errors, child_process: use internal/errors codes

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14998
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Joyee Cheung <joyeec9h3@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Stephen Belanger <admin@stephenbelanger.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <apapirovski@mac.com>

doc/api/errors.md

@@ -642,6 +642,17 @@ Node.js was unable to watch for the `SIGINT` signal.
 
 A child process was closed before the parent received a reply.
 
+<a id="ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED"></a>
+### ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED
+
+Used when a child process is being forked without specifying an IPC channel.
+
+<a id="ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER"></a>
+### ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER
+
+Used when the main process is trying to read data from the child process's
+STDERR / STDOUT, and the data's length is longer than the `maxBuffer` option.
+
 <a id="ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM"></a>
 ### ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM
 

lib/child_process.js

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const { createPromise,
 const debug = util.debuglog('child_process');
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { Pipe, constants: PipeConstants } = process.binding('pipe_wrap');
+const errors = require('internal/errors');
 const { errname } = process.binding('uv');
 const child_process = require('internal/child_process');
 const {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function stdioStringToArray(option) {
     case 'inherit':
       return [option, option, option, 'ipc'];
     default:
-      throw new TypeError('Incorrect value of stdio option: ' + option);
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE', 'stdio', option);
   }
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ exports.fork = function(modulePath /*, args, options*/) {
 
   if (pos < arguments.length && arguments[pos] != null) {
     if (typeof arguments[pos] !== 'object') {
-      throw new TypeError('Incorrect value of args option');
+      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+                                 `arguments[${pos}]`,
+                                 arguments[pos]);
     }
 
     options = util._extend({}, arguments[pos++]);
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ exports.fork = function(modulePath /*, args, options*/) {
     options.stdio = options.silent ? stdioStringToArray('pipe') :
       stdioStringToArray('inherit');
   } else if (options.stdio.indexOf('ipc') === -1) {
-    throw new TypeError('Forked processes must have an IPC channel');
+    throw new errors.Error('ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED',
+                           'options.stdio');
   }
 
   options.execPath = options.execPath || process.execPath;
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ exports.execFile = function(file /*, args, options, callback*/) {
   }
 
   if (!callback && pos < arguments.length && arguments[pos] != null) {
-    throw new TypeError('Incorrect value of args option');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE', 'args', arguments[pos]);
   }
 
   // Validate the timeout, if present.
@@ -322,7 +326,8 @@ exports.execFile = function(file /*, args, options, callback*/) {
       stdoutLen += encoding ? Buffer.byteLength(chunk, encoding) : chunk.length;
 
       if (stdoutLen > options.maxBuffer) {
-        ex = new Error('stdout maxBuffer exceeded');
+        ex = new errors.RangeError('ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER',
+                                   'stdout');
         kill();
       } else if (encoding) {
         _stdout += chunk;
@@ -340,7 +345,8 @@ exports.execFile = function(file /*, args, options, callback*/) {
       stderrLen += encoding ? Buffer.byteLength(chunk, encoding) : chunk.length;
 
       if (stderrLen > options.maxBuffer) {
-        ex = new Error('stderr maxBuffer exceeded');
+        ex = new errors.RangeError('ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER',
+                                   'stderr');
         kill();
       } else if (encoding) {
         _stderr += chunk;
@@ -377,13 +383,13 @@ function _convertCustomFds(options) {
 
 function normalizeSpawnArguments(file, args, options) {
   if (typeof file !== 'string' || file.length === 0)
-    throw new TypeError('"file" argument must be a non-empty string');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'file', 'string', file);
 
   if (Array.isArray(args)) {
     args = args.slice(0);
   } else if (args !== undefined &&
              (args === null || typeof args !== 'object')) {
-    throw new TypeError('Incorrect value of args option');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'args', 'object', args);
   } else {
     options = args;
     args = [];
@@ -392,41 +398,62 @@ function normalizeSpawnArguments(file, args, options) {
   if (options === undefined)
     options = {};
   else if (options === null || typeof options !== 'object')
-    throw new TypeError('"options" argument must be an object');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options',
+                               'object',
+                               options);
 
