…ng userData support

)

Motivation:

We had a race in which it was possible that we send another frame before
the preface if the write happened in the ChannelListener attached to the
connect promise.

Modifications:

- Ensure we always send the preface before we give the user a chance to
write another frame.
- Add unit test

Result:

Fixes netty#16635

Motivation:

Http2FrameCodecSubClassTest was in the incorrect package

Modifications:

Move to http2 package

Result:

Cleanup

Motivation:

SOCK_STREAM (value 1) was being passed as the socket option level, but
LOCAL_PEERPID is a Unix domain socket option that lives under SOL_LOCAL.
Using SOCK_STREAM as the level
would cause getsockopt to look in the wrong protocol layer — on most
kernels this silently returns EOPNOTSUPP or wrong data rather than a
hard error, so it was easy to miss.

Modifications:

- Replace SOCK_STREAM with SOL_LOCAL

Result:

LOCAL_PEERPID works as expected on MacOS / BSD

Motivation:

`HttpServerCodec` always allocates an `ArrayDeque`. However, the code
inside needs only 2 actual headers: HEAD, CONNECT. So we can pack that
as 2 bits within long field, to avoid `ArrayDeque` allocation + fallback
for `ArrayDeque`, which is unlikely to happen with typical workloads.

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/>

Modification:

Introduce `long methodQueue`, which we use as a queue to pack 2 bits for
every incoming request + fallback to `ArrayQueue`, when `long
methodQueue` is overflowed.

Result:

No more `ArrayQueue` allocation when a new pipeline is built with
`HttpServerCodec`.

P. S. It complicates code and maintenance, so feel free to close if you
think it's not worth it. As it's easy to introduce our own fixed
version.

Motivation:
KQueue event registrations are set on file descriptors. When a channel
is deregistered, we need to remove the filters to avoid them triggering
on future reuses of the same file descriptor. However, this
deregistering was done _after_ the file descriptor had been closed,
which means we had a race where it could be reused and registered to a
channel, and _then_ we cleared the filters.

Modification:
Move the `doDeregister()` to `doClose()` in `AbstractKQueueChannel` and
remove the `prepareToClose` machinery that was only used when SO_LINGER
had been configured.

Result:
More stable kqueue integration.

Motivation:
If there are assertion failures inside threads started by a test, we
need to ensure that the exception propagates out of the test, instead of
just killing the started thread. This is likely the cause of some test
timeouts we're seeing, and this change will help us uncover the root
causes.

Modification:
Catch exceptions inside threads started by the tests, and make sure to
progress relevant barriers. Propagate the exception to the test-running
thread so we capture the cause.

Result:
Easier to debug tests.

## Motivation

`ProtobufVarint32FrameDecoder` has no protection against oversized
frames. A malicious client can send a large varint length value and
cause the server to allocate excessive memory.

## Modification

- Add `maxFrameLength` constructor parameter
- When a frame exceeds `maxFrameLength`, skip the frame bytes and throw
`TooLongFrameException`
- Default constructor remains backward-compatible (`maxFrameLength =
Integer.MAX_VALUE`)

## Result

Oversized protobuf frames are now rejected with `TooLongFrameException`
instead of causing unbounded memory allocation.

---------

Co-authored-by: Norman Maurer <norman_maurer@apple.com>

Motivation:

It's a small allocation, but it seems like an easy fix:

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Modification:

- Removed new byte[] allocation on `DefaultChannelId` creation. Replaced
it with regular class fields
- Removed `writeInt`, `writeLong` that were used to populate created
byte array
- Changed `asShortText()`, `newLongValue()` to work with fields instead
of array
- Changed `compareTo()`, `hashcode()`, `equals()` to reflect the new
model

Result:

No more byte[] allocation when a new `DefaultChannelId` is created.

Motivation:
New BouncyCastle version.

Modification:
- Bump the general BouncyCastle version from 1.83 to 1.84.
- Bump the BouncyCastle version used in the JPMS test suite from 1.82 to
1.84.

Result:
We're on the latest BouncyCastle version.

…the server) (netty#16667)

Motivation:

caf6f41 introduced a fix that ensured
we always send the preface as the first message on the client but didn't
also fix it for the server side.

Modifications:

- Ensure we always send the preface before we give the user a chance to
write another frame.

Result:

More complete fix

…h for custom IoHandle long userData

…th the fast path.

Motivation:

The `codec-http3` module README.md was copied from the old
`netty-incubator-codec-http3` repository and never updated after the
module was moved into the main Netty repository.

Modification:

- Update the module title from `netty-incubator-codec-http3` to
`netty-codec-http3`
- Remove the CI badge that references the old incubator repository
- Fix the QUIC codec link to point to `codec-classes-quic` in the main
repository
- Fix example code links to the correct paths in the main repository

Result:

Fixes netty#16618

Motivation:

We had a new netty-tcnative release

Modifications:

Update to 2.0.76.Final

Result:

Use latest version

…etty#16654)

Motivation:

Fix IllegalReferenceCountException in AdaptiveByteBuf.deallocate() when
JFR enabled when lot's of buffer is used, we noticed this error:

```
io.netty.util.IllegalReferenceCountException
    at AdaptiveByteBuf.rootParent(AdaptivePoolingAllocator.java:1653)
    at AdaptiveByteBuf.isDirect(AdaptivePoolingAllocator.java:1725)
    at AbstractBufferEvent.fill(AbstractBufferEvent.java:44)
    at AdaptiveByteBuf.deallocate(AdaptivePoolingAllocator.java:2110)
    at AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf.handleRelease(AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf.java:93)
    at AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf.release(AbstractReferenceCountedByteBuf.java:83)
    at AdaptivePoolingAllocator$MagazineGroup.allocate(AdaptivePoolingAllocator.java:431)
    at AdaptivePoolingAllocator.allocate(AdaptivePoolingAllocator.java:271)
    at AdaptiveByteBufAllocator.newDirectBuffer(AdaptiveByteBufAllocator.java:67)

```
Modification:

When MagazineGroup.allocate() exhausts all magazine stripes under high
contention, the bail-out path calls buf.release() on an AdaptiveByteBuf
    that was obtained from newBuffer() but never initialised via init().
    The buffer's rootParent field is therefore null.

