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Two Windows-only breaks on main (CI run 35103968637).
windows-arm64-build, 7 x LNK2019 on js_lru_cache_{new,get,set,has,delete,
clear,peek}: perry-runtime's lru_subclass module declares the cache ABI as
extern "C" and leaves it to whichever provider the PROGRAM links. A Rust
binary that links perry-runtime without one still carries the references,
and the Windows legs build two such binaries -- the perry compiler and the
crate's own --lib test harness. Elsewhere that is invisible because ld64
-dead_strip / ld --gc-sections drop the thunks (and their references) before
the linker reports; link.exe resolves before /OPT:REF, so the same inputs
are hard unresolved externals there.
A Cargo feature cannot express "this link has no provider": the job builds
-p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static in ONE invocation, so
perry-stdlib's perry-runtime/stdlib is unified onto the copy of perry-runtime
that the compiler links, and anything gated on it (stdlib_stubs, an
external-*-symbols flag) is compiled out in exactly the failing configuration.
Use MSVC's weak default instead: an #[cfg(all(windows, target_env = "msvc"))]
module emits one /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_<op>=perry_lru_cache_absent_<op>
directive per symbol through .drectve, with no-op fallbacks that report via
stub_diag. link.exe substitutes an alternate only for a symbol still undefined
after every input is read, so a link that does carry perry_stdlib.lib or the
ext archive binds the real implementation -- unlike an unconditional
definition, which would duplicate or silently shadow it.
windows-build, E0425 cannot find function `reorder_child` in module `widgets`:
perry-ui-windows-winui #[path]-includes perry-ui-windows' ffi/mod.rs, so
widget_layout_extras.rs resolves widgets:: against winui's own widgets.rs,
which had add_child_at / remove_child / clear_children but no reorder_child.
Add it in that module's shape -- delegate to the Win32 backend when Fluent is
inactive, otherwise reorder the node's child list under with_node_mut, with
the Win32 implementation's guards. perry_ui_widget_reorder_child is a live
UI dispatch-table entry that every other backend implements, so cfg'ing the
caller out would be a regression rather than a fix.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe changes fix two Windows build failures. MSVC builds now resolve absent LRU-cache symbols through warning-producing fallbacks. WinUI widgets now provide child reordering for native and Fluent rendering paths. A changelog records both fixes and their validation. ChangesMSVC LRU-cache fallback
Windows widget ordering
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 32-bit Windows MSVC builds without an LRU-cache provider can still fail to link, so the fallback aliases should be corrected or the configuration explicitly limited before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs`:
- Around line 268-295: Add 32-bit MSVC-specific alternatename directives
alongside the existing aliases in msvc_absent_provider, using leading-underscore
decorated names for both js_lru_cache_* references and perry_lru_cache_absent_*
fallbacks so i686-pc-windows-msvc resolves them correctly; preserve the current
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| alternatename!( | ||
| D_NEW, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_new=perry_lru_cache_absent_new" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_GET, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_get=perry_lru_cache_absent_get" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_SET, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_set=perry_lru_cache_absent_set" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_HAS, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_has=perry_lru_cache_absent_has" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_DELETE, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_delete=perry_lru_cache_absent_delete" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_CLEAR, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_clear=perry_lru_cache_absent_clear" | ||
| ); | ||
| alternatename!( | ||
| D_PEEK, | ||
| b" /ALTERNATENAME:js_lru_cache_peek=perry_lru_cache_absent_peek" | ||
| ); |
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On the x86 architecture, the Microsoft MSVC compiler decorates C symbols—and C++ symbols declared with extern "C"—by prepending a leading underscore to the function name when using the default cdecl calling convention [1][2][3]. This decoration is a form of name mangling intended to distinguish C symbols and ensure compatibility with specific ABI requirements [2][4]. For example, a function named test using the cdecl calling convention will be decorated as _test [1][2]. Key points regarding this decoration: - extern "C" Influence: The extern "C" specifier disables C++ name mangling (which would otherwise result in a complex decorated name) but does not disable C-style name decoration [5][6]. When extern "C" is used, the compiler applies standard C naming conventions, which for x86 cdecl includes the leading underscore [1][2]. - Calling Convention Dependence: The decoration format is tied to the calling convention [2][3]. While cdecl adds a leading underscore, other conventions use different patterns. For instance, stdcall adds a leading underscore and a trailing @ followed by the parameter list size (e.g., _test@4) [1][2][7]. - Exporting and Linkage: When creating DLLs or linking to assembly, it is common to encounter issues where the linker expects a decorated name (e.g., _test) while the developer might expect an undecorated name (e.g., test). To export a function with its exact, undecorated name, developers typically use a module-definition (.DEF) file with the EXPORTS keyword, which allows them to map an undecorated name to the decorated internal symbol [8][5][7]. - Architecture Variation: Note that this leading underscore decoration behavior is specific to x86. In 64-bit (x64) environments, MSVC generally does not apply this leading underscore decoration to C or extern "C" functions [2][4][3].
