inspector: enable async stack traces

Implement a special async_hooks listener that forwards information
about async tasks to V8Inspector asyncTask* API, thus enabling
DevTools feature "async stack traces".

The feature is enabled only on 64bit platforms due to a technical
limitation of V8 Inspector: inspector uses a pointer as a task id,
while async_hooks use 64bit numbers as ids.

To avoid performance penalty of async_hooks when not debugging,
the new listener is enabled only when the process enters a debug mode:

 - When the process is started with `--inspect` or `--inspect-brk`,
   the listener is enabled immediately and async stack traces
   lead all the way to the first tick of the event loop.

 - When the debug mode is enabled via SIGUSR1 or `_debugProcess()`,
   the listener is enabled together with the debugger. As a result,
   only async operations started after the signal was received
   will be correctly observed and reported to V8 Inspector. For example,
   a `setInterval()` called in the first tick of the event will not be
   shown in the async stack trace when the callback is invoked. This
   behaviour is consistent with Chrome DevTools.

Last but not least, this commit fixes handling of InspectorAgent's
internal property `enabled_` to ensure it's set back to `false`
after the debugger is deactivated (typically via `process._debugEnd()`).

Fixes: #11370
PR-URL: #13870
Reviewed-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>

lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
  if (global.__coverage__)
  NativeModule.require('internal/process/write-coverage').setup();
 
+ NativeModule.require('internal/inspector_async_hook').setup();
+
  // Do not initialize channel in debugger agent, it deletes env variable
  // and the main thread won't see it.
  if (process.argv[1] !== '--debug-agent')

lib/internal/inspector_async_hook.js

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { createHook } = require('async_hooks');
+const inspector = process.binding('inspector');
+const config = process.binding('config');
+
+if (!inspector || !inspector.asyncTaskScheduled) {
+ exports.setup = function() {};
+ return;
+}
+
+const hook = createHook({
+ init(asyncId, type, triggerAsyncId, resource) {
+ // It's difficult to tell which tasks will be recurring and which won't,
+ // therefore we mark all tasks as recurring. Based on the discussion
+ // in https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/13870#discussion_r124515293,
+ // this should be fine as long as we call asyncTaskCanceled() too.
+ const recurring = true;
+ inspector.asyncTaskScheduled(type, asyncId, recurring);
+ },
+
+ before(asyncId) {
+ inspector.asyncTaskStarted(asyncId);
+ },
+
+ after(asyncId) {
+ inspector.asyncTaskFinished(asyncId);
+ },
+
+ destroy(asyncId) {
+ inspector.asyncTaskCanceled(asyncId);
+ },
+});
+
+function enable() {
+ if (config.bits < 64) {
+ // V8 Inspector stores task ids as (void*) pointers.
+ // async_hooks store ids as 64bit numbers.
+ // As a result, we cannot reliably translate async_hook ids to V8 async_task
+ // ids on 32bit platforms.
+ process.emitWarning(
+ 'Warning: Async stack traces in debugger are not available ' +
+ `on ${config.bits}bit platforms. The feature is disabled.`,
+ {
+ code: 'INSPECTOR_ASYNC_STACK_TRACES_NOT_AVAILABLE',
+ });
+ } else {
+ hook.enable();
+ }
+}
+
+function disable() {
+ hook.disable();
+}
+
+exports.setup = function() {
+ inspector.registerAsyncHook(enable, disable);
+
+ if (inspector.isEnabled()) {
+ // If the inspector was already enabled via --inspect or --inspect-brk,
+ // the we need to enable the async hook immediately at startup.
+ enable();
+ }
+};

node.gyp

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
  'lib/internal/freelist.js',
  'lib/internal/fs.js',
  'lib/internal/http.js',
+ 'lib/internal/inspector_async_hook.js',
  'lib/internal/linkedlist.js',
  'lib/internal/net.js',
  'lib/internal/module.js',

src/inspector_agent.cc

@@ -23,20 +23,27 @@
 namespace node {
 namespace inspector {
 namespace {
+
+using node::FatalError;
+
 using v8::Array;
+using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::External;
 using v8::Function;
 using v8::FunctionCallbackInfo;
 using v8::HandleScope;
+using v8::Integer;
 using v8::Isolate;
 using v8::Local;
 using v8::Maybe;
 using v8::MaybeLocal;
+using v8::Name;
 using v8::NewStringType;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::Persistent;
 using v8::String;
+using v8::Undefined;
 using v8::Value;
 
 using v8_inspector::StringBuffer;
@@ -613,6 +620,28 @@ class NodeInspectorClient : public V8InspectorClient {
  timers_.erase(data);
  }
 
