Build Error C2338 using VS2019 and x86 configuration for node.js 18.x

[mheller82]

Details

I try to compile node.js 18.x from the sources. As described I installed VS2019 (latest version), NASM and Python 3.10.4 on my windows machine.

The x64 build works nicely. The x86 build fails (on several machines). I get an compile error code C2338. I run the following command vcbuild.bat package x86. When I run vcbuild.bat package x64 everything is fine.

Is the documentation incomplete or do I miss some tools needed for building node.js 18.x (14.x and 16.x I can build in x86 and x64)

The following errors are shown on the command line

Checking inspector protocol compatibility, and also Generating inspector protocol sources from protocol json
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(320,1): error C2338: sizeof(MemoryChunk) <= MemoryChunk:
:kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_init.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(321,1): error C2338: sizeof(Page) <= MemoryChunk::kHeade
rSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_init.vcxproj]
Assembling ....\deps\v8\src\heap\base\asm\ia32\push_registers_masm.S...
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\large-spaces.h(56,1): error C2338: sizeof(LargePage) <= MemoryChu
nk::kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_init.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(320,1): error C2338: sizeof(MemoryChunk) <= MemoryChunk:
:kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_compiler.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(321,1): error C2338: sizeof(Page) <= MemoryChunk::kHeade
rSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_compiler.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\large-spaces.h(56,1): error C2338: sizeof(LargePage) <= MemoryChu
nk::kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_compiler.vcxproj]
v8_pch.cc
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(320,1): error C2338: sizeof(MemoryChunk) <= MemoryChunk:
:kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_base_without_compiler.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\spaces.h(321,1): error C2338: sizeof(Page) <= MemoryChunk::kHeade
rSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_base_without_compiler.vcxproj]
C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\deps\v8\src\heap\large-spaces.h(56,1): error C2338: sizeof(LargePage) <= MemoryChu
nk::kHeaderSize [C:\Users\mail\Downloads\node-v18.2.0\tools\v8_gypfiles\v8_base_without_compiler.vcxproj]

Node.js version

18.x

Example code

No response

Operating system

Windows 11
VS 2019 Enterprise
Python 3.10.4
NASM (latest installer)

Scope

code

Module and version

Not applicable.

[richardlau]

The x64 build works nicely. The x86 build fails (on several machines). I get an compile error code C2338. I run the following command vcbuild.bat package x86. When I run vcbuild.bat package x64 everything is fine.

Is the documentation incomplete or do I miss some tools needed for building node.js 18.x (14.x and 16.x I can build in x86 and x64)

It's currently broken. See nodejs/node#42666. We noted it in the release notes for Node.js 18.0.0: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V18.md#toolchain-and-compiler-upgrades

nodejs/node#42690 is tracking the issue.

[mheller82]

@richardlau: Thanks for explanation. I might have overseen the issue. I'll close this one.