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Update stack diffing algorithm in describeNativeComponentFrame (#27132)
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## Summary

There's a bug with the existing stack comparison algorithm in
`describeNativeComponentFrame` — specifically how it attempts to find a
common root frame between the control and sample stacks. This PR
attempts to fix that bug by injecting a frame that can have a guaranteed
string in it for us to search for in both stacks to find a common root.

## Brief Background/How it works now

Right now `describeNativeComponentFrame` does the following to leverage
native browser/VM stack frames to get details (e.g. script path, row and
col #s) for a single component:
1. Throwing and catching a control error in the function
2. Calling the component which should eventually throw an error (most of
the time), that we'll catch as our sample error.
3. Diffing the stacks in the control and sample errors to find the line
which should represent our component call.

## What's broken

To account for potential stack trace truncation, the stack diffing
algorithm first attempts to find a common "root" frame by inspecting the
earliest frame of the sample stack and searching for an identical frame
in the control stack starting from the bottom. However, there are a
couple of scenarios which I've hit that cause the above approach to not
work correctly.

First, it's possible that for render passes of extremely large component
trees to have a lot of repeating internal react function calls, which
can result in an incorrect common or "root" frame found. Here's a small
example from a stack trace using React Fizz for SSR.
Our control frame can look like this:
```
Error:
    at Fake (...)
    at construct (native)
    at describeNativeComponentFrame (...)
    at describeClassComponentFrame (...)
    at getStackByComponentStackNode (...)
    at getCurrentStackInDEV (...)
    at renderNodeDestructive (...)
    at renderElement (...)
    at renderNodeDestructiveImpl (...) // <-- Actual common root frame with the sample stack
    at renderNodeDestructive (...)
    at renderElement (...)
    at renderNodeDestructiveImpl (...) // <-- Incorrectly chosen common root frame
    at renderNodeDestructive (...)
```

And our sample stack can look like this:
```
Error:
    at set (...)
    at PureComponent (...)
    at call (native)
    at apply (native)
    at ErrorBoundary (...)
    at construct (native)
    at describeNativeComponentFrame (...)
    at describeClassComponentFrame (...)
    at getStackByComponentStackNode (...)
    at getCurrentStackInDEV (...)
    at renderNodeDestructive (...)
    at renderElement (...)
    at renderNodeDestructiveImpl (...) // <-- Root frame that's common in the control stack
```

Here you can see that the earliest trace in the sample stack, the
`renderNodeDestructiveImpl` call, can exactly match with multiple
`renderNodeDestructiveImpl` calls in the control stack (including file
path and line + col #s). Currently the algorithm will chose the
earliest/last frame with the `renderNodeDestructiveImpl` call (which is
the second last frame in our control stack), which is incorrect. The
actual matching frame in the control stack is the latest or first frame
(when traversing from the top) with the `renderNodeDestructiveImpl`
call. This leads to the rest of the stack diffing associating an
incorrect frame (`at getStackByComponentStackNode (...)`) for the
component.

Another issue with this approach is that it assumes all VMs will
truncate stack traces at the *bottom*, [which isn't the case for the
Hermes
VM](https://github.com/facebook/hermes/blob/df07cf713a84a4434c83c08cede38ba438dc6aca/lib/VM/JSError.cpp#L688-L699)
which **truncates stack traces in the middle**, placing a

```
    at renderNodeDestructiveImpl (...)
    ... skipping {n} frames
    at renderNodeDestructive (...)
```

line in the middle of the stack trace for all stacks that contain more
than 100 traces. This causes stack traces for React Native apps using
the Hermes VM to potentially break for large component trees. Although
for this specific case with Hermes, it's possible to account for this by
either manually grepping and removing the `... skipping` line and
everything below it (see draft PR: #26999), or by implementing the
non-standard `prepareStackTrace` API which Hermes also supports to
manually generate a stack trace that truncates from the bottom ([example
implementation](main...KarimP:react:component-stack-hermes-fix)).

## The Fix

I found different ways to go about fixing this. The first was to search
for a common stack frame starting from the top/latest frame. It's a
relatively small change ([see
implementation](main...KarimP:react:component-stack-fix-2)),
although it is less performant by being n^2 (albeit with `n`
realistically being <= 5 here). It's also a bit more buggy for class
components given that different VMs insert a different amount of
additional lines for new/construct calls...

