Elamur Groupantsvfs-memory-transfers
The groupant beside vfs/src/mem.rs in the Mova repository: what the code computes, what it never does, how to go back from its outputs, its invariants, cost and checks.
Facts
Implementation material. A Mova code model describes this code at one source revision: partial models, finite checks and their stated scope. It is not a reviewed general exposition, and its labels are shown as written, never raised.
Components
| component | label | where |
|---|---|---|
| approximant | partial | approximant |
| ast | partial | ../syntax.json |
| composition | partial | composition |
| cost | partial | Cost |
| descriptant | present | descriptant |
| invariant | partial | Invariant |
| tests | executed bounded checks | tests |
Obernants
The typed relations around the forward model: the behaviour complement (what the code never does), the reverse reconstruction (every input compatible with an output) and specialised views.
| id | type | label | where |
|---|---|---|---|
behavior_complement | behavior_complement | partial source derived model | behavior_complement |
reverse_reconstruction | reverse_reconstruction | partial source derived model | reverse_reconstruction |
sorted_prefix | sorted_prefix | partial source derived model | sorted_prefix |
transfer_counts | transfer_counts | partial source derived model | transfer_counts |
host_preflight | host_preflight | partial source derived model | host_preflight |
export_boundary | export_boundary | partial source derived model | export_boundary |
Model text
descriptant
vfs-memory-transfers
Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers.
Prospective epoch
2026-10-31: source reviewed before edits; prospective review retained under $MOVA_DATA/runs/octopus-wave31-vfs-2026-10-31/prospective.md. Predicted order/cost: O(total bytes+nodes+sum k log k import sorting), recursive stack depth and host syscall costs.
Observation epoch
Bounded actual calls and compiled negative controls are recorded in tests.md. Production behavior bytes unchanged; only focused test blocks added. Snapshot constant-time wording is conditional on cwd and destruction; recursive operations may partially commit.
Unsupported approximants
No executable percentage surrogate is claimed for these categorical/state/effect observations. Future 1%,2%,5%,10% require a useful metric, explicit domain and exact reference.
approximant
Forward relation
Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers.
Import sorts real names, copies regular bytes, carries link text without reading target; export creates destination and writes regular nodes, skips memory links, rejects encountered real child symlinks.
Domain: bounded inputs with available allocation and nonoverflowing counters unless checked explicitly. The relation is partial and source-derived.
composition
Composition
Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Shared state and order: Import sorts real names, copies regular bytes, carries link text without reading target; export creates destination and writes regular nodes, skips memory links, rejects encountered real child symlinks.
Scoped children project this same source. Their domains and effects remain conditional; source execution connects these clauses rather than independently proving their wiring. Counters describe successful prefix; first error stops with earlier effects retained. Root destination/ancestor trust required; no transactional or race-safe export promise.
models
Typed source models
Source-bound partial relations; no universal finite-test proof.
behavior_complement
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Import does not dereference child symlink target; export encountering child symlink cannot overwrite through it.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
reverse_reconstruction
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Roundtrip recovers regular bytes under clean destination; skipped links/devices/nonUTF8 names and metadata are unrecoverable.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
sorted_prefix
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Import iteration sorted names; errors leave earlier imported nodes.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
transfer_counts
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Dirs exclude initial source root; bytes count successful regular payloads, links separately.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
host_preflight
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Import metadata file cap checked before read, but concurrent size change remains possible.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
export_boundary
Subject: vfs-memory-transfers. Domain: Explicit real-directory import/export and recursive helpers. Valid allocations, bounded counters, Fault=None unless explicitly named. Observation: one call or the stated finite trace.
Operator: Child symlink check precedes kind dispatch; trusted root ancestors and stable filesystem required.
Approximation: source-derived partial relation; complement is an inner excluded-behavior claim under these premises, converse retains compatible antecedents. Evidence: tests.md; unobserved concurrency/resource failures remain unknown.
tests
Checks and limitations
Exact named observations: escape_by_dotdot_is_denied, symlinks_cannot_lead_outside, bad_names_and_paths, limits_fire_with_clear_errors_and_leave_state_unchanged, limits_parse, snapshot_changes_restore_is_byte_identical, snapshot_is_isolated_copy_on_write, restore_after_failed_ops_and_limits, posix_like_semantics, virtual_clock_is_deterministic, journal_records_ops_errors_and_denials, import_export_round_trip, dirfs_confines_to_root, gates_green_and_negative_controls_red, wave31_sparse_copy_and_partial_directory_failure.
Fresh receipts: $MOVA_DATA/runs/octopus-wave31-vfs-2026-10-31; run.sh retains four profile/repetition sets with raw logs and numeric statuses. native-commands.json and source-test-map.json disambiguate targets. Compiled mutations and exact restoration are separately retained in mutation-summary.json.
These finite observations are not semantic completeness. Source syntax generated twice and compared byte-for-byte. Host effects are limited to owned TMPDIR fixtures. Existing absolute_paths_never_reach_the_host and open_modes are skipped; snapbench main is skipped. Standalone helpers/reexports are only observed through named callers or representation checks; RealFs effect methods unexecuted.
invariant-and-cost
Invariant and cost
Invariant
Counters describe successful prefix; first error stops with earlier effects retained. Root destination/ancestor trust required; no transactional or race-safe export promise.
Cost
O(total bytes+nodes+sum k log k import sorting), recursive stack depth and host syscall costs.
No timing or numerical error guarantee is inferred from finite tests.
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