test: use JSON.stringify to trigger stack overflow

V8's interpreter performs stack checks both at the call site and at the
function entry. A recursive function could therefore trigger stack
overflow at two different source locations. Instead of recursion, call
JSON.stringify on a deeply nested array.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12481
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <thechargingvolcano@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/test/message/stack_overflow.js b/test/message/stack_overflow.js
index 46e101b916..9541ee7840 100644
--- a/test/message/stack_overflow.js
+++ b/test/message/stack_overflow.js
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
 
 console.error('before');
 
-// stack overflow
-function stackOverflow() {
-  stackOverflow();
+// Trigger stack overflow by stringifying a deeply nested array.
+let array = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+  array = [ array ];
 }
-stackOverflow();
+
+JSON.stringify(array);
 
 console.error('after');