fs: fix FileHandle close listener/ref leak in streams - #66080
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createReadStream()/createWriteStream({ autoClose: false }) created
from a FileHandle attached a 'close' listener and took a reference
on the handle in importFd(), but only released either when the
stream went through _destroy(). Since autoClose: false also
disables autoDestroy, a stream that finishes on its own never
reaches _destroy(), so the listener and reference leaked. Creating
enough such streams on a long-lived handle (e.g. repeated ranged
reads) eventually tripped MaxListenersExceededWarning.
A prior fix (fixed in 64227, reverted in 65387) released the
reference again on the stream's 'end'/'finish'/'error' independent
of the destroy path, which could unref the handle twice if the
stream was later also explicitly closed/destroyed - a normal thing
to do after a stream naturally ends.
This introduces a single idempotent release function shared by both
paths (the normal destroy path and a finished()-based safety net for
autoClose: false streams that never reach _destroy()), so the
reference and listener are released exactly once regardless of how
the stream ends.
Fixes: nodejs#64214
Refs: nodejs#64227
Refs: nodejs#65387
Refs: nodejs#64229
Signed-off-by: Rasad Regmi <regmirasad53@gmail.com>
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Summary
fileHandle.createReadStream()/createWriteStream()withautoClose: falseleaks a'close'listener (and an internalreference) on the
FileHandleevery time the stream finishes on its own, becauseautoClose: falsealso disablesautoDestroy, so the stream never reaches_destroy(), the only place that previously released them. Enough such streams on one long-lived handle tripsMaxListenersExceededWarning.Details
importFd()inlib/internal/fs/streams.jsnow builds a single idempotentreleaseHandleRefshared betweenFileHandleOperations .close()(the normal destroy path, unchanged for the defaultautoClose: truebehavior) and afinished()-based safety net registered after the stream's readable/writable state is initialized, for streams that finish without ever callingdestroy().finished()correctly resolves on'end'/'finish'alone when the stream won't emit'close'(seewillEmitClose()ininternal/streams/utils.js), and the shared idempotency guard means it's safe even if a stream is also explicitly closed after finishing on its own the exact scenario that caused a prior fix (#64227) to be reverted in #65387 (it unreffed the handle twice).Testing
mainand confirmed it's fixed: running the reported repro (rangedautoClose: falsereads in a loop past 10 iterations) no longer triggersMaxListenersExceededWarning; the handle's'close'listenercount stays at 0.
test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-stream.js: added regression tests for repeatedautoClose: falseread/writestreams releasing their listener, an explicit
stream.close()after natural completion not double-releasing the handle'sreference count, and confirmed the default
autoClose: truebehavior (implicitly closing the handle) is unaffected.python3 tools/test.py --mode=release parallel/test-fs-*: all 281 tests pass.python3 tools/test.py --mode=release parallel/test-stream-*plus the fs-stream and events suites: all 277 tests pass.make lint-js-ci: 0 failures.Related Issue
Fixes #64214