Remove dead code from the libuv stub headers, bun-error, bun_zlib_sys and misc crates - #39574
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libuv stubs (src/jsc/bindings/libuv): this directory is only on the
include path for non-Windows builds, and bun builds for linux, macOS and
FreeBSD. uv/win.h (and uv/tree.h, which only win.h included) is never
reached, and uv/sunos.h, os390.h, aix.h and posix.h are only selected on
platforms bun does not build for. Delete them and the include branches
that selected them.
packages/bun-error: the dev error page only calls the function behind
Symbol.for("Bun__renderFallbackError"). renderRuntimeError, the state
dismissError kept for it, and the two modules only it used (sourcemap.ts
and stack-trace-parser.ts) have no callers. This is the follow-up named
in #37081.
bun_zlib_sys: every declaration in posix.rs and win32.rs was unused. The
only consumer, bun_zlib, used the two modules as re-exports of the types
in shared.rs, so it now imports from shared directly and the per-platform
modules are gone.
The remaining changes delete items that rustc reports as dead once they
are no longer exported: unused extern declarations in bun_zlib,
bun_libdeflate_sys, bun_mimalloc_sys, bun_cares_sys and bun_windows_sys,
the deprecated to_css tombstones on the selector types, zstd::decompress,
default_alloc::calloc, GenericIndexInt::from_usize, JsSinkType::done and
FileCloser::update with their implementations, ReadableStream::to_js and
node_fs::Null::to_js.
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Updated 1:40 PM PT - Aug 18th, 2026
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WalkthroughThe PR removes runtime error remapping, stack parsing, unused sink and helper methods, obsolete FFI declarations, unsupported libuv platform headers, platform-specific zlib modules, and direct-buffer zstd decompression. ChangesRuntime error pipeline
Runtime sink interfaces
Libuv platform bindings
FFI and compression bindings
Rust and CSS helper APIs
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In `@src/runtime/webcore/Blob.rs`:
- Around line 7103-7104: Update the impl_file_closer! macro contract
documentation near the listed state fields to retain the requirement that each
macro user provide an inherent update function, matching the generated
$T::update call. Do not alter the generated call unless the contract is
intentionally being removed.
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packages/bun-error/index.tsxpackages/bun-error/schema.tspackages/bun-error/sourcemap.tspackages/bun-error/stack-trace-parser.tssrc/bun_alloc/lib.rssrc/bun_core/Global.rssrc/bun_core/util.rssrc/cares_sys/c_ares.rssrc/css/selectors/parser.rssrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/aix.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/os390.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/posix.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/sunos.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/tree.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/unix.hsrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/win.hsrc/jsc/bindings/uv-posix-polyfills.csrc/libdeflate_sys/libdeflate.rssrc/mimalloc_sys/mimalloc.rssrc/runtime/api/html_rewriter.rssrc/runtime/node/node_fs.rssrc/runtime/webcore/ArrayBufferSink.rssrc/runtime/webcore/Blob.rssrc/runtime/webcore/FileSink.rssrc/runtime/webcore/ReadableStream.rssrc/runtime/webcore/Sink.rssrc/runtime/webcore/blob/read_file.rssrc/runtime/webcore/fetch/FetchRequestBodySink.rssrc/runtime/webcore/streams.rssrc/windows_sys/externs.rssrc/zlib/lib.rssrc/zlib_sys/lib.rssrc/zlib_sys/posix.rssrc/zlib_sys/shared.rssrc/zlib_sys/win32.rssrc/zstd/lib.rs
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- src/jsc/bindings/uv-posix-polyfills.c
- src/zlib_sys/posix.rs
- src/runtime/node/node_fs.rs
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/os390.h
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/posix.h
- src/zlib_sys/lib.rs
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/sunos.h
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/aix.h
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/unix.h
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/tree.h
- src/cares_sys/c_ares.rs
- src/zlib_sys/win32.rs
- src/jsc/bindings/libuv/uv/win.h
- src/css/selectors/parser.rs
- src/windows_sys/externs.rs
- packages/bun-error/sourcemap.ts
- src/runtime/webcore/streams.rs
- src/bun_core/util.rs
- src/runtime/webcore/ArrayBufferSink.rs
- packages/bun-error/stack-trace-parser.ts
- src/bun_alloc/lib.rs
- src/runtime/webcore/ReadableStream.rs
- src/mimalloc_sys/mimalloc.rs
- src/runtime/webcore/fetch/FetchRequestBodySink.rs
- src/libdeflate_sys/libdeflate.rs
- src/runtime/webcore/FileSink.rs
- src/runtime/webcore/blob/read_file.rs
- packages/bun-error/index.tsx
- src/runtime/api/html_rewriter.rs
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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it spans 37 files across a dozen crates plus vendored libuv stub headers and the bundled bun-error package, a human look would still be worthwhile — particularly to confirm dropping the renderRuntimeError export from bun-error is desired.
