util: allow wildcards in NODE_DEBUG variable

Fixes: #17605

Author: targos

lib/util.js

@@ -233,14 +233,25 @@ function format(f) {
 var debugs = {};
 var debugEnviron;
 
+const regExpSpecialChars = /[|\\{}()[\]^$+?.]/g;
+
+function stringToRegExp(string) {
+  // Escape special chars except wildcard.
+  string = string.replace(regExpSpecialChars, '\\$&');
+  // Transform wildcard to "match anything"
+  string = string.replace(/\*/g, '.*');
+  return new RegExp(`^${string}$`);
+}
+
 function debuglog(set) {
   if (debugEnviron === undefined) {
-    debugEnviron = new Set(
-      (process.env.NODE_DEBUG || '').split(',').map((s) => s.toUpperCase()));
+    debugEnviron = Array.from(new Set(
+      (process.env.NODE_DEBUG || '').split(',').map((s) => s.toUpperCase())));
+    debugEnviron = debugEnviron.map(stringToRegExp);
   }
   set = set.toUpperCase();
   if (!debugs[set]) {
-    if (debugEnviron.has(set)) {
+    if (debugEnviron.some((name) => name.test(set))) {
       var pid = process.pid;
       debugs[set] = function() {
         var msg = exports.format.apply(exports, arguments);

test/sequential/test-util-debug.js

@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ function parent() {
   test('f$oo', true, 'f$oo');
   test('f$oo', false, 'f.oo');
   test('no-bar-at-all', false, 'bar');
+
+  test('test-abc', true, 'test-abc');
+  test('test-a', false, 'test-abc');
+  test('test-*', true, 'test-abc');
+  test('test-*c', true, 'test-abc');
+  test('test-*abc', true, 'test-abc');
+  test('abc-test', true, 'abc-test');
+  test('a*-test', true, 'abc-test');
+  test('*-test', true, 'abc-test');
 }
 
 function test(environ, shouldWrite, section) {