Add napi_fatal_error API

doc/api/n-api.md

@@ -490,6 +490,23 @@ Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
 
 This API returns true if an exception is pending.
 
+### Fatal Errors
+
+In the event of an unrecoverable error in a native module, a fatal error can be
+thrown to immediately terminate the process.
+
+#### napi_fatal_error
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+```C
+NAPI_EXTERN NAPI_NO_RETURN void napi_fatal_error(const char* location, const char* message);
+```
+
+- `[in] location`: Optional location at which the error occurred.
+- `[in] message`: The message associated with the error.
+
+The function call does not return, the process will be terminated.
 
 ## Object Lifetime management
 

src/node_api.cc

@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ napi_status napi_get_last_error_info(napi_env env,
   return napi_ok;
 }
 
+NAPI_NO_RETURN void napi_fatal_error(const char* location,
+                                     const char* message) {
+  node::FatalError(location, message);
+}
+
 napi_status napi_create_function(napi_env env,
                                  const char* utf8name,
                                  napi_callback cb,

src/node_api.h

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 # define NAPI_MODULE_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#define NAPI_NO_RETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
+#else
+#define NAPI_NO_RETURN
+#endif
+
 
 typedef void (*napi_addon_register_func)(napi_env env,
                                          napi_value exports,
@@ -104,6 +110,9 @@ NAPI_EXTERN napi_status
 napi_get_last_error_info(napi_env env,
                          const napi_extended_error_info** result);
 
+NAPI_EXTERN NAPI_NO_RETURN void napi_fatal_error(const char* location,
+                                                 const char* message);
+
 // Getters for defined singletons
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_get_undefined(napi_env env, napi_value* result);
 NAPI_EXTERN napi_status napi_get_null(napi_env env, napi_value* result);

test/addons-napi/test_fatal/binding.gyp

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "targets": [
+    {
+      "target_name": "test_fatal",
+      "sources": [ "test_fatal.c" ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

test/addons-napi/test_fatal/test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const child_process = require('child_process');
+const test_fatal = require(`./build/${common.buildType}/test_fatal`);
+
+// Test in a child process because the test code will trigger a fatal error
+// that crashes the process.
+if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
+  test_fatal.Test();
+  return;
+}
+
+const p = child_process.spawnSync(
+    process.execPath, [ '--napi-modules', __filename, 'child' ]);
+assert.ifError(p.error);
+assert.ok(p.stderr.toString().includes(
+    'FATAL ERROR: test_fatal::Test fatal message'));

test/addons-napi/test_fatal/test_fatal.c

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include <node_api.h>
+#include "../common.h"
+
+napi_value Test(napi_env env, napi_callback_info info) {
+  napi_fatal_error("test_fatal::Test", "fatal message");
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+void Init(napi_env env, napi_value exports, napi_value module, void* priv) {
+  napi_property_descriptor properties[] = {
+    DECLARE_NAPI_PROPERTY("Test", Test),
+  };
+
+  NAPI_CALL_RETURN_VOID(env, napi_define_properties(
+      env, exports, sizeof(properties) / sizeof(*properties), properties));
+}
+
+NAPI_MODULE(addon, Init)