+ // Async stack traces instrumentation.
+ void AsyncTaskScheduled(const StringView& task_name, void* task,
+ bool recurring) {
+ client_->asyncTaskScheduled(task_name, task, recurring);
+ }
+
+ void AsyncTaskCanceled(void* task) {
+ client_->asyncTaskCanceled(task);
+ }
+
+ void AsyncTaskStarted(void* task) {
+ client_->asyncTaskStarted(task);
+ }
+
+ void AsyncTaskFinished(void* task) {
+ client_->asyncTaskFinished(task);
+ }
+
+ void AllAsyncTasksCanceled() {
+ client_->allAsyncTasksCanceled();
+ }
+
  private:
  node::Environment* env_;
  node::NodePlatform* platform_;
@@ -673,9 +702,21 @@ bool Agent::StartIoThread(bool wait_for_connect) {
  }
 
  v8::Isolate* isolate = parent_env_->isolate();
+ HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
+
+ // Enable tracking of async stack traces
+ if (!enable_async_hook_function_.IsEmpty()) {
+ Local<Function> enable_fn = enable_async_hook_function_.Get(isolate);
+ auto context = parent_env_->context();
+ auto result = enable_fn->Call(context, Undefined(isolate), 0, nullptr);
+ if (result.IsEmpty()) {
+ FatalError(
+ "node::InspectorAgent::StartIoThread",
+ "Cannot enable Inspector's AsyncHook, please report this.");
+ }
+ }
 
  // Send message to enable debug in workers
- HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
  Local<Object> process_object = parent_env_->process_object();
  Local<Value> emit_fn =
  process_object->Get(FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "emit"));
@@ -714,10 +755,40 @@ void Agent::Stop() {
  if (io_ != nullptr) {
  io_->Stop();
  io_.reset();
+ enabled_ = false;
+ }
+
+ v8::Isolate* isolate = parent_env_->isolate();
+ HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
+
+ // Disable tracking of async stack traces
+ if (!disable_async_hook_function_.IsEmpty()) {
+ Local<Function> disable_fn = disable_async_hook_function_.Get(isolate);
+ auto result = disable_fn->Call(parent_env_->context(),
+ Undefined(parent_env_->isolate()), 0, nullptr);
+ if (result.IsEmpty()) {
+ FatalError(
+ "node::InspectorAgent::Stop",
+ "Cannot disable Inspector's AsyncHook, please report this.");
+ }
  }
 }
 
 void Agent::Connect(InspectorSessionDelegate* delegate) {
+ if (!enabled_) {
+ // Enable tracking of async stack traces
+ v8::Isolate* isolate = parent_env_->isolate();
+ HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
+ auto context = parent_env_->context();
+ Local<Function> enable_fn = enable_async_hook_function_.Get(isolate);
+ auto result = enable_fn->Call(context, Undefined(isolate), 0, nullptr);
+ if (result.IsEmpty()) {
+ FatalError(
+ "node::InspectorAgent::Connect",
+ "Cannot enable Inspector's AsyncHook, please report this.");
+ }
+ }
+
  enabled_ = true;
  client_->connectFrontend(delegate);
 }
@@ -770,6 +841,34 @@ void Agent::PauseOnNextJavascriptStatement(const std::string& reason) {
  channel->schedulePauseOnNextStatement(reason);
 }
 
+void Agent::RegisterAsyncHook(Isolate* isolate,
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> enable_function,
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> disable_function) {
+ enable_async_hook_function_.Reset(isolate, enable_function);
+ disable_async_hook_function_.Reset(isolate, disable_function);
+}
+
+void Agent::AsyncTaskScheduled(const StringView& task_name, void* task,
+ bool recurring) {
+ client_->AsyncTaskScheduled(task_name, task, recurring);
+}
+
+void Agent::AsyncTaskCanceled(void* task) {
+ client_->AsyncTaskCanceled(task);
+}
+
+void Agent::AsyncTaskStarted(void* task) {
+ client_->AsyncTaskStarted(task);
+}
+
+void Agent::AsyncTaskFinished(void* task) {
+ client_->AsyncTaskFinished(task);
+}
+
+void Agent::AllAsyncTasksCanceled() {
+ client_->AllAsyncTasksCanceled();
+}
+
 void Open(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
  Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
  inspector::Agent* agent = env->inspector_agent();
@@ -807,6 +906,59 @@ void Url(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
  args.GetReturnValue().Set(OneByteString(env->isolate(), url.c_str()));
 }
 
