fix(runtime): a primitive is never instanceof a native class (#11261) - #11271
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The native brand probes behind instanceof EventEmitter (and net.Socket, AsyncLocalStorage, http.Agent, ...) resolve their operand through small_native_handle_id, which also accepts a plain positive integral number as a handle id. A number equal to a live emitter's handle id was therefore an EventEmitter. Apply OrdinaryHasInstance step 3 in both instanceof entry points, after a user Symbol.hasInstance has had its turn.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe runtime now rejects primitive left operands during static and dynamic ChangesPrimitive instanceof
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Ready to merge once CI is clean. Fixes #11261. This isn't a new regression: since 297401e (2026-05-31), native |
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/instanceof/dynamic_dispatch.rs`:
- Around line 85-90: Update the `instanceof` dispatch around
`instanceof_lhs_is_primitive` to detect bound-function wrappers and delegate to
their target before applying the primitive `OrdinaryHasInstance` guard. Preserve
target-owned `Symbol.hasInstance` behavior by routing delegation through the
existing dynamic `instanceof` path.
In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/instanceof/static_dispatch.rs`:
- Around line 85-86: Update both `instanceof` dispatch paths to run the
registered stream kind probe before rejecting primitive values, so numeric Web
Stream handles can match the expected kind. Keep ordinary Numbers false unless
the probe recognizes their IDs as the expected stream kind, including when
constructors are accessed through aliases.
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Delegate instanceof through bound targets.
js_function_bind creates a callable BOUND_FUNCTION_FUNC_PTR wrapper and stores its target in capture slot 0. The primitive guard returns false for this wrapper before js_instanceof_dynamic_tail runs. The tail does not delegate to the bound target, so a target-owned Symbol.hasInstance hook can be skipped. For example, 4 instanceof Even.bind(null) can return false instead of using Even[Symbol.hasInstance]. Add bound-target delegation before applying the primitive OrdinaryHasInstance rule.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/instanceof/dynamic_dispatch.rs` around lines
85 - 90, Update the `instanceof` dispatch around `instanceof_lhs_is_primitive`
to detect bound-function wrappers and delegate to their target before applying
the primitive `OrdinaryHasInstance` guard. Preserve target-owned
`Symbol.hasInstance` behavior by routing delegation through the existing dynamic
`instanceof` path.
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Allow numeric Web Stream handles to reach the native kind probe.
Web Stream constructors return registry IDs as ordinary f64 values. instanceof_lhs_is_primitive classifies these values as Numbers. Both guards return false before the registered-handle probe runs, so valid ReadableStream, WritableStream, and TransformStream values can fail instanceof, including constructor aliases.
Run the registered stream kind probe before primitive rejection in both dispatch paths. Keep ordinary Numbers false by accepting only IDs that the probe recognizes as the expected stream kind.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/instanceof/static_dispatch.rs` around lines
85 - 86, Update both `instanceof` dispatch paths to run the registered stream
kind probe before rejecting primitive values, so numeric Web Stream handles can
match the expected kind. Keep ordinary Numbers false unless the probe recognizes
their IDs as the expected stream kind, including when constructors are accessed
through aliases.
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Fixes #11261
Bisect result: no culprit commit in the reported range
The failure depends on how
node:eventsis linked, not on a recent commit.perry-ext-events(well-knownrouting, which is what the harness and CI use): emitter handle ids start at0x38000.test_gap_10556_instanceof_native_emitterpasses at410b7fa10, with and without auto-optimize.PERRY_DISABLE_WELL_KNOWN=1, or a no-auto build that ends up without the ext archive): emitter handle ids start at 1, so the test'srt(3)is a live emitter's id. The test fails at410b7fa10, at92f70c29a(the good endpoint in the issue, 2026-09-24 02:42), and atc639fd63a, the commit that added the test (2026-09-18).So in the stdlib-emitter configuration the test has failed since it was added, and in the ext-routed configuration it has never failed. The "regression" in the issue came from a build environment where
eventswas not routed to the ext wrapper. I did not do a fullgit bisect, because the verified "good" endpoint was bad in the configuration that reproduces the failure.The underlying defect is older than both.
small_native_handle_id(crates/perry-runtime/src/object/instanceof.rs) was introduced in 297401e (2026-05-31) and has accepted a plain positive integral number as a registry handle id since then. Every native brand probe behindinstanceofuses it: EventEmitter, EventEmitterAsyncResource, AsyncLocalStorage, net.Socket, http(s).Agent and others. Any number equal to a live handle id is therefore "an instance". In the ext-routed build,229376 instanceof EventEmitteristrueon main today.Fix
This implements OrdinaryHasInstance step 3 ("if Type(O) is not Object, return false") in both
instanceofentry points:js_instanceof(static RHS): the check runs after the two userSymbol.hasInstancehook forms, so a user hook can still answertruefor a primitive. It runs before every native brand probe.js_instanceof_dynamic: the check runs after the own-@@hasInstanceoverride. It applies only when the RHS is callable, so a non-callable RHS still throwsTypeError(test_gap_10479_instanceof_value_kindscaught this in an earlier revision). It skips class refs and class objects, which forward tojs_instanceofso the class's lifted static hook runs first.The new
instanceof_lhs_is_primitivedecides from the tag alone, with no dereference, so the fast path stays cheap. It treats as primitive: undefined, null, booleans, heap and inline strings, bigints, IEEE doubles, and INT32 values that are not registered class refs. It does not classify:Tests
test-files/test_gap_11261_primitive_instanceof_native.ts:[1, 0x40000)againstEventEmitter, with both a static and a dynamic RHS, so it fails in both link configurations.Function.prototype[Symbol.hasInstance].call.static [Symbol.hasInstance]still answerstruefor a primitive (static and dynamic RHS).instanceof.rs,primitive_lhs_native_brand_tests_11261):Validation (perrymaster, linux-x64,
--profile perry-dev, Node 26.5.1 at/opt/node-v26.5.1-linux-x64)Both arms were built with
-p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static: the base is this branch's parent1c8015cb6, and the fix is this branch. I checked that the runtime archives differ. Each test was compiled by both arms withPERRY_NO_AUTO_OPTIMIZE=1and its stdout compared byte-for-byte with Node. 72 test files matched instanceof/event/emitter/hasinstance/buffer.test_gap_11261_*PERRY_DISABLE_WELL_KNOWN=1)test_gap_10556_instanceof_native_emitter,test_gap_11261_*The tests that fail identically on both arms and are unrelated to this change:
test_gap_events_import_4995:setMaxListenersisundefined.test_issue_1120_fastify_buffer,test_issue_1140_buffer_index_runtime,test_issue_647_await_socket_event: these fail to compile under no-auto on this host.Other checks:
RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --profile perry-dev -p perry-runtime --lib: 4475 passed, 0 failed, 5 ignored.cargo fmt --all -- --checkpasses, andscripts/check_file_size.shpasses.SKIP_COMPILE_GATES=1 scripts/run_lint_gates.sh: 89 of 91 script gates passed, and the compile tier was not run. The two failures are not caused by this change:Public benchmark evidence freshnessis red on main.cargo xwin checkfails becausecargo-xwinis not installed on the host. This change has nocfg(windows)code.Not run: the full gap/parity sweep, the auto-optimize harness lane (port 17891 was held by another sweep), the Windows type-check, macOS, and an instruction-count A/B. The new check is a handful of tag compares placed after the hook lookups. It adds no dereference and no registry lookup for object operands.
Found along the way (pre-existing on main, not fixed here)
On main, an emitter that is read back out of an
EventEmitter[]array, or assigned to a local from one, does not dispatchon/emit: the listener never fires. Node prints5, Perry prints0. The gap test builds its dispatch control withnew EventEmitter()directly so this bug does not affect its result. It is filed as #11270. It only happens whennode:eventsis routed toperry-ext-events.Summary by CodeRabbit
instanceofchecks against native constructors because their numeric values match internal object handles.Symbol.hasInstancebehavior is still honored, and non-callable right-hand values continue to produce aTypeError.