cli: add --heap-prof flag available to NODE_OPTIONS

Fixes: #54257
Signed-off-by: Juan José Arboleda <soyjuanarbol@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #54259
Reviewed-By: Zeyu "Alex" Yang <himself65@outlook.com>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>

Author: juanarbol

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -3092,6 +3092,10 @@ one is included in the list below.
 * `--force-fips`
 * `--force-node-api-uncaught-exceptions-policy`
 * `--frozen-intrinsics`
+* `--heap-prof-dir`
+* `--heap-prof-interval`
+* `--heap-prof-name`
+* `--heap-prof`
 * `--heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit`
 * `--heapsnapshot-signal`
 * `--http-parser`

src/node_options.cc

@@ -629,19 +629,23 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
       "Start the V8 heap profiler on start up, and write the heap profile "
       "to disk before exit. If --heap-prof-dir is not specified, write "
       "the profile to the current working directory.",
-      &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof);
+      &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof,
+      kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-name",
             "specified file name of the V8 heap profile generated with "
             "--heap-prof",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_name);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_name,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-dir",
             "Directory where the V8 heap profiles generated by --heap-prof "
             "will be placed.",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_dir);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_dir,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-interval",
             "specified sampling interval in bytes for the V8 heap "
             "profile generated with --heap-prof. (default: 512 * 1024)",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_interval);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_interval,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
 #endif  // HAVE_INSPECTOR
   AddOption("--max-http-header-size",
             "set the maximum size of HTTP headers (default: 16384 (16KB))",

test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js

@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ const difference = (setA, setB) => {
   return new Set([...setA].filter((x) => !setB.has(x)));
 };
 
+// Remove heap prof options if the inspector is not enabled.
+// NOTE: this is for ubuntuXXXX_sharedlibs_withoutssl_x64, no SSL, no inspector
+// Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/54259#issuecomment-2308256647
+if (!process.features.inspector) {
+  [
+    '--heap-prof-dir',
+    '--heap-prof-interval',
+    '--heap-prof-name',
+    '--heap-prof',
+  ].forEach((opt) => documented.delete(opt));
+}
+
 const overdocumented = difference(documented,
                                   process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags);
 assert.strictEqual(overdocumented.size, 0,