What was reviewed:
- Confirmed
src/jsc/bindings/libuv/is only on the include path for non-Windows (scripts/build/flags.ts:1568), souv/win.h/tree.hand the AIX/Solaris/z/OS/posix headers are unreachable. - Grepped for every removed Rust item (
mi_thread_set_in_threadpool,SetHandleInformation,ares_strerror,from_usize,libdeflate_deflate_decompress, etc.) — remaining hits are local extern re-declarations, C++ callers, or comments; none reach the deleted declarations. - Verified
FileCloser::updateandJsSinkType::doneare not invoked by any trait default body or theSink.rsglue;read_file.rs:805calls the inherentReadFile::update, not the trait method. - Confirmed
bun_zlib_sys::{posix,win32}re-exportedshared.rstypes verbatim, sobun_zlib's new directuse bun_zlib_sys::shared::...resolves to the same definitions.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
This PR is a pure dead-code deletion across four areas: (1) six libuv stub headers for platforms Bun does not build (Windows-via-stubs, AIX, Solaris, z/OS, and the generic posix.h fallback), plus the matching commented-out branches in uv-posix-polyfills.c; (2) the renderRuntimeError path in packages/bun-error and the two modules only it imported; (3) the bun_zlib_sys::{posix,win32} extern modules, replaced by direct imports from shared.rs; and (4) about twenty unused pub items scattered across bun_alloc, bun_core, bun_cares_sys, bun_mimalloc_sys, bun_libdeflate_sys, bun_windows_sys, bun_css, bun_zstd, and bun_runtime (trait methods JsSinkType::done and FileCloser::update with their overrides, ReadableStream::to_js, Null::to_js, and assorted extern declarations).
Security risks
None. Every hunk removes code; nothing is added except a one-line comment in uv.h and updated comments in shared.rs/schema.ts/Blob.rs. No behavioral guards, validation, or error paths are weakened.
Level of scrutiny
Medium-high, driven by breadth rather than depth. Each individual deletion is trivial to verify, and the PR description documents a rigorous methodology (make items crate-private → let rustc's dead_code lint find them across five targets and three cfgs → grep codegen/*.classes.ts/src/js/C++ bindings). I spot-checked the claims most likely to be wrong: the libuv include-path gating (scripts/build/flags.ts:1568 confirms non-Windows only), mi_thread_set_in_threadpool (ThreadPool.rs declares its own local extern at line 1155), FileCloser::update (no caller in the trait's default bodies; the this.update() at read_file.rs:805 is on ReadFile, calling an inherent method), Null::to_js (Null implements FsReturn::fs_to_js at node_fs.rs:1133, which is what codegen uses), and renderRuntimeError/sourcemap.ts/stack-trace-parser.ts (no remaining references anywhere in the repo). The bun_zlib_sys collapse is type-preserving: the removed platform modules pub used everything from shared.rs, and bun_zlib now imports from shared directly.
