buffer.fill inconsistency for large (>2^31 bytes) buffers

[yehiyam]

• v14.8.0:
• Linux 5.3.7-050307-generic #201910180652 SMP Fri Oct 18 10:56:47 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux:
• Buffer:

What steps will reproduce the bug?

There is an inconsistency between calling Buffer.alloc(size, fill) and calling let b=Buffer.alloc(size) and b.fill(fill)
According to the spec size can be any integer smaller than buffer.constants.MAX_LENGTH, which on my machine is just under 4GB.
When allocating a buffer of size larger than 2^31-1 using Buffer.alloc(size, fill) it throws ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE

let b = Buffer.alloc(2200000000,1)

Uncaught: RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]: The value of "end" is out of range. It must be >= 0 && <= 2200000000. Received 2200000000

But when split into two lines it doesn't throw

let b = Buffer.alloc(2200000000)
b.fill(1)

Also, if offset and end are provided to fill, the same error occures

let b = Buffer.alloc(2200000000)
b.fill(1,0,b.length)

Uncaught: RangeError [ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE]: The value of "end" is out of range. It must be >= 0 && <= 2200000000. Received 2200000000

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Always

What is the expected behavior?

At a minimum, to be consistent.
If buffer max size can be larger than 2^31-1, than it should be possible to fill it

What do you see instead?

Additional information

[ronag]

@addaleax maybe?

[addaleax]

#35134 already fixed this and has been released in newer versions of Node 14, so I’ll close this as there’s nothing more that can be done on our side. Updating Node.js should resolve this.