Another fix would be to actually implement a [longest common
substring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_common_substring)
algorithm, which can also be roughly n^2 time (assuming the longest
common substring between control and sample will be most of the sample
frame).

The fix I ended up going with was have the lines that throw the control
error and the lines that call/instantiate the component be inside a
distinct method under an object property
(`"DescribeNativeComponentFrameRoot"`). All major VMs (Safari's
JavaScriptCore, Firefox's SpiderMonkey, V8, Hermes, and Bun) should
display the object property name their stack trace. I've also set the
`name` and `displayName` properties for method as well to account for
minification, any advanced optimizations (e.g. key crushing), and VM
inconsistencies (both Bun and Safari seem to exclusively use the value
under `displayName` and not `name` in traces for methods defined under
an object's own property...).

We can then find this "common" frame by simply finding the line that has
our special method name (`"DescribeNativeComponentFrameRoot"`), and the
rest of the code to determine the actual component line works as
expected. If by any chance we don't find a frame with our special method
name in either control or sample stack traces, we then revert back to
the existing approach mentioned above by searching for the last line of
the sample frame in the control frame.

## How did you test this change?

1. There are bunch of existing tests that ensure a properly formatted
component trace is logged for certain scenarios, so I ensured the
existing full test suite passed
2. I threw an error in a component that's deep in the component
hierarchy of a large React app (facebook) to ensure there's stack trace
truncation, and ensured the correct component stack trace was logged for
Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, and with and without minification.
3. Ran a large React app (facebook) on the Hermes VM, threw an error in
a component that's deep in the component hierarchy, and ensured that
component frames are generated despite stack traces being truncated in
the middle.
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Expand Up @@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ if (__DEV__) {
componentFrameCache = new PossiblyWeakMap<Function, string>();
}

/**
* Leverages native browser/VM stack frames to get proper details (e.g.
* filename, line + col number) for a single component in a component stack. We
* do this by:
* (1) throwing and catching an error in the function - this will be our
* control error.
* (2) calling the component which will eventually throw an error that we'll
* catch - this will be our sample error.
* (3) diffing the control and sample error stacks to find the stack frame
* which represents our component.
*/
export function describeNativeComponentFrame(
fn: Function,
construct: boolean,
Expand All @@ -76,89 +87,152 @@ export function describeNativeComponentFrame(
}
}

let control;

reentry = true;
const previousPrepareStackTrace = Error.prepareStackTrace;
// $FlowFixMe[incompatible-type] It does accept undefined.
Error.prepareStackTrace = undefined;
let previousDispatcher;

if (__DEV__) {
previousDispatcher = ReactCurrentDispatcher.current;
// Set the dispatcher in DEV because this might be call in the render function
// for warnings.
ReactCurrentDispatcher.current = null;
disableLogs();
}
try {
// This should throw.
if (construct) {
// Something should be setting the props in the constructor.
const Fake = function () {
throw Error();
};
// $FlowFixMe[prop-missing]
Object.defineProperty(Fake.prototype, 'props', {
set: function () {
// We use a throwing setter instead of frozen or non-writable props
// because that won't throw in a non-strict mode function.
throw Error();
},
});
if (typeof Reflect === 'object' && Reflect.construct) {
// We construct a different control for this case to include any extra
// frames added by the construct call.
try {
Reflect.construct(Fake, []);
} catch (x) {
control = x;

/**
* Finding a common stack frame between sample and control errors can be
* tricky given the different types and levels of stack trace truncation from
* different JS VMs. So instead we'll attempt to control what that common
* frame should be through this object method:
* Having both the sample and control errors be in the function under the
* `DescribeNativeComponentFrameRoot` property, + setting the `name` and
* `displayName` properties of the function ensures that a stack
* frame exists that has the method name `DescribeNativeComponentFrameRoot` in
* it for both control and sample stacks.
*/
const RunInRootFrame = {
DetermineComponentFrameRoot(): [?string, ?string] {
let control;
try {
// This should throw.
if (construct) {
// Something should be setting the props in the constructor.
const Fake = function () {
throw Error();
};
// $FlowFixMe[prop-missing]
Object.defineProperty(Fake.prototype, 'props', {
set: function () {
// We use a throwing setter instead of frozen or non-writable props
// because that won't throw in a non-strict mode function.
throw Error();
},
});
if (typeof Reflect === 'object' && Reflect.construct) {
// We construct a different control for this case to include any extra
// frames added by the construct call.
try {
Reflect.construct(Fake, []);
} catch (x) {
control = x;
}
Reflect.construct(fn, [], Fake);
} else {
try {
Fake.call();
} catch (x) {
control = x;
}
// $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] found when upgrading Flow
fn.call(Fake.prototype);
}
} else {
try {
throw Error();
} catch (x) {
control = x;
}
// TODO(luna): This will currently only throw if the function component
// tries to access React/ReactDOM/props. We should probably make this throw
// in simple components too
const maybePromise = fn();

