java-topology/defects/composer/patch/composer-diamond-recursion-CLEAN.md
russell@unturf.com 3986d8dc50 diamond hunt: godot-0009/0010 + meson-0002 + typeorm-0004/0005 + ts-0003; count 629→635
New diamond recursion defects (O(2^D) → O(N)):
- godot-0009: Font::_is_cyclic no visited set — CJK fallback diamond, 2648x at F=4,D=8
- godot-0010: Font::_update_rids_fb no visited set — duplicate RIDs + O(N^2) hot path
- meson-0002: get_internal_static_libraries_recurse link_whole guard missing — 132x at D=10
- typescript-0003: hasBaseType inner check() no visited set — 1024x at D=10; hot on instanceof

New O(N²) defects:
- typeorm-0004: SubjectTopologicalSorter Array.indexOf dedup — 200x at N=400
- typeorm-0005: DepGraph.createDFS result.indexOf + addDependency edge dedup — 300x at N=600

CLEAN confirmed (diamond recursion sweep): bazel, cargo, cmake, composer, dgl, diesel,
doctrine-orm, efcore, helm, mybatis, networkx-deeper, ninja, npm-arborist, peewee, pip,
rubygems, seaorm, sqlalchemy, swift

UNDF: 571→578 assigned; MOAD count: 629→635
2026-03-29 16:52:04 -04:00

1.2 KiB

Diamond Recursion Scan — CLEAN

Scan date: 2026-03-29 Pattern: Recursive cycle/dependency check without visited set (CWE-407 diamond recursion, O(2^D))

Files examined

  • src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php — SAT solver core
  • src/Composer/DependencyResolver/PoolBuilder.php — dependency pool construction
  • src/Composer/DependencyResolver/PoolOptimizer.php — pool optimization
  • src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Request.php — dependency request types
  • src/Composer/Package/ — package dependency structures

Findings

Solver: Uses a DPLL-based SAT solver (via branch/backtrack state machine in $this->branches). Does not use recursive graph traversal for dependency resolution. No diamond recursion possible. CLEAN.

PoolBuilder: Iterates dependency sets iteratively (while loops), not recursively. CLEAN.

Package layer: Dependencies are stored as flat arrays; traversal is left to the solver. No recursive diamond-pattern code found. CLEAN.

Note: composer-0001 and composer-0002 cover pre-existing CWE-407 defects in filter/dependent list operations.

Verdict: CLEAN — no diamond recursion CWE-407 found