Other factors
The PR touches sink infrastructure, blob file-close plumbing, and vendored headers — all areas where a stale pointer to a removed item would only surface at link time or on a specific platform. The author reports bun run rust:check-all (12/12), cargo check --workspace --all-targets, the Windows shim crate check, a full bun bd, and a targeted test matrix all pass. The PR also explicitly parks larger judgment calls (v8 protocol, h3blast, streams-era private globals) for a maintainer rather than deleting them, and cross-references 19 open dead-code PRs to avoid overlap. Given the 37-file surface area and the export-shape change to the bundled bun-error package, a maintainer sign-off is appropriate even though I found nothing wrong.
…e_closer docs accurate The test extracts the bundle the 500 page inlines, evaluates it outside a browser, and checks that it registers the renderer and that dismissError is a no-op when nothing is rendered. impl_file_closer! still calls the inherent update() from its close trampoline, so the requirement stays in its documentation.
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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it removes code across ~10 subsystems (bun-error UI, libuv stub headers, sink/FileCloser traits, zlib_sys, and assorted FFI crates) and the description itself flags several adjacent judgment calls for a maintainer, a human look would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
- Confirmed
src/jsc/bindings/libuvis unix-only inscripts/build/flags.ts, sowin.h/tree.hand the AIX/SunOS/z-OS/posix headers were unreachable. - Checked
impl_file_closer!still calls the inherent$T::updateand its doc was updated (CodeRabbit thread resolved);generate-jssink.tsnever referencesdone. - Grepped for remaining callers of
renderRuntimeError,bun_zlib_sys::{posix,win32}, and each removed FFI symbol —mi_thread_set_in_threadpoolinThreadPool.rshas its own local extern, andmi_heap_collecthits are comments.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
This PR deletes dead code across 38 files: six unreachable libuv stub headers (win.h, tree.h, aix.h, sunos.h, os390.h, posix.h), the renderRuntimeError path and its two supporting modules from packages/bun-error, the bun_zlib_sys::{posix,win32} modules, and a set of unused pub items across bun_alloc, bun_core, bun_css, bun_runtime (sink and FileCloser trait methods), and several *_sys crates. It also rewires bun_zlib to import types directly from bun_zlib_sys::shared and adds a test that the dev-error-page bundle still evaluates and registers Bun__renderFallbackError.
Security risks
None. The changes are purely subtractive (deleting unreferenced declarations, headers, and functions) plus one import-path rewiring that resolves to the same types. No new input parsing, no auth/crypto, no privilege changes.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate-to-high, driven by breadth rather than depth. Each individual deletion is mechanical and the verification methodology is unusually thorough (rustc dead-code check across 12 targets + cfg combinations, codegen/*.classes.ts/src/js/C++ greps, cross-checked against 19 open PRs). But the change spans the dev-error-page UI, the sink/FileCloser trait surface used by every native sink, libuv N-API stub headers, and several FFI crates — enough distinct subsystems that a maintainer should confirm the direction, especially the renderRuntimeError removal (noted as a #37081 follow-up) and the trait-method deletions.
Other factors
- The bug-hunting system found nothing. My spot-checks confirmed the key claims: the libuv stub include path is unix-only in
scripts/build/flags.ts:1568;generate-jssink.tsnever referencesdone;impl_file_closer!calls the inherent$T::update(not the removed trait forwarder), and the macro doc was updated per the resolved CodeRabbit thread;ThreadPool.rsdeclares its ownmi_thread_set_in_threadpoolextern so removing themimalloc_syscopy is fine;renderRuntimeErrorandbun_zlib_sys::{posix,win32}have no remaining references. - The new
serve.test.tscase parses the exact line structure of the inlined<script type="module">indev-error-page.html, which is a bit tightly coupled to that template — worth a quick look. - The PR description explicitly lists "judgment calls for a maintainer" on adjacent candidates (v8 inspector protocol,
h3blast,runtime-error.ts, streams-era private globals), reinforcing that a human should sign off on where the line was drawn.
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are you sure the bun-error code is dead? i thought we use that when there's a runtime error when development: true is set?
