1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index ca8328f553..dde78654e0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const {
     ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE_ENCODING,
     ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
   },
-  hideStackFrames
+  hideStackFrames,
+  uvException
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const {
   isUint8Array,
@@ -444,7 +445,26 @@ function warnOnNonPortableTemplate(template) {
   }
 }
 
+// This handles errors following the convention of the fs binding.
+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;
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
+  handleErrorFromBinding,
   assertEncoding,
   copyObject,
   Dirent,