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repl: fix .load infinite loop caused by shared use of lineEnding RegExp #46742

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repl: fix .load infinite loop caused by shared use of lineEnding RegExp

Since the lineEnding is declared on the module scope of lib/internal/readline/interface.js,
recursive invocations of its [kTtyWrite] method share one instance of this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance, alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec
with the same RegExp on different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This was the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on javascript files of certain shapes.

Fixes: #46731

I attempted to write a test for this, mimicking test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline.js.
However, I failed reproducing the infinite loop bug from the programatic REPL, as the problematic indentation preservation is not executed for some reason I have yet to understand. I thought setting terminal: true might produce the intended result, but I had no luck with it for now.
If anyone has ideas for how to test for this, please let me know!

Edit 4: I found a solution to the core issue and updated this PR accordingly
Edit 5: also found a way to test this

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To be honest, I am not quite sure, why calling .load puts the REPL into editorMode in the first place.
If that could be safely removed, that might be an even better option.

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Theo-Steiner commented Feb 21, 2023

#46731 (comment)
I found that the actual problem that triggers this is with reusing the lineEnding RegExp.
Do you think that using String.prototype.matchAll with this RegExp might be a better solution than disabling the editor mode?

EDIT: Turns out avoiding using methods that depend on the RegExp prototype was what introduced this bug in the first place. #36593 -> #45614

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Hi, thanks for investigating that and sending a PR. It seems that the added test already passes on main, which makes me think that it's not able to reproduce the issue. Could you have a look?

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Theo-Steiner commented Feb 23, 2023

It seems that the added test already passes on main, which makes me think that it's not able to reproduce the issue. Could you have a look?

Yes, I did not manage to reproduce the infinite loop in a test. The problem is that the infinite loop only occurs if the code block starting on this line

if (self.editorMode) {
is entered. For some reason the test does not enter this block. Probably there is some difference between the programmatic REPL and the interactive one at play here?
I've tried passing {terminal: true} to the REPL, but that did not do it either.
Do you have an idea for what could be the difference between programmatic and interactive REPL?
I won't be able to further investigate this until Monday, I hope that is alright.

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I won't be able to further investigate this until Monday, I hope that is alright.

Of course it's alright, take all the time you need! Node.js is striving from free contributions from contributors like you and me, the only expectations we set is to comply to the Code of Conduct, we don't have any expectations regarding the quantity or the rapidity of work :)

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aduh95 commented Feb 24, 2023

I'm not sure if it's going to perform better, but the bug can be resolved with a more minimal diff:

diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index 45524612ae..f69d6b14b0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -1327,9 +1327,11 @@ class Interface extends InterfaceConstructor {
               this[kInsertString](StringPrototypeSlice(s, 0, nextMatch.index));
               let { lastIndex } = lineEnding;
               while ((nextMatch = RegExpPrototypeExec(lineEnding, s)) !== null) {
+                const previousLastIndex = lineEnding.lastIndex;
                 this[kLine]();
                 this[kInsertString](StringPrototypeSlice(s, lastIndex, nextMatch.index));
-                ({ lastIndex } = lineEnding);
+                lastIndex = previousLastIndex;
+                lineEnding.lastIndex = previousLastIndex;
               }
               if (lastIndex === s.length) this[kLine]();
             } else {

When it comes to the repro, you may have more luck with trying to reproduce the bug in node:readline/promises rather than node:repl, REPL adds quite a bit of complexity that you can avoid by hitting directly the source of the bug. Let me know if you need more help with the issue.

Since the lineEnding Regular Expression is declared on the module scope,
recursive invocations of its `[kTtyWrite]` method share one instance of
this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance,
alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp on
different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This is the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on
javascript files of certain shapes.
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@aduh95 thank you for your advice.
Using it I managed to write a test using readline's interface that shows the underlying problem!
It fails for everything after 18.12.0 and is fixed by this PR.

I intentionally changed the implementation to use a separate instance of the RegExp, since I thought a similar problem could occur in the future if we fix it by just shuffling the variable declarations around.
The side effects of RegExpPrototypeExec are very counterintuitive to me, so I thought other developers might overlook them too. That's why I refactored the code to be (1) more obvious in what it does and (2) prevent errors caused by alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp and a different string.

If keeping diffs small is desirable however, I totally understand and will make the changes as suggested by you. Just let me know how to proceed 🥳

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Theo-Steiner commented Mar 1, 2023

I added a line to reset the RegExp's lastIndex property to 0 before commencing the search.
I think now all tests should pass!

