lib: validate Error.captureStackTrace() calls

This adds a custom eslint rule to verify that
`Error.captureStackTrace()` is only called if necessary. In most
cases the helper function should be used instead.

PR-URL: #26738
Reviewed-By: Gus Caplan <me@gus.host>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>

lib/.eslintrc.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ rules:
     # Config specific to lib
     - selector: "NewExpression[callee.name=/Error$/]:not([callee.name=/^(AssertionError|NghttpError)$/])"
       message: "Use an error exported by the internal/errors module."
+    - selector: "CallExpression[callee.object.name='Error'][callee.property.name='captureStackTrace']"
+      message: "Please use `require('internal/errors').hideStackFrames()` instead."
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
   node-core/require-globals: error
   node-core/no-let-in-for-declaration: error

lib/assert.js

@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ function getErrMessage(message, fn) {
   // We only need the stack trace. To minimize the overhead use an object
   // instead of an error.
   const err = {};
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(err, fn);
   Error.stackTraceLimit = tmpLimit;
 

lib/events.js

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit(type, ...args) {
       try {
         const { kExpandStackSymbol } = require('internal/util');
         const capture = {};
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
         Error.captureStackTrace(capture, EventEmitter.prototype.emit);
         Object.defineProperty(er, kExpandStackSymbol, {
           value: enhanceStackTrace.bind(null, er, capture),

lib/fs.js

@@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ function showTruncateDeprecation() {
 function handleErrorFromBinding(ctx) {
   if (ctx.errno !== undefined) {  // libuv error numbers
     const err = uvException(ctx);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(err, handleErrorFromBinding);
     throw err;
   }
   if (ctx.error !== undefined) {  // errors created in C++ land.
     // TODO(joyeecheung): currently, ctx.error are encoding errors
     // usually caused by memory problems. We need to figure out proper error
     // code(s) for this.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(ctx.error, handleErrorFromBinding);
     throw ctx.error;
   }

lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js

@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
     this.actual = actual;
     this.expected = expected;
     this.operator = operator;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(this, stackStartFn);
     // Create error message including the error code in the name.
     this.stack;

lib/internal/async_hooks.js

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function fatalError(e) {
     process._rawDebug(e.stack);
   } else {
     const o = { message: e };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(o, fatalError);
     process._rawDebug(o.stack);
   }

lib/internal/console/constructor.js

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ const consoleMethods = {
       name: 'Trace',
       message: this[kFormatForStderr](args)
     };
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(err, this.trace);
     this.error(err.stack);
   },

lib/internal/errors.js

@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ function uvException(ctx) {
     err.dest = dest;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(err, excludedStackFn || uvException);
   return err;
 }
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ function uvExceptionWithHostPort(err, syscall, address, port) {
     ex.port = port;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(ex, excludedStackFn || uvExceptionWithHostPort);
   return ex;
 }
@@ -424,6 +426,7 @@ function errnoException(err, syscall, original) {
   ex.code = ex.errno = code;
   ex.syscall = syscall;
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(ex, excludedStackFn || errnoException);
   return ex;
 }
@@ -472,6 +475,7 @@ function exceptionWithHostPort(err, syscall, address, port, additional) {
     ex.port = port;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(ex, excludedStackFn || exceptionWithHostPort);
   return ex;
 }
@@ -512,6 +516,7 @@ function dnsException(code, syscall, hostname) {
     ex.hostname = hostname;
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   Error.captureStackTrace(ex, excludedStackFn || dnsException);
   return ex;
 }

lib/internal/process/warning.js

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ function emitWarning(warning, type, code, ctor, now) {
     warning.name = String(type || 'Warning');
     if (code !== undefined) warning.code = code;
     if (detail !== undefined) warning.detail = detail;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
     Error.captureStackTrace(warning, ctor || process.emitWarning);
   } else if (!(warning instanceof Error)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('warning', ['Error', 'string'], warning);