path: root/src/utilcode/debug.cpp

// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
//*****************************************************************************
// Debug.cpp
//
// Helper code for debugging.
//*****************************************************************************
//


#include "stdafx.h"
#include "utilcode.h"
#include "ex.h"
#include "corexcep.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define LOGGING
#endif


#include "log.h"

extern "C" _CRTIMP int __cdecl _flushall(void);

// Global state counter to implement SUPPRESS_ALLOCATