refactor(rust): eliminate 57 borrowck-workaround allocs and unsafe launders

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Bucket B of the reshaped for borrowck cleanup: 57 sites with simple local fixes (<10 lines each, no signature changes needed except one vestigial &mut, no new fields). Brings the count from 368 to 311.

What changed

Entry-API double-lookups (6 sites): get() + insert() collapsed into a single entry()/get_or_put() where the map API supports it (fold.rs both arms, snapshot.rs). Three sites (WorkspacePackageJSONCache, SavedSourceMap, runTasks:544) keep the two-step shape because an entry borrow cannot span the intervening read/parse/directory call; comment updated to say why.

Allocation drops (31 sites):

  • &[Chunk] instead of &mut [Chunk] for append_isolated_hashes_for_imported_chunks (read-only recursion): LinkerContext both loops become plain iteration
  • index + re-borrow per iteration instead of .collect(): computeChunks, yarn, PackageManagerEnqueue:111
  • mem::take + restore instead of .clone()/.to_vec(): computeCrossChunkDependencies, repl::handle_enter, IOReader both callbacks, server_body
  • split_at_mut instead of prefix .to_vec(): braces.rs ×3
  • plain &[u8] where the borrow was already disjoint: install_with_manager, patchPackage ×2, bake/production ×2, repl::handle_tab/arrow-keys, bundle_v2:2440
  • SmallVec where a snapshot is required but tiny: h2_frame_parser, IOWriter
  • inline the value instead of stashing in an owned local: defines.rs, js_parser/lib.rs, dotenv/env_loader, seq.rs (also deletes the now-dead Seq::buf field), diff_match_patch
  • BackRef instead of .cloned(): visit_stmt.rs (matches the existing pattern in visit/mod.rs)

Three sites keep their allocation because it is required for correctness, with the comment rewritten to explain the hazard instead of reshaped for borrowck:

  • css/properties/flex.rs:879: basis is emitted twice (shorthand + longhand)
  • PackageManagerEnqueue.rs:995: string_bytes may reallocate under get_or_put_resolved_package_with_find_result
  • filesystem_router.rs bust_dir_cache: the recursive walk races the bundler thread on the process-global entry cache (the reload() while Bun.build() test SIGSEGV'd on aarch64 without the copy)

Raw-pointer launders rewritten to safe Rust (20 sites):

  • statement reorder so borrows don't overlap: BunObject, publish_command, VirtualMachine:4313
  • disjoint field borrows: VirtualMachine:5527, PostgresSQLConnection:2407, MySQLConnection:1705, PostgresSQLConnection:1743
  • scopeguard::guard(payload, ..) instead of sibling *mut copy: js_bun_spawn_bindings ×2, jsc_hooks
  • usize address-diff for offset math, derive the final pointer from the live slice: resolve_path ×2
  • match &mut req instead of from_ref().cast_mut(): server/mod
  • SmallVec<[u8; 64]> copy instead of detach_lifetime on a package name: runTasks:347
  • two-step get/put instead of holding a *mut u32 across &mut self: bundle_v2:2135
  • safe loop-invariant hoist instead of RawSlice: AsyncModule
  • borrow from the live self.store() instead of a *const [u8] round-trip: Blob.rs
  • local-slice reuse instead of StoreStr arena alloc: lexer.rs
  • comment-only (code was already idiomatic): interpreter.rs, ConsoleObject.rs

Dead code: deleting the unused destination_dir binding in PackageInstaller.rs made LazyPackageDestinationDir dead (the remaining caller only ever constructs ::Dir(fd) and get_dir() is infallible for it). The enum and its impl are removed and the single use site reads destination_dir.fd() directly.

Already done on main: KEventWatcher.rs:130 and WindowsWatcher.rs:525 were handled by #35321.

Test: test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts pins the marker count at 311 so it only moves down.

Why

Every site was code that paid a runtime cost (an extra heap allocation, a double hash lookup, or an unsafe block) purely to placate the borrow checker at porting time. Each prescribed rewrite here is the idiomatic-Rust shape the code would have been written in directly: disjoint borrows the compiler can already prove, or moving a value instead of cloning it. Net: the hot-path per-iteration allocations from the audit are gone, 20 unsafe launders are replaced with safe equivalents, and the marker comments are removed.

Verification

  • cargo check --workspace and bun run rust:check-all (all 10 targets) clean
  • cargo clippy on every touched crate clean
  • bun bd builds
  • rg "reshaped for borrowck" --type rust | wc -l: 368 → 311
  • Test suites for touched areas pass with no new failures vs main: brace.test.ts, seq.test.ts, filesystem_router.test.ts, repl.test.ts, node/path, console-table.test.ts, env.test.ts, bun-patch.test.ts, snapshot tests, bundler edgecase/minify/splitting/html/cjs2esm, shell suite

[review] gate passed · iteration 9 · 40 files touched

fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 1 FAILED
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts
bun test v1.4.0 (c411f3108)

test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts:
47 |     throw new Error(
48 |       `Found ${count} 'reshaped for borrowck' markers in src/**/*.rs, up from ${LIMIT}.\n` +
49 |         `Prefer the idiomatic Rust form over adding a new workaround; if unavoidable, bump LIMIT in this file.\n` +
50 |         `First ${sample.length}:\n` +
51 |         sample.map(l => `  ${l}`).join("\n"),
52 |     );
         ^
error: Found 342 'reshaped for borrowck' markers in src/**/*.rs, up from 293.
Prefer the idiomatic Rust form over adding a new workaround; if unavoidable, bump LIMIT in this file.
First 20:
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1132
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1265
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1892
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1901
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1963
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1968
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1999
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2070
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2115
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2135
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:22
... (truncated)

release without fix: 1 FAILED
bun test v1.4.0-canary.1 (1498d7b77)

test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts:
47 |     throw new Error(
48 |       `Found ${count} 'reshaped for borrowck' markers in src/**/*.rs, up from ${LIMIT}.\n` +
49 |         `Prefer the idiomatic Rust form over adding a new workaround; if unavoidable, bump LIMIT in this file.\n` +
50 |         `First ${sample.length}:\n` +
51 |         sample.map(l => `  ${l}`).join("\n"),
52 |     );
         ^
error: Found 342 'reshaped for borrowck' markers in src/**/*.rs, up from 293.
Prefer the idiomatic Rust form over adding a new workaround; if unavoidable, bump LIMIT in this file.
First 20:
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1132
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1265
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1892
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1901
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1963
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1968
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:1999
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2070
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2115
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2135
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2249
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:2440
  src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs:6455
  src/bundler/Chunk.rs:306
  src/bundler/entry_points.rs:158
  src/bundler/entry_points.rs:195
  src/bundler/linker_c
... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: all passed
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/mechgate.xml" test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts
bun test v1.4.0 (c411f3108)

test/internal/source-lints/borrowck-reshape-markers.test.ts:
(pass) 'reshaped for borrowck' markers are at or below the ratchet (293) [11.31ms]

 1 pass
 0 fail
 1 expect() calls
Ran 1 test across 1 file. [84.34s]
__F:0:S:0

release with fix: all passed
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     c411f31081
  features     baseline

22 deps, 108 codegen, 1170 objects in 3739ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/1233] install /workspace/bun
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (1498d7b77)

Checked 124 installs across 170 packages (no changes) [85.00ms]
[2/1233] gen ErrorCode+*.h
[3/1233] gen ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h
Generating /workspace/bun/build/release/codegen/ProcessBindingConstants.lut.h from /workspace/bun/src/jsc/bindings/ProcessBindingConstants.cpp
[4/1233] install /workspace/bun/packages/bun-error
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (1498d7b77)

Checked 1 install across 2 packages (no changes) [2.00ms]
[5/1233] fetch zlib
[zlib] up to date
[6/1233] install /workspace/bun/src/node-fallbacks
bun install v1.4.0-canary.1 (1498d7b77)

Checked 129 installs across 147 packages (no changes) [21.00ms]
[7/1233] gen bindgenv2
[8/1233] fetch picohttpparser
[picohttpparser] up to date
[9/1233] fetch tinycc
[tinycc] up to date
[10/1233] subst deps/zlib/zconf.h
[11/1233] f
... (truncated)
diff hotspot
src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs                       | 122 +++++++++------------
 src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs                           |  45 +++-----
 src/bundler/linker_context/computeChunks.rs        |  22 ++--
 .../computeCrossChunkDependencies.rs               |   7 +-
 src/css/properties/flex.rs                         |   2 +-
 src/dotenv/env_loader.rs                           |   6 +-
 src/install/PackageInstaller.rs                    |  85 +-------------
 .../PackageManager/PackageManagerEnqueue.rs        |   8 --
 .../PackageManager/WorkspacePackageJSONCache.rs    |   6 +-
 src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs |   6 +-
 src/install/PackageManager/patchPackage.rs         |  15 +--
 src/install/PackageManager/runTasks.rs             |  16 +--
 src/js_parser/fold.rs                              |  65 +++++------
 src/js_parser/lexer.rs                             |  13 +--
 src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs                  |  14 ++-
 src/jsc/AsyncModule.rs                             |  15 ++-
 src/jsc/ConsoleObject.rs                           |   2 -
 src/jsc/SavedSourceMap.rs                          |   4 -
 src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs                          |  16 +--
 src/paths/resolve_path.rs                          |  20 +---
 src/runtime/api/BunObject.rs                       |  15 +--
 src/runtime/api/bun/h2_frame_parser.rs             |   5 +-
 src/runtime/api/bun/js_bun_spawn_bindings.rs       |  28 ++---
 src/runtime/api/filesystem_router.rs               |  10 +-
 src/runtime/bake/production.rs                     |   9 +-
 src/runtime/cli/publish_command.rs                 |  22 ++--
 src/runtime/cli/repl.rs                            |  19 ++--
 src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs                           |  61 +++--------
 src/runtime/server/mod.rs                          |  10 +-
 src/runtime/server/server_body.rs                  |  10 +-
 src/runtime/shell/IOReader.rs                      |   5 +-
 src/runtime/shell/IOWr
... (truncated)

gate history · 1 passed · 4 rejected · iteration 9

evidence per changed file
file                                                      reads  edits  tests
src/bundler/LinkerContext.rs                                  3      2      0
src/bundler/bundle_v2.rs                                      1      2      0
src/bundler/linker_context/computeChunks.rs                   1      0      0
…bundler/linker_context/computeCrossChunkDependencies.rs      3      0      0
src/css/properties/flex.rs                                    0      0      0
src/dotenv/env_loader.rs                                      1      0      0
src/install/PackageInstaller.rs                               3      3      0
src/install/PackageManager/PackageManagerEnqueue.rs           2      2      0
src/install/PackageManager/WorkspacePackageJSONCache.rs       0      0      0
src/install/PackageManager/install_with_manager.rs            0      0      0
src/install/PackageManager/patchPackage.rs                    0      0      0
src/install/PackageManager/runTasks.rs                        1      1      0
src/js_parser/fold.rs                                         1      1      0
src/js_parser/lexer.rs                                        2      2      0
src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs                             0      0      0
src/jsc/AsyncModule.rs                                        0      0      0
(+ 24 more files)