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Yes, that page is still used, and this PR keeps it. The package has two entry points, and only one of them has a caller. The
So the removal is about 680 of the package's roughly 2850 lines: that one function, the two modules only it imported, and the abort bookkeeping in If you would rather keep a client-side entry point around for a future use, I can drop the |
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src/jsc/bindings/libuv/is only on the include path for non-Windows builds (scripts/build/flags.ts, "libuv stubs for unix").uv/win.h(703 lines) anduv/tree.h(512 lines, included only bywin.h) are never reached.uv/sunos.h,uv/os390.h,uv/aix.handuv/posix.hare selected byuv/unix.honly on Solaris, z/OS, AIX, IBM i, Cygwin, Haiku, QNX and Hurd. Bun builds for linux, macOS and FreeBSD.packages/bun-erroris embedded in the dev error page (src/runtime/server/dev-error-page.html). The page calls the function behindSymbol.for("Bun__renderFallbackError")and nothing else.renderRuntimeError, the abort statedismissErrorkept for it, and the two modules only it imported (sourcemap.ts,stack-trace-parser.ts) have no callers. serve: JSON payload for the development error page, restoring stack traces #37081 lists this path as a follow-up.bun_zlib_sys::posixandbun_zlib_sys::win32declare zlib functions that nothing calls.bun_zlibdeclares its own. The only use of the two modules was as re-exports of the types inshared.rs.pubitems in other crates has no user in any crate. rustc cannot report them becausepubitems count as used.Fix
uv.hnow includesuv/unix.hdirectly.uv/unix.hkeeps the linux, darwin and BSD branches.uv-posix-polyfills.cdrops the commented-out copies of the removed branches.renderRuntimeError,sourcemap.tsandstack-trace-parser.ts.dismissErrorkeeps the part that removes the overlay.runtime-error.tsstays (it has a test).bun_zlib_sys/posix.rsandwin32.rs.bun_zlibimports the types frombun_zlib_sys::shared, which is where the removed modules took them from.Verification:
bun_debugandbun_asancfgs), aarch64 linux, x86_64 musl, x86_64 Windows and aarch64 macOS.src/codegen/, the*.classes.tsfiles,src/js/and the C++ bindings. Items that a codegen template can emit were kept.bun run rust:check-all: 12 of 12 targets pass.cargo check --workspace --all-targetspasses (benches and unit tests still compile).cargo check -p bun_shim_impl --features shim_standalonefor the Windows target passes.bun bdbuilds. The build recompilesuv-posix-stubs.canduv-posix-polyfills.cagainst the trimmeduv.h, and rebuilds the bun-error bundle, which no longer exportsrenderRuntimeError.test/js/bun/http/serve.test.ts: it takes the bun-error bundle out of a real 500 page, evaluates it outside a browser, and checks that the bundle registers the renderer and thatdismissErroris a no-op when nothing is rendered. This is the surface thepackages/bun-errorchange touches.bun bd testpasses fortest/js/bun/http/serve.test.ts -t "dev error page"(including the new test),test/js/bun/runtime-error.test.ts,test/js/bun/util/{zstd,arraybuffersink,filesink}.test.ts,test/js/node/zlib/deflate-streaming.test.ts,test/js/web/encoding/text-{encoder,decoder}.test.*,test/js/workerd/html-rewriter.test.js,test/js/bun/css/nth-anplusb-ident.test.ts,test/js/web/fetch/blob.test.tsandtest/internal/source-lints/dead-code-escapes.test.ts.cargo fmt --check, clang-format on the touched C file and prettier on the touched TypeScript files pass.Removed Rust items