With JFR recording active, deallocate() fires a FreeBufferEvent before
    clearing rootParent. AbstractBufferEvent.fill() calls buf.isDirect()
    which delegates to rootParent().isDirect(), and rootParent() throws
    IllegalReferenceCountException when the field is null.


Result:

JFR events are emitted even under pressure

## Motivation
   
netty#16207 removed the `UNSAFE_UNAVAILABILITY_CAUSE == null` guard from
`initializeVarHandle()`. This made VarHandle code reachable even when
Unsafe is available,
causing Truffle/Polyglot native-image builds to fail with
`MethodHandle.linkToStatic` blocklist violations (netty#16607).
Restoring the original Unsafe guard fixes netty#16607, but also kills
netty#16207's core feature (VarHandle fallback when UNALIGNED is unknown).
   
## Modification
                                                                  
Use `isUnaligned()` as the guard instead. On platforms where unaligned
access is known (x86, modern ARM), Unsafe already handles multi-byte
access fine, so VarHandle
   isn't needed and VarHandleFactory stays unreachable.
On platforms where UNALIGNED is unknown (exactly the case netty#16207
targets), VarHandle still gets initialized and works as before.
   
## Result
                                                                  
Fixes netty#16607.
                                                                  
Tested with the reporter's project
(https://github.com/adamdickmeiss/vertx-graalvm-native-image-log4j):
- Before: `=== Found 4 compilation blocklist violations ===` BUILD
FAILURE
- After: No violations, BUILD SUCCESS

Co-authored-by: Chris Vest <christianvest_hansen@apple.com>

## Motivation

`AbstractIoUringStreamChannel` only handles `DefaultFileRegion` (via
splice). Any other `FileRegion` implementation hits
`UnsupportedOperationException` from the parent's
`filterOutboundMessage`.

This is inconsistent with EPOLL and NIO, which accept any `FileRegion`
via a `transferTo` fallback. Frameworks like Apache Spark wrap
`DefaultFileRegion` inside composite `FileRegion` implementations (e.g.,
`MessageWithHeader`) that work on NIO and EPOLL but crash on io_uring.

See netty#16570

## Modification

For generic `FileRegion` (non-`DefaultFileRegion` or when splice is
unsupported), let it pass through `filterOutboundMessage` into the
outbound buffer, then convert it to a direct `ByteBuf` in **64 KB
chunks** via `FileRegion.transferTo` in the write path
(`scheduleWriteSingle` / `writeComplete0`).

- `DefaultFileRegion` + splice path is unchanged.
- Data is chunked to limit memory usage — each chunk is read via
`transferTo` into a capped `ByteBufWritableByteChannel`, then submitted
as an io_uring async send.
- Partial sends and EAGAIN preserve the chunk buffer for retry;
unrecoverable errors release it and fail the write.
- Empty FileRegions (count = 0) submit a 0-byte send so the completion
path can remove them.

Also enabled `testCustomFileRegion` in `IoUringSocketFileRegionTest` and
`IoUringBufferRingSocketFileRegionTest`.

## Result

Any `FileRegion` implementation is now writable on io_uring, consistent
with EPOLL and NIO.

| Transport | `DefaultFileRegion` | Generic `FileRegion` |
|---|---|---|
| NIO | `FileChannel.transferTo` | `region.transferTo` |
| EPOLL | native sendfile | `region.transferTo` fallback |
| io_uring (before) | splice | **UnsupportedOperationException** |
| io_uring (after) | splice (unchanged) | chunked `transferTo` → ByteBuf
→ async send |

---------

Co-authored-by: Norman Maurer <norman_maurer@apple.com>

…tly once in releaseIndexes (netty#16604)

Motivation:

In `ByteBufAllocatorAllocPatternBenchmark`, the original random sampling
allowed the same index to be selected multiple times, making live buffer
count unpredictable and causing `MAX_LIVE_BUFFERS` to lose its intended
meaning.

Modification:

Use
[Fisher-Yates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle)
shuffle for releaseIndexes.

Result:

Live buffer count is stable at `MAX_LIVE_BUFFERS`, each index appears
exactly once in releaseIndexes.

Motivation:
We've seen IllegalReferenceCountException from this test. This is
probably not the root cause, but the root looks like it is lost in the
pipeline.

Modification:
- Increase the test timeouts.
- Add sync() calls so we make sure to wait for the event loop shutdowns
to complete, before we close the scope of the LeakPresenceDetector.
- Change an assertNotSame call in a future listener (which runs on the
event loop) with code that captures the error and funnels it out to the
test code through a future.

Result:
More debuggable test, maybe more stable too.

…vent-loop and off-loop submissions