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- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170
- 2: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/decorated-names?view=msvc-170
- 3: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/56h2zst2(v=vs.140)
- 4: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62753691/underscore-prefix-problem-in-x86-calling-nasm-function-from-c-function-works
- 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27487756/calling-convention-name-mangling-in-c
- 6: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120525-00/?p=7533
- 7: https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/36711
- 8: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/exports?view=msvc-170
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The /ALTERNATENAME linker option is an undocumented, architecture-sensitive feature of the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) linker used to define a weak alias or redirect an unresolved symbol to another symbol [1]. When using this switch, you must provide the exact decorated (mangled) names of the symbols, as the linker does not perform any automatic name decoration or adjustment [1][2][3]. For x86 (32-bit) targets, C symbols using the default cdecl calling convention are prefixed with a leading underscore [4][5]. Therefore, if you are creating an alias between two symbols for x86, both names in the /ALTERNATENAME argument must include this leading underscore [1][2]. Key considerations include: 1. Exact Matching: The linker expects the full mangled name [1][3]. If you are working with C++ symbols, these will often contain characters like?, @, and various codes representing the function signature [5][3]. For C functions, the decoration depends on the calling convention (e.g., stdcall adds a leading underscore and a trailing @ and parameter size) [4][5][6]. 2. Architecture Sensitivity: Because name decoration varies significantly between architectures (x86 vs. x64/ARM), you must use preprocessor directives to provide the correct decorated strings for each target [1][7]. 3. Implementation: The most common way to invoke this is via a pragma directive in your source code [1]: #if defined(_M_IX86) #pragma comment(linker, "/alternatename:_symbol= _alternate_symbol") #else #pragma comment(linker, "/alternatename:symbol=alternate_symbol") #endif If you are unsure of the exact decorated name for a symbol, you can use the DUMPBIN tool (/SYMBOLS option) or the linker's /MAP option to inspect the generated object files and see how the compiler has mangled the names [4][6].
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- 1: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200731-00/?p=104024
- 2: https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20210726/942833.html
- 3: https://danra.prose.sh/overridable_value
- 4: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/decorated-names?view=msvc-170
- 5: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/tool-errors/name-decoration?view=msvc-170
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- 7: GitHub issue 2655 in microsoft/STL (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Add aliases for 32-bit MSVC symbol names.
msvc_absent_provider applies to every Windows MSVC target, including i686-pc-windows-msvc. On 32-bit MSVC, the extern "C" references and #[no_mangle] extern "C" fallback definitions use leading-underscore symbols. /ALTERNATENAME matches exact decorated linker names, but these directives use undecorated names. The linker therefore cannot apply these fallbacks to the _js_lru_cache_* references.
Add x86-specific directives with decorated source and fallback names, or restrict this module to the supported MSVC architectures.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs` around lines 268 - 295, Add 32-bit
MSVC-specific alternatename directives alongside the existing aliases in
msvc_absent_provider, using leading-underscore decorated names for both
js_lru_cache_* references and perry_lru_cache_absent_* fallbacks so
i686-pc-windows-msvc resolves them correctly; preserve the current directives
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Both Windows jobs are red on
main. They are separate bugs that happen to live on the same platform.windows-arm64-build— 7 unresolved externals inperry.exeThe CI log's first line names
js_lru_cache_peek, but the failure isLNK1120: 7 unresolved externals— the wholejs_lru_cache_*ABI — and the link that fails is the compiler binary itself, not a static library.crates/perry-runtime/src/lru_subclass.rs(added 2026-09-15,1543e6f205) declares that ABIextern "C"and leaves it to whichever cache provider the program links.perrydepends onperry-runtimebut on neither provider, so its link carries seven undefined references. That is invisible everywhere else because those linkers dead-strip before they report:ld64 -dead_stripdrops the unreferenced thunks and the references go with them.link.exeresolves symbols before/OPT:REF, so the same inputs are seven LNK2019s there.Measured, not assumed: the exact CI command succeeds on macOS (exit 0) while the
perry-runtimerlib it links still shows all seven asUinnm -u, and the linkedtarget/perry-dev/perrycontains nojs_lru_cache_subclass_initat all.A Cargo feature cannot express this.
perry-runtime/src/stdlib_stubs.rsis the right-shaped mechanism but is gated#[cfg(not(feature = "stdlib"))], andcargo build --unit-graphon the Windows job's own command shows oneperry-runtimerlib unit withstdlibenabled —-p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-staticis a single invocation, so perry-stdlib unifiesperry-runtime/stdlibonto the copyperry.exelinks even though perry-stdlib is not in that link. Anything gated onstdlib, or on any new feature perry-stdlib would also enable, is compiled out in exactly the configuration that fails.Unconditional fallback definitions were rejected too: perry-stdlib and perry-ext-lru-cache both define these symbols, so that gives LNK2005 — or, worse, a silently-winning no-op cache.
The fix is
/ALTERNATENAME, MSVC's spelling of a weak default, emitted into.drectvebehind#[cfg(all(windows, target_env = "msvc"))], with no-op fallbacks that report throughperry_stub_warn.link.exesubstitutes an alternate only for a symbol still undefined after every input is read, so a program that does link a provider binds the real implementation and never reaches these. The fallbacks share a module — hence a codegen unit — with the thunks whose references pull that unit out of the rlib.js_lru_cache_newanswering0is already this module's "no cache" path: subclass-init then returnsthiswithout installing a method, so a.get()throwsis not a functionat the call site, which is the failure the module already chooses forforEach/dispose/fetch.windows-build—error[E0425]: cannot find function reorder_child in module widgetsThe error is in
perry-ui-windows-winui, notperry-ui-windows. winui#[path]-includes../../perry-ui-windows/src/ffi/mod.rs, sowidget_layout_extras.rs:147resolveswidgets::against winui's ownsrc/widgets.rs, which hadadd_child_at/remove_child/clear_childrenbut never gainedreorder_child.perry-ui-windowshas it.Added in the module's established shape: delegate to
perry_ui_windows::widgets::reorder_childwhen Fluent is inactive, otherwise reorder the node'sVec<i64>children underwith_node_mut, matching the sibling Fluent arms exactly. Theparent <= 0guard mirrors the Win32 function it delegates to, which opens with the same check.cfg'ing the caller out would be wrong:
perry_ui_widget_reorder_childis a live UI dispatch-table entry implemented by macOS, GTK4, iOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS, Android and Win32.What is verified, and what is not
This PR cannot verify itself.
scripts/ci_plan.py --tableputswindows-buildandwindows-arm64-buildin the sweep and full tiers only — neither runs on a pull request. It needs therun-extended-testslabel to be checked before merge, which is why that label is on it.Verified on macOS:
rustc --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --emit=objon a standalone reproduction emits a real.drectvecontaining the byte-exact directives, withjs_lru_cache_*asUand the fallbacks asTwith no leading underscore, so the directive targets match the real symbol names.extern "C"block one for one.cargo fmt --all --check,cargo check -p perry-runtime, file-size cap, test registration,gc_runtime_root_holders.py,check_thread_locals.py— all clean.Not verified: no Windows link was performed.
aarch64-pc-windows-msvcis not installed;x86_64-pc-windows-msvcis, butcargo check --targetit fails in build scripts on macOS (libmimalloc-syscannot findwchar.h,perry_sjlj.ccannot findsetjmp.h). Thatlink.execonsumes the directive and clears all seven LNK2019s is reasoned from the emitted object, not observed. The winui change was never compiled either — both Windows UI crates are#![cfg(target_os = "windows")], socargo check -p perry-ui-windowsreturns 0 in 0.18 s having compiled nothing, which is a vacuous green rather than evidence; it was checked by reading the types it touches.One loose end:
windows-builddied at compilation before it reached linking, so whether it also hits the seven LNK2019s is latent. This PR covers it either way.Summary by CodeRabbit