// If the function component returns a promise, it's likely an async
// component, which we don't yet support. Attach a noop catch handler to
// silence the error.
// TODO: Implement component stacks for async client components?
if (maybePromise && typeof maybePromise.catch === 'function') {
maybePromise.catch(() => {});
}
}
Reflect.construct(fn, [], Fake);
} else {
try {
Fake.call();
} catch (x) {
control = x;
} catch (sample) {
// This is inlined manually because closure doesn't do it for us.
if (sample && control && typeof sample.stack === 'string') {
return [sample.stack, control.stack];
}
// $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] found when upgrading Flow
fn.call(Fake.prototype);
}
} else {
try {
throw Error();
} catch (x) {
control = x;
}
// TODO(luna): This will currently only throw if the function component
// tries to access React/ReactDOM/props. We should probably make this throw
// in simple components too
const maybePromise = fn();
return [null, null];
},
};
// $FlowFixMe[prop-missing]
RunInRootFrame.DetermineComponentFrameRoot.displayName =
'DetermineComponentFrameRoot';
const namePropDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
RunInRootFrame.DetermineComponentFrameRoot,
'name',
);
// Before ES6, the `name` property was not configurable.
if (namePropDescriptor && namePropDescriptor.configurable) {
// V8 utilizes a function's `name` property when generating a stack trace.
Object.defineProperty(
RunInRootFrame.DetermineComponentFrameRoot,
// Configurable properties can be updated even if its writable descriptor
// is set to `false`.
// $FlowFixMe[cannot-write]
'name',
{value: 'DetermineComponentFrameRoot'},
);
}

// If the function component returns a promise, it's likely an async
// component, which we don't yet support. Attach a noop catch handler to
// silence the error.
// TODO: Implement component stacks for async client components?
if (maybePromise && typeof maybePromise.catch === 'function') {
maybePromise.catch(() => {});
}
}
} catch (sample) {
// This is inlined manually because closure doesn't do it for us.
if (sample && control && typeof sample.stack === 'string') {
try {
const [sampleStack, controlStack] =
RunInRootFrame.DetermineComponentFrameRoot();
if (sampleStack && controlStack) {
// This extracts the first frame from the sample that isn't also in the control.
// Skipping one frame that we assume is the frame that calls the two.
const sampleLines = sample.stack.split('\n');
const controlLines = control.stack.split('\n');
let s = sampleLines.length - 1;
let c = controlLines.length - 1;
while (s >= 1 && c >= 0 && sampleLines[s] !== controlLines[c]) {
// We expect at least one stack frame to be shared.
// Typically this will be the root most one. However, stack frames may be
// cut off due to maximum stack limits. In this case, one maybe cut off
// earlier than the other. We assume that the sample is longer or the same
// and there for cut off earlier. So we should find the root most frame in
// the sample somewhere in the control.
c--;
const sampleLines = sampleStack.split('\n');
const controlLines = controlStack.split('\n');
let s = 0;
let c = 0;
while (
s < sampleLines.length &&
!sampleLines[s].includes('DetermineComponentFrameRoot')
) {
s++;
}
while (
c < controlLines.length &&
!controlLines[c].includes('DetermineComponentFrameRoot')
) {
c++;
}
// We couldn't find our intentionally injected common root frame, attempt
// to find another common root frame by search from the bottom of the
// control stack...
if (s === sampleLines.length || c === controlLines.length) {
s = sampleLines.length - 1;
c = controlLines.length - 1;
while (s >= 1 && c >= 0 && sampleLines[s] !== controlLines[c]) {
// We expect at least one stack frame to be shared.
// Typically this will be the root most one. However, stack frames may be
// cut off due to maximum stack limits. In this case, one maybe cut off
// earlier than the other. We assume that the sample is longer or the same
// and there for cut off earlier. So we should find the root most frame in
// the sample somewhere in the control.
c--;
}
}
for (; s >= 1 && c >= 0; s--, c--) {
// Next we find the first one that isn't the same which should be the
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