/// <summary>
/// Sets up for taking a snapshot by initializing the necessary handles for the helper process
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This must be called from an Exception Filter inorder to gather the current exception information.
/// </remarks>
/// <returns>true on success and false on failure</returns>
private unsafe bool InitializeHandlesForSnapshot()
{
// Grab the pointer to the exception
_exceptionPointersPointer = Marshal.GetExceptionPointers();
NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrib = new NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
secAttrib.bInheritHandle = true;
// Prepare id (ThreadId_DateTime) is sufficient to uniquely identify this snapshot request (used by helper process to name the dump file)
_snapshotId = string.Format("{0}_{1}", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId, unchecked ((ulong)DateTime.Now.ToBinary()));
// pointer to the security attributes structure
IntPtr pSecAttrib = IntPtr.Zero;
// handle to this thread
IntPtr hThread = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
// allocate some native to accommodate the SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure needed to create the event object and get its handle
pSecAttrib = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeof(NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES));
if (pSecAttrib == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(false);
}
// copy the managed structure into native
Marshal.StructureToPtr(secAttrib, pSecAttrib, true);
// Create event object in the OS (named eventHandleName) and get the handle to it
_eventHandle = NativeWin32Stubs.CreateEvent(pSecAttrib, false, false, null);
if (_eventHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(false);
}
// Get current thread and process' handle and duplicate them (when you open the handle on a System.Process you must dispose it)
using (Process thisProc = Process.GetCurrentProcess())
{
// Grab the handle to this thread
hThread = NativeWin32Stubs.GetCurrentThread();
if (hThread == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(false);
}
IntPtr hThisProc = thisProc.Handle;
// duplicate the thread handle
if (!NativeWin32Stubs.DuplicateHandle(hThisProc, hThread, hThisProc, out _threadHandleDupe, 0, true, (uint)NativeWin32Stubs.DESIRED_ACCESS.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) || _threadHandleDupe == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(false);
}
// duplicate the process handle
if (!NativeWin32Stubs.DuplicateHandle(hThisProc, hThisProc, hThisProc, out _processHandleDupe, 0, true, (uint)NativeWin32Stubs.DESIRED_ACCESS.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) || _processHandleDupe == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return(false);
}
}
}
finally // cleanup the temp handles and native memory we allocated
{
if (pSecAttrib != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pSecAttrib);
}
if (hThread != IntPtr.Zero)
{
NativeWin32Stubs.CloseHandle(hThread);
}
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets up for taking a snapshot by initializing the necessary handles for the helper process
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This must be called from an Exception Filter inorder to gather the current exception information.
/// </remarks>
/// <returns>true on success and false on failure</returns>
private unsafe bool InitializeHandlesForSnapshot()
{
// Grab the pointer the the exception
_exceptionPointersPointer = Marshal.GetExceptionPointers();
NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrib = new NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
secAttrib.bInheritHandle = true;
// Prepare id (ThreadId_DateTime) is sufficient to uniquely identify this snapshot request (used by helper process to name the dump file)
_snapshotId = string.Format("{0}_{1}", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId, unchecked((ulong)DateTime.Now.ToBinary()));
// pointer to the security attributes structure
IntPtr pSecAttrib = IntPtr.Zero;
// handle to this thread
IntPtr hThread = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
// allocate some native to accommodate the SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure needed to create the event object and get its handle
pSecAttrib = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeof(NativeWin32Stubs.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES));
if (pSecAttrib == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return false;
}
// copy the managed structure into native
Marshal.StructureToPtr(secAttrib, pSecAttrib, true);
// Create event object in the OS (named eventHandleName) and get the handle to it
_eventHandle = NativeWin32Stubs.CreateEvent(pSecAttrib, false, false, null);
if (_eventHandle == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return false;
}
// Get current thread and process' handle and duplicate them (when you open the handle on a System.Process you must dispose it)
using (Process thisProc = Process.GetCurrentProcess())
{
// Grab the handle to this thread
hThread = NativeWin32Stubs.GetCurrentThread();
if (hThread == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return false;
}
IntPtr hThisProc = thisProc.Handle;
// duplicate the thread handle
if (!NativeWin32Stubs.DuplicateHandle(hThisProc, hThread, hThisProc, out _threadHandleDupe, 0, true, (uint)NativeWin32Stubs.DESIRED_ACCESS.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) || _threadHandleDupe == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return false;
}
// duplicate the process handle
if (!NativeWin32Stubs.DuplicateHandle(hThisProc, hThisProc, hThisProc, out _processHandleDupe, 0, true, (uint)NativeWin32Stubs.DESIRED_ACCESS.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) || _processHandleDupe == IntPtr.Zero)
{
return false;
}
}
}
finally // cleanup the temp handles and native memory we allocated
{
if (pSecAttrib != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pSecAttrib);
}
if (hThread != IntPtr.Zero)
{
NativeWin32Stubs.CloseHandle(hThread);
}
}
return true;
}