+static void* GetAsyncTask(int64_t asyncId) {
+ // The inspector assumes that when other clients use its asyncTask* API,
+ // they use real pointers, or at least something aligned like real pointer.
+ // In general it means that our task_id should always be even.
+ //
+ // On 32bit platforms, the 64bit asyncId would get truncated when converted
+ // to a 32bit pointer. However, the javascript part will never enable
+ // the async_hook on 32bit platforms, therefore the truncation will never
+ // happen in practice.
+ return reinterpret_cast<void*>(asyncId << 1);
+}
+
+template<void (Agent::*asyncTaskFn)(void*)>
+static void InvokeAsyncTaskFnWithId(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+ Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
+ CHECK(args[0]->IsNumber());
+ int64_t task_id = args[0]->IntegerValue(env->context()).FromJust();
+ (env->inspector_agent()->*asyncTaskFn)(GetAsyncTask(task_id));
+}
+
+static void AsyncTaskScheduledWrapper(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+ Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
+
+ CHECK(args[0]->IsString());
+ Local<String> task_name = args[0].As<String>();
+ String::Value task_name_value(task_name);
+ StringView task_name_view(*task_name_value, task_name_value.length());
+
+ CHECK(args[1]->IsNumber());
+ int64_t task_id = args[1]->IntegerValue(env->context()).FromJust();
+ void* task = GetAsyncTask(task_id);
+
+ CHECK(args[2]->IsBoolean());
+ bool recurring = args[2]->BooleanValue(env->context()).FromJust();
+
+ env->inspector_agent()->AsyncTaskScheduled(task_name_view, task, recurring);
+}
+
+static void RegisterAsyncHookWrapper(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+ Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
+
+ CHECK(args[0]->IsFunction());
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> enable_function = args[0].As<Function>();
+ CHECK(args[1]->IsFunction());
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> disable_function = args[1].As<Function>();
+ env->inspector_agent()->RegisterAsyncHook(env->isolate(),
+ enable_function, disable_function);
+}
+
+static void IsEnabled(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+ Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
+ args.GetReturnValue().Set(env->inspector_agent()->enabled());
+}
 
 // static
 void Agent::InitInspector(Local<Object> target, Local<Value> unused,
@@ -827,6 +979,17 @@ void Agent::InitInspector(Local<Object> target, Local<Value> unused,
  env->SetMethod(target, "connect", ConnectJSBindingsSession);
  env->SetMethod(target, "open", Open);
  env->SetMethod(target, "url", Url);
+
+ env->SetMethod(target, "asyncTaskScheduled", AsyncTaskScheduledWrapper);
+ env->SetMethod(target, "asyncTaskCanceled",
+ InvokeAsyncTaskFnWithId<&Agent::AsyncTaskCanceled>);
+ env->SetMethod(target, "asyncTaskStarted",
+ InvokeAsyncTaskFnWithId<&Agent::AsyncTaskStarted>);
+ env->SetMethod(target, "asyncTaskFinished",
+ InvokeAsyncTaskFnWithId<&Agent::AsyncTaskFinished>);
+
+ env->SetMethod(target, "registerAsyncHook", RegisterAsyncHookWrapper);
+ env->SetMethod(target, "isEnabled", IsEnabled);
 }
 
 void Agent::RequestIoThreadStart() {

src/inspector_agent.h

@@ -17,17 +17,7 @@ class Environment;
 class NodePlatform;
 } // namespace node
 
-namespace v8 {
-class Context;
-template <typename V>
-class FunctionCallbackInfo;
-template<typename T>
-class Local;
-class Message;
-class Object;
-class Platform;
-class Value;
-} // namespace v8
+#include "v8.h"
 
 namespace v8_inspector {
 class StringView;
@@ -68,6 +58,18 @@ class Agent {
  void FatalException(v8::Local<v8::Value> error,
  v8::Local<v8::Message> message);
 
+ // Async stack traces instrumentation.
+ void AsyncTaskScheduled(const v8_inspector::StringView& taskName, void* task,
+ bool recurring);
+ void AsyncTaskCanceled(void* task);
+ void AsyncTaskStarted(void* task);
+ void AsyncTaskFinished(void* task);
+ void AllAsyncTasksCanceled();
+
+ void RegisterAsyncHook(v8::Isolate* isolate,
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> enable_function,
+ v8::Local<v8::Function> disable_function);
+
  // These methods are called by the WS protocol and JS binding to create
  // inspector sessions. The inspector responds by using the delegate to send
  // messages back.
@@ -108,6 +110,9 @@ class Agent {
  std::string path_;
  DebugOptions debug_options_;
  int next_context_number_;
+
+ v8::Persistent<v8::Function> enable_async_hook_function_;
+ v8::Persistent<v8::Function> disable_async_hook_function_;
 };
 
 } // namespace inspector

src/node_config.cc

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::Integer;
 using v8::Local;
+using v8::Number;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::ReadOnly;
 using v8::String;
@@ -29,6 +30,15 @@ using v8::Value;
  True(env->isolate()), ReadOnly).FromJust(); \
  } while (0)
 
+#define READONLY_PROPERTY(obj, name, value) \
+ do { \
+ obj->DefineOwnProperty(env->context(), \
+ OneByteString(env->isolate(), name), \
+ value, \
+ ReadOnly).FromJust(); \
+ } while (0)
+
+
 static void InitConfig(Local<Object> target,
  Local<Value> unused,
  Local<Context> context) {
@@ -90,6 +100,10 @@ static void InitConfig(Local<Object> target,
 
  if (config_expose_http2)
  READONLY_BOOLEAN_PROPERTY("exposeHTTP2");
+
+ READONLY_PROPERTY(target,
+ "bits",
+ Number::New(env->isolate(), 8 * sizeof(intptr_t)));
 } // InitConfig
 
 } // namespace node