight allocation-churn variants 400–500/400–500 under a 1 MB nursery; a 20-query program exits 14 ms after pool.end().
  • New Tier-3 fixture tests/release/packages/drizzle-mysql2-tx: FAIL on 0.5.1519, PASS with this PR.
  • scripts/raw_handle_debt.py (963, at baseline), scripts/unrooted_local_shape.py, rustfmt --check on the touched files.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved async waiting so already-completed operations resume promptly without unnecessary delays.
    • Fixed promise lifetime handling during garbage collection for native asynchronous operations.
    • Resolved a resource leak affecting repeated native calls, including database and encryption operations.
    • Improved reliability for asynchronous database transactions under frequent garbage collection.
  • Tests

    • Added release coverage for 400 MySQL transactions using Drizzle ORM and mysql2.

…released, and a top-level await no longer parks on a settled promise (PerryTS#9356)

drizzle-orm transactions over the native mysql2 binding hung after a few
hundred iterations (one pool.query promise never settled), and the same loop
with SELECT SLEEP(0.01) segfaulted. Three defects stacked on the
perry-ext-mysql2 path:

1. perry_ffi_promise_new minted its promise through
   js_native_async_completion_new, which allocated in the nursery. The worker
   thread captures that address as a raw pointer; the token registry's mutable
   scanner keeps the promise alive and rewrites the token's own slot when the
   copying minor evacuates it, but nothing can rewrite the worker's copy. The
   first young collection that landed while a query was in flight left the
   worker queueing the retired from-space address, the pump settled the stale
   copy, and the promise the program awaited stayed pending forever. Token
   promises now live in malloc space (js_promise_new_cross_thread), so the
   address native code holds never changes.

2. JsPromise::resolve_with / reject_with and the legacy resolve_* shims settle
   through the stdlib pump, not the token API, so the token registered at
   creation was never removed: one registry entry per native call, rooted and
   rewritten on every minor, and js_native_async_has_active pinned at 1. The
   pump now drops the token when it settles the promise.

3. The codegen busy-wait await (Expr::Await outside an async function) ran
   drain -> pump -> timers -> js_wait_for_event. The drain can settle the
   awaited promise itself, and settlements made during a drain deliberately
   skip the notify, so the loop parked for the full 1 s idle budget on a
   promise that was already settled. It now re-checks the state before
   parking.

Adds a Tier-3 release fixture (drizzle-mysql2-tx: 400 transactions under a
1 MB nursery) that fails on 0.5.1519 and passes here, plus unit tests for the
allocation contract and the token release.
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The change keeps native async promises in non-moving memory, releases their tokens during stdlib resolution, re-checks promise settlement before await parking, and adds runtime and MySQL2/Drizzle transaction coverage.

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Native async lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Non-moving promise allocation and token contract
crates/perry-runtime/src/promise/*, crates/perry-runtime/src/gc/tests/runtime_roots/callback_scanners.rs, crates/perry-stdlib/src/perry_ffi_async.rs
Native async completion promises use cross-thread allocation. Token presence and removal are exposed and tested. GC tests expect the promise address to remain stable.
Stdlib token release during resolution
crates/perry-stdlib/src/common/async_bridge.rs
The stdlib pump releases native async tokens after unpinning in simple and deferred resolution paths. A deferred-resolution test verifies settlement and token removal.
Await parking and transaction regression fixture
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/fs_await.rs, tests/release/packages/drizzle-mysql2-tx/*
Generated await code re-checks promise settlement before parking. A MySQL2/Drizzle fixture runs 400 transactions with frequent minor GC and validates the expected output.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 47345

This PR fixes native asynchronous transaction hangs and settled-await stalls, but the shared completion path still appears to retain per-operation token state after release, creating a bounded leak and stale-accessor risk across repeated async operations. The added MySQL release fixture also exposes its password in process arguments, so merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the three runtime fixes and references issue #9356. It is longer than preferred but remains specific and directly related to the changes.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #9356 by keeping native-async promise pointers valid across moving GC, releasing native-async tokens after settlement, and preventing top-level await from parking on an alrea…
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MYSQL_USER="${PERRY_FIXTURE_MYSQL_USER:-root}"
MYSQL_ARGS=(-h 127.0.0.1 -u "$MYSQL_USER")
if [[ -n "${PERRY_FIXTURE_MYSQL_PASSWORD:-}" ]]; then
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mysql2 + drizzle: transactions deterministically hang after ~195, independent of rows, time, pool size and locking

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