lib: http server, friendly error messages

lib/internal/errors.js

@@ -285,6 +285,46 @@ function uvException(ctx) {
   return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This creates an error compatible with errors produced in the C++
+ * This function should replace the deprecated
+ * `exceptionWithHostPort()` function.
+ *
+ * @param {number} err - A libuv error number
+ * @param {string} syscall
+ * @param {string} address
+ * @param {number} [port]
+ * @param {string} [additional]
+ * @returns {Error}
+ */
+function uvExceptionWithHostPort(err, syscall, address, port, additional) {
+  const [ code, uvmsg ] = errmap.get(err);
+  const message = `${syscall} ${code}: ${uvmsg}`;
+  let details = '';
+
+  if (port && port > 0) {
+    details = ` ${address}:${port}`;
+  } else if (address) {
+    details = ` ${address}`;
+  }
+  if (additional) {
+    details += ` - Local (${additional})`;
+  }
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+  const ex = new Error(`${message}${details}`);
+  ex.code = code;
+  ex.errno = code;
+  ex.syscall = syscall;
+  ex.address = address;
+  if (port) {
+    ex.port = port;
+  }
+
+  Error.captureStackTrace(ex, uvExceptionWithHostPort);
+  return ex;
+}
+
 /**
  * This used to be util._errnoException().
  *
@@ -314,8 +354,9 @@ function errnoException(err, syscall, original) {
 }
 
 /**
- * This used to be util._exceptionWithHostPort().
- *
+ * Deprecated, new function is `uvExceptionWithHostPort()`
+ * New function added the error description directly
+ * from C++. this method for backwards compatibility
  * @param {number} err - A libuv error number
  * @param {string} syscall
  * @param {string} address
@@ -437,6 +478,7 @@ module.exports = {
   errnoException,
   exceptionWithHostPort,
   uvException,
+  uvExceptionWithHostPort,
   isStackOverflowError,
   getMessage,
   SystemError,

lib/net.js

@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ const kLastWriteQueueSize = Symbol('lastWriteQueueSize');
 let cluster;
 let dns;
 
-const { errnoException, exceptionWithHostPort } = errors;
+const {
+  errnoException,
+  exceptionWithHostPort,
+  uvExceptionWithHostPort
+} = errors;
 
 const {
   kTimeout,
@@ -1266,7 +1270,7 @@ function setupListenHandle(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
       rval = createServerHandle(address, port, addressType, fd);
 
     if (typeof rval === 'number') {
-      var error = exceptionWithHostPort(rval, 'listen', address, port);
+      var error = uvExceptionWithHostPort(rval, 'listen', address, port);
       process.nextTick(emitErrorNT, this, error);
       return;
     }
@@ -1283,7 +1287,7 @@ function setupListenHandle(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
   var err = this._handle.listen(backlog || 511);
 
   if (err) {
-    var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'listen', address, port);
+    var ex = uvExceptionWithHostPort(err, 'listen', address, port);
     this._handle.close();
     this._handle = null;
     defaultTriggerAsyncIdScope(this[async_id_symbol],

test/parallel/test-net-server-listen-handle.js

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if (!common.isWindows) {  // Windows doesn't support {fd: <n>}
   net.createServer()
     .listen({ fd }, common.mustNotCall())
     .on('error', common.mustCall(function(err) {
-      assert.strictEqual(String(err), 'Error: listen EINVAL');
+      assert.strictEqual(String(err), 'Error: listen EINVAL: invalid argument');
       this.close();
     }));
 }