   // Validate the cwd, if present.
   if (options.cwd != null &&
       typeof options.cwd !== 'string') {
-    throw new TypeError('"cwd" must be a string');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.cwd',
+                               'string',
+                               options.cwd);
   }
 
   // Validate detached, if present.
   if (options.detached != null &&
       typeof options.detached !== 'boolean') {
-    throw new TypeError('"detached" must be a boolean');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.detached',
+                               'boolean',
+                               options.detached);
   }
 
   // Validate the uid, if present.
   if (options.uid != null && !Number.isInteger(options.uid)) {
-    throw new TypeError('"uid" must be an integer');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.uid',
+                               'integer',
+                               options.uid);
   }
 
   // Validate the gid, if present.
   if (options.gid != null && !Number.isInteger(options.gid)) {
-    throw new TypeError('"gid" must be an integer');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.gid',
+                               'integer',
+                               options.gid);
   }
 
   // Validate the shell, if present.
   if (options.shell != null &&
       typeof options.shell !== 'boolean' &&
       typeof options.shell !== 'string') {
-    throw new TypeError('"shell" must be a boolean or string');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.shell',
+                               ['boolean', 'string'],
+                               options.shell);
   }
 
   // Validate argv0, if present.
   if (options.argv0 != null &&
       typeof options.argv0 !== 'string') {
-    throw new TypeError('"argv0" must be a string');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.argv0',
+                               'string',
+                               options.argv0);
   }
 
   // Validate windowsHide, if present.
@@ -438,7 +465,10 @@ function normalizeSpawnArguments(file, args, options) {
   // Validate windowsVerbatimArguments, if present.
   if (options.windowsVerbatimArguments != null &&
       typeof options.windowsVerbatimArguments !== 'boolean') {
-    throw new TypeError('"windowsVerbatimArguments" must be a boolean');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.windowsVerbatimArguments',
+                               'boolean',
+                               options.windowsVerbatimArguments);
   }
 
   // Make a shallow copy so we don't clobber the user's options object.
@@ -549,10 +579,10 @@ function spawnSync(/*file, args, options*/) {
       } else if (typeof input === 'string') {
         pipe.input = Buffer.from(input, options.encoding);
       } else {
-        throw new TypeError(util.format(
+        throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-          'stdio[%d] should be Buffer, Uint8Array or string not %s',
+                                   ('options.stdio[' + i + ']'),
-          i,
+                                   ['Buffer', 'Uint8Array', 'string'],
-          typeof input));
+                                   input);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -620,14 +650,20 @@ exports.execSync = execSync;
 
 function validateTimeout(timeout) {
   if (timeout != null && !(Number.isInteger(timeout) && timeout >= 0)) {
-    throw new TypeError('"timeout" must be an unsigned integer');
+    throw new errors.RangeError('ERR_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE',
+                                'timeout',
+                                'an unsigned integer',
+                                timeout);
   }
 }
 
 
 function validateMaxBuffer(maxBuffer) {
   if (maxBuffer != null && !(typeof maxBuffer === 'number' && maxBuffer >= 0)) {
-    throw new TypeError('"maxBuffer" must be a positive number');
+    throw new errors.RangeError('ERR_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE',
+                                'options.maxBuffer',
+                                'a positive number',
+                                maxBuffer);
   }
 }
 
@@ -636,6 +672,9 @@ function sanitizeKillSignal(killSignal) {
   if (typeof killSignal === 'string' || typeof killSignal === 'number') {
     return convertToValidSignal(killSignal);
   } else if (killSignal != null) {
-    throw new TypeError('"killSignal" must be a string or number');
+    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                               'options.killSignal',
+                               ['string', 'number'],
+                               killSignal);
   }
 }

lib/internal/errors.js

@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ E('ERR_BUFFER_TOO_LARGE',
   `Cannot create a Buffer larger than 0x${kMaxLength.toString(16)} bytes`);
 E('ERR_CANNOT_WATCH_SIGINT', 'Cannot watch for SIGINT signals');
 E('ERR_CHILD_CLOSED_BEFORE_REPLY', 'Child closed before reply received');
+E('ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED',
+  "Forked processes must have an IPC channel, missing value 'ipc' in %s");
+E('ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER', '%s maxBuffer length exceeded');
 E('ERR_CONSOLE_WRITABLE_STREAM',
   'Console expects a writable stream instance for %s');
 E('ERR_CPU_USAGE', 'Unable to obtain cpu usage %s');