bun_zlib_sys: modulesposixandwin32(struct_gz_header_s,gz_header,gz_headerp,in_func,out_func, and thedeflate*,inflate*,compress*,uncompress,adler32,crc32,zlibVersiondeclarations),shared::voidpf.bun_zlib: declarationscompress,compressBound,uncompress, and theinternalmodule that selected between the two removed modules.bun_zstd:decompress(every caller usesdecompress_append).bun_libdeflate_sys:libdeflate_deflate_decompress(the_exvariant is the one in use).bun_mimalloc_sys:mi_strdup,mi_heap_collect,mi_thread_set_in_threadpool.bun_cares_sys:ares_strerror.bun_windows_sys:SetHandleInformation,closesocket.bun_alloc:default_alloc::calloc.bun_core:GenericIndexInt::from_usizeand its macro-generated implementations.bun_css: the four deprecatedto_cssmethods onGenericSelectorList,GenericSelector,GenericComponentandCombinator. Their bodies wereunreachable!(); the serializer functions replaced them.bun_runtime:JsSinkType::doneand its six overrides,FileCloser::updateand its implementations,ReadableStream::to_js,node_fs::Null::to_js.Overlap with open pull requests
The deletions here were checked against the open dead-code pull requests (#35437, #35775, #35880, #36115, #36237, #37012, #37149, #37181, #37208, #37301, #37454, #37659, #37788, #38005, #38900, #39319, #39561) and against #38958 and #35075. Nothing deleted here is deleted by any of them. Candidates they already cover were left out:
src/jsc/bindgen.rs(#37149), the deadpub usere-exports (#39319), the simdutf big-endian and UTF-32 wrappers (#38958), and the items named in the skip lists of the others. Some files here (bun_alloc/lib.rs,bun_core/util.rs,libdeflate.rs,mimalloc.rs,node_fs.rs,Blob.rs,FileSink.rs,ReadableStream.rs,streams.rs,windows_sys/externs.rs) are also touched by open pull requests in different hunks. #36437 editspackages/bun-errorfrom a base that predates #37081; it changes one import line instack-trace-parser.tsand keepsrenderRuntimeError, so it does not overlap with this deletion but will need a rebase.Found but not deleted (judgment calls for a maintainer)
packages/bun-inspector-protocol/src/protocol/v8/(about 32,600 lines): not exported by the package index since 2023 and regenerated only with the opt-in--v8flag ofscripts/generate-protocol.ts. bun-inspector-protocol: regenerate the JSC protocol snapshot from the pinned WebKit #39110 kept the flag, so this needs a decision.packages/h3blast(1,468 lines) andpackages/bun-build-mdx-rs(558 lines): nothing in the repository references them. They may be kept on purpose as a load generator and a proof of concept.packages/bun-error/runtime-error.tsis unused by the page but covered bytest/js/bun/runtime-error.test.ts. The four images inpackages/bun-error/img/are referenced only by the source glob inscripts/glob-sources.ts.HotReloadTaskViewinsrc/jsc/hot_reloader.rs: bothreloadimplementations ignore the task, andVirtualMachine::reloadignores itsOption<HotReloadTask>argument. Removing the plumbing is a small refactor rather than a deletion.react_compiler/compile_result.rshas constructors and fields with no users, but the file says the types are waiting to be wired up.BunBuiltinNames.h(makeGetterTypeError,makeDOMException,addAbortAlgorithmToSignal,removeAbortAlgorithmFromSignal,isAbortSignal,createUninitializedArrayBuffer, about 100 lines ofZigGlobalObject.cpp) have no JS callers. Both files are being edited by several open dead-code pull requests, so they were left for a later run.Background
dead_codelint treats everypubitem in a library crate as used, because another crate could import it. In this workspace every crate is an implementation detail of one binary, so apubitem with no importer in any crate is dead in the same sense as a private one. Making such items crate-private for one compile lets rustc report the ones with no users at all. The visibility changes themselves are not part of this pull request.uv-posix-stubs.canduv-posix-polyfills*.c, which are compiled against the copied headers insrc/jsc/bindings/libuv/. On Windows the real libuv is linked and that directory is not used.JsSinkTypeis the Rust trait behind the native sink classes (FileSink,ArrayBufferSink, the HTTP response sinks). Its methods are called from the shared sink glue inSink.rs;donewas declared there but the glue never called it.no test proof · iteration 1 · Platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine. Deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/http/serve.test.ts