src: don't print garbage errors

If JS throws an object whose toString() method throws, then Node
attempts to print an empty message, but actually prints garbage.
This commit checks for this case, and prints a message instead.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4079
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4112
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Chris Dickinson <christopher.s.dickinson@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Minwoo Jung <jmwsoft@gmail.com>

src/node.cc

@@ -1511,8 +1511,10 @@ static void ReportException(Environment* env,
         name.IsEmpty() ||
         name->IsUndefined()) {
       // Not an error object. Just print as-is.
-      node::Utf8Value message(env->isolate(), er);
-      PrintErrorString("%s\n", *message);
+      String::Utf8Value message(er);
+
+      PrintErrorString("%s\n", *message ? *message :
+                                          "<toString() threw exception>");
     } else {
       node::Utf8Value name_string(env->isolate(), name);
       node::Utf8Value message_string(env->isolate(), message);

test/fixtures/throws_error7.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+throw {
+  toString: function() {
+    throw this;
+  }
+};

test/parallel/test-error-reporting.js

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ function errExec(script, callback) {
 
     // Count the tests
     exits++;
-
-    console.log('.');
   });
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +62,11 @@ errExec('throws_error6.js', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
   assert.ok(/SyntaxError/.test(stderr));
 });
 
+// Object that throws in toString() doesn't print garbage
+errExec('throws_error7.js', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+  assert.ok(/<toString\(\) threw exception/.test(stderr));
+});
+
 process.on('exit', function() {
-  assert.equal(6, exits);
+  assert.equal(7, exits);
 });