test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-maxBuffer.js

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ const cp = require('child_process');
 
 function checkFactory(streamName) {
   return common.mustCall((err) => {
-    const message = `${streamName} maxBuffer exceeded`;
+    assert.strictEqual(err.message, `${streamName} maxBuffer length exceeded`);
-    assert.strictEqual(err.message, message);
+    assert(err instanceof RangeError);
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_STDIO_MAXBUFFER');
   });
 }
 

test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-stdio-string-variant.js

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ const fork = require('child_process').fork;
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 
 const childScript = fixtures.path('child-process-spawn-node');
-const errorRegexp = /^TypeError: Incorrect value of stdio option:/;
 const malFormedOpts = { stdio: '33' };
 const payload = { hello: 'world' };
 
-assert.throws(() => fork(childScript, malFormedOpts), errorRegexp);
+common.expectsError(
+  () => fork(childScript, malFormedOpts),
+  { code: 'ERR_INVALID_OPT_VALUE', type: TypeError });
 
 function test(stringVariant) {
   const child = fork(childScript, { stdio: stringVariant });

test/parallel/test-child-process-fork-stdio.js

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
     process.send(data);
   });
 } else {
-  assert.throws(() => {
+  common.expectsError(
-    cp.fork(__filename, { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
+    () => cp.fork(__filename, { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }),
-  }, /Forked processes must have an IPC channel/);
+    { code: 'ERR_CHILD_PROCESS_IPC_REQUIRED', type: Error });
 
   let ipc = '';
   let stderr = '';

test/parallel/test-child-process-spawn-typeerror.js

@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ const { spawn, fork, execFile } = require('child_process');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const cmd = common.isWindows ? 'rundll32' : 'ls';
 const invalidcmd = 'hopefully_you_dont_have_this_on_your_machine';
-const invalidArgsMsg = /Incorrect value of args option/;
-const invalidOptionsMsg = /"options" argument must be an object/;
-const invalidFileMsg =
-  /^TypeError: "file" argument must be a non-empty string$/;
 
 const empty = fixtures.path('empty.js');
 
+const invalidArgValueError =
+  common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE', type: TypeError }, 13);
+
+const invalidArgTypeError =
+  common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', type: TypeError }, 11);
+
 assert.throws(function() {
   const child = spawn(invalidcmd, 'this is not an array');
   child.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
@@ -58,32 +60,32 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
 // verify that invalid argument combinations throw
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn();
-}, invalidFileMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn('');
-}, invalidFileMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
-  const file = { toString() { throw new Error('foo'); } };
+  const file = { toString() { return null; } };
   spawn(file);
-}, invalidFileMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn(cmd, null);
-}, invalidArgsMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn(cmd, true);
-}, invalidArgsMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn(cmd, [], null);
-}, invalidOptionsMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 assert.throws(function() {
   spawn(cmd, [], 1);
-}, invalidOptionsMsg);
+}, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 // Argument types for combinatorics
 const a = [];
@@ -107,11 +109,11 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() { spawn(cmd, o); });
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() { spawn(cmd, u, o); });
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() { spawn(cmd, a, u); });
 
-assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, n, o); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, n, o); }, invalidArgTypeError);
-assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, a, n); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, a, n); }, invalidArgTypeError);
 
-assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, s); }, invalidArgTypeError);
-assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, a, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { spawn(cmd, a, s); }, invalidArgTypeError);
 
 
 // verify that execFile has same argument parsing behaviour as spawn
@@ -160,17 +162,17 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() { execFile(cmd, c, n); });
 // string is invalid in arg position (this may seem strange, but is
 // consistent across node API, cf. `net.createServer('not options', 'not
 // callback')`
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, s, o, c); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, s, o, c); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, s, c); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, s, c); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, o, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, o, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, o, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, o, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, u, u, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, u, u, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, n, n, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, n, n, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, u, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, u, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, n, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, a, n, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, u, o, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, u, o, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, n, o, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { execFile(cmd, n, o, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() { execFile(cmd, c, s); });
 
