Producing Mini Dumps for _caught_ SEH exceptions in mixed code DLL
- by Assaf Lavie
I'm trying to use code similar to clrdump to create mini dumps in my managed process.
This managed process invokes C++/CLI code which invokes some native C++ static lib code, wherein SEH exceptions may be thrown (e.g. the occasional access violation).
C# WinForms
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C++/CLI DLL
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Static C++ Lib
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ACCESS VIOLATION
Our policy is to produce mini dumps for all SEH exceptions (caught & uncaught) and then translate them to C++ exceptions to be handled by application code. This works for purely native processes just fine; but when the application is a C# application - not so much.
The only way I see to produce dumps from SEH exceptions in a C# process is to not catch them - and then, as unhandled exceptions, use the Application.ThreadException handler to create a mini dump. The alternative is to let the CLR translate the SEH exception into a .Net exception and catch it (e.g. System.AccessViolationException) - but that would mean no dump is created, and information is lost (stack trace information in Exception isn't as rich as the mini dump).
So how can I handle SEH exceptions by both creating a minidump and translating the exception into a .Net exception so that my application may try to recover?