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[main b230fffbcf] repl: fix .load infinite loop caused by shared use of lineEnding RegExp
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Mon Feb 20 20:47:33 2023 +0900
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline-function.js
[main 645a7b54da] test: add test that fails without the changes of #46742
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Mon Feb 27 17:23:13 2023 +0900
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/parallel/test-readline-recursive-writes.js
 delete mode 100644 test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline-function.js
[main 12cec6217c] chore: remove unrelated comment
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Mon Feb 27 17:29:53 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
[main ac24d34df7] chore: fix linting errors and rename test
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Mon Feb 27 17:33:58 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 rename test/parallel/{test-readline-recursive-writes.js => test-readline-interface-recursive-writes.js} (86%)
[main 8029f97d09] remove magic number from test
 Author: Theodor Steiner <40017636+Theo-Steiner@users.noreply.github.com>
 Date: Tue Feb 28 09:39:32 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[main 8ec5286f41] fix: refactor to use module scope instance of RegExp safely for performance considerations
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Tue Feb 28 15:16:02 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
[main 7871c71f83] chore: fix linting errors
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Tue Feb 28 15:17:54 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
[main ace780692a] docs: update comments
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Tue Feb 28 15:52:02 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
[main fdbc00369a] chore: make finishing touches on comments
 Author: Theodor Steiner <40017636+Theo-Steiner@users.noreply.github.com>
 Date: Tue Feb 28 22:55:35 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[main e8d71d9d6a] test: fix test failing due to difference in terminal codes
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Wed Mar 1 11:49:30 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
[main 7e6509411b] Revert "test: fix test failing due to difference in terminal codes"
 Author: Theodor Steiner 
 Date: Wed Mar 1 15:54:34 2023 +0900
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[main 5c29f7d92d] fix: erase lastIndex state for previous searches
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--------------------------------- New Message ----------------------------------
repl: fix .load infinite loop caused by shared use of lineEnding RegExp

Since the lineEnding Regular Expression is declared on the module scope,
recursive invocations of its [kTtyWrite] method share one instance of
this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance,
alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp on
different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This is the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on
javascript files of certain shapes.

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
Reviewed-By: Kohei Ueno kohei.ueno119@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com

[detached HEAD 74d5e0d47b] repl: fix .load infinite loop caused by shared use of lineEnding RegExp
Author: Theodor Steiner theodor.steiner@linecorp.com
Date: Mon Feb 20 20:47:33 2023 +0900
3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 test/parallel/test-repl-load-multiline-function.js
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test: add test that fails without the changes of #46742

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
Reviewed-By: Kohei Ueno kohei.ueno119@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com

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chore: remove unrelated comment

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
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chore: fix linting errors and rename test

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
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Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com

[detached HEAD 06ecce247c] chore: fix linting errors and rename test
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Fixes: #46731
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fix: refactor to use module scope instance of RegExp safely for performance considerations

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
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[detached HEAD 191f742311] fix: refactor to use module scope instance of RegExp safely for performance considerations
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PR-URL: #46742
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fix: erase lastIndex state for previous searches

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Thanks a lot for your work here, and congrats for your first merged PR for Node.js 🎉

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Since the lineEnding Regular Expression is declared on the module scope,
recursive invocations of its `[kTtyWrite]` method share one instance of
this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance,
alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp on
different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This is the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on
javascript files of certain shapes.

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
Reviewed-By: Kohei Ueno <kohei.ueno119@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 14, 2023
Since the lineEnding Regular Expression is declared on the module scope,
recursive invocations of its `[kTtyWrite]` method share one instance of
this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance,
alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp on
different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This is the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on
javascript files of certain shapes.

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
Reviewed-By: Kohei Ueno <kohei.ueno119@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
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starball5 commented Mar 18, 2023

I see that this fix is in the v19 changelog, but I don't see it in the v18 changelog. As mentioned earlier, this bug exists starting after 18.12.0.

Considering that v18 is currently in active LTS status, can we get the fix in v18 as well please?

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danielleadams pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 11, 2023
Since the lineEnding Regular Expression is declared on the module scope,
recursive invocations of its `[kTtyWrite]` method share one instance of
this Regular Expression.
Since the state of a RegExp is managed by instance,
alternately calling RegExpPrototypeExec with the same RegExp on
different strings can lead to the state changing unexpectedly.
This is the root cause of this infinite loop bug when calling .load on
javascript files of certain shapes.

PR-URL: #46742
Fixes: #46731
Reviewed-By: Kohei Ueno <kohei.ueno119@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
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