 
@@ -192,5 +194,5 @@ assert.doesNotThrow(function() { fork(empty, n, n); });
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() { fork(empty, n, o); });
 assert.doesNotThrow(function() { fork(empty, a, n); });
 
-assert.throws(function() { fork(empty, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { fork(empty, s); }, invalidArgValueError);
-assert.throws(function() { fork(empty, a, s); }, TypeError);
+assert.throws(function() { fork(empty, a, s); }, invalidArgValueError);

test/parallel/test-child-process-spawnsync-input.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ let options = {
   input: 1234
 };
 
-assert.throws(function() {
+common.expectsError(
-  spawnSync('cat', [], options);
+  () => spawnSync('cat', [], options),
-}, /TypeError:.*should be Buffer, Uint8Array or string not number/);
+  { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', type: TypeError });
-
 
 options = {
   input: 'hello world'

test/parallel/test-child-process-spawnsync-validation-errors.js

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
 const signals = process.binding('constants').os.signals;
 
+let invalidArgTypeError;
+
+if (common.isWindows) {
+  invalidArgTypeError =
+    common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', type: TypeError }, 36);
+} else {
+  invalidArgTypeError =
+    common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', type: TypeError }, 56);
+}
+
+const invalidRangeError =
+  common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE', type: RangeError }, 20);
+
 function pass(option, value) {
   // Run the command with the specified option. Since it's not a real command,
   // spawnSync() should run successfully but return an ENOENT error.
@@ -20,108 +33,96 @@ function fail(option, value, message) {
 
 {
   // Validate the cwd option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "cwd" must be a string$/;
-
   pass('cwd', undefined);
   pass('cwd', null);
   pass('cwd', __dirname);
-  fail('cwd', 0, err);
+  fail('cwd', 0, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', 1, err);
+  fail('cwd', 1, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', true, err);
+  fail('cwd', true, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', false, err);
+  fail('cwd', false, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', [], err);
+  fail('cwd', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', {}, err);
+  fail('cwd', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('cwd', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('cwd', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the detached option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "detached" must be a boolean$/;
-
   pass('detached', undefined);
   pass('detached', null);
   pass('detached', true);
   pass('detached', false);
-  fail('detached', 0, err);
+  fail('detached', 0, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('detached', 1, err);
+  fail('detached', 1, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('detached', __dirname, err);
+  fail('detached', __dirname, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('detached', [], err);
+  fail('detached', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('detached', {}, err);
+  fail('detached', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('detached', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('detached', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 }
 
 if (!common.isWindows) {
   {
     // Validate the uid option
     if (process.getuid() !== 0) {
-      const err = /^TypeError: "uid" must be an integer$/;
-
       pass('uid', undefined);
       pass('uid', null);
       pass('uid', process.getuid());
-      fail('uid', __dirname, err);
+      fail('uid', __dirname, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', true, err);
+      fail('uid', true, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', false, err);
+      fail('uid', false, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', [], err);
+      fail('uid', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', {}, err);
+      fail('uid', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+      fail('uid', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', NaN, err);
+      fail('uid', NaN, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', Infinity, err);
+      fail('uid', Infinity, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', 3.1, err);
+      fail('uid', 3.1, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('uid', -3.1, err);
+      fail('uid', -3.1, invalidArgTypeError);
     }
   }
 
   {
     // Validate the gid option
     if (process.getgid() !== 0) {
-      const err = /^TypeError: "gid" must be an integer$/;
-
       pass('gid', undefined);
       pass('gid', null);
       pass('gid', process.getgid());
-      fail('gid', __dirname, err);
+      fail('gid', __dirname, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', true, err);
+      fail('gid', true, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', false, err);
+      fail('gid', false, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', [], err);
+      fail('gid', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', {}, err);
+      fail('gid', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+      fail('gid', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', NaN, err);
+      fail('gid', NaN, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', Infinity, err);
+      fail('gid', Infinity, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', 3.1, err);
+      fail('gid', 3.1, invalidArgTypeError);
-      fail('gid', -3.1, err);
+      fail('gid', -3.1, invalidArgTypeError);
     }
   }
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the shell option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "shell" must be a boolean or string$/;
-
   pass('shell', undefined);
   pass('shell', null);
   pass('shell', false);
-  fail('shell', 0, err);
+  fail('shell', 0, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('shell', 1, err);
+  fail('shell', 1, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('shell', [], err);
+  fail('shell', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('shell', {}, err);
+  fail('shell', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('shell', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('shell', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the argv0 option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "argv0" must be a string$/;
-
   pass('argv0', undefined);
   pass('argv0', null);
   pass('argv0', 'myArgv0');
-  fail('argv0', 0, err);
+  fail('argv0', 0, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', 1, err);
+  fail('argv0', 1, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', true, err);
+  fail('argv0', true, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', false, err);
+  fail('argv0', false, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', [], err);
+  fail('argv0', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', {}, err);
+  fail('argv0', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('argv0', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('argv0', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 }
 
 {
@@ -142,65 +143,58 @@ if (!common.isWindows) {
 
 {
   // Validate the windowsVerbatimArguments option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "windowsVerbatimArguments" must be a boolean$/;
-
   pass('windowsVerbatimArguments', undefined);
   pass('windowsVerbatimArguments', null);
   pass('windowsVerbatimArguments', true);
   pass('windowsVerbatimArguments', false);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', 0, err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', 0, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', 1, err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', 1, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', __dirname, err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', __dirname, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', [], err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', {}, err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('windowsVerbatimArguments', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the timeout option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "timeout" must be an unsigned integer$/;
-
   pass('timeout', undefined);
   pass('timeout', null);
   pass('timeout', 1);
   pass('timeout', 0);
-  fail('timeout', -1, err);
+  fail('timeout', -1, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', true, err);
+  fail('timeout', true, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', false, err);
+  fail('timeout', false, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', __dirname, err);
+  fail('timeout', __dirname, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', [], err);
+  fail('timeout', [], invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', {}, err);
+  fail('timeout', {}, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('timeout', common.mustNotCall(), invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', NaN, err);
+  fail('timeout', NaN, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', Infinity, err);
+  fail('timeout', Infinity, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', 3.1, err);
+  fail('timeout', 3.1, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('timeout', -3.1, err);
+  fail('timeout', -3.1, invalidRangeError);
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the maxBuffer option
-  const err = /^TypeError: "maxBuffer" must be a positive number$/;
-
   pass('maxBuffer', undefined);
   pass('maxBuffer', null);
   pass('maxBuffer', 1);
   pass('maxBuffer', 0);
   pass('maxBuffer', Infinity);
   pass('maxBuffer', 3.14);
-  fail('maxBuffer', -1, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', -1, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', NaN, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', NaN, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', -Infinity, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', -Infinity, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', true, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', true, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', false, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', false, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', __dirname, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', __dirname, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', [], err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', [], invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', {}, err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', {}, invalidRangeError);
-  fail('maxBuffer', common.mustNotCall(), err);
+  fail('maxBuffer', common.mustNotCall(), invalidRangeError);
 }
 
 {
   // Validate the killSignal option
-  const typeErr = /^TypeError: "killSignal" must be a string or number$/;
   const unknownSignalErr =
     common.expectsError({ code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_SIGNAL', type: TypeError }, 17);
 
@@ -208,11 +202,11 @@ if (!common.isWindows) {
   pass('killSignal', null);
   pass('killSignal', 'SIGKILL');
   fail('killSignal', 'SIGNOTAVALIDSIGNALNAME', unknownSignalErr);
-  fail('killSignal', true, typeErr);
+  fail('killSignal', true, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('killSignal', false, typeErr);
+  fail('killSignal', false, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('killSignal', [], typeErr);
+  fail('killSignal', [], invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('killSignal', {}, typeErr);
+  fail('killSignal', {}, invalidArgTypeError);
-  fail('killSignal', common.mustNotCall(), typeErr);
+  fail('killSignal', common.mustNotCall(), invalidArgTypeError);
 
   // Invalid signal names and numbers should fail
   fail('killSignal', 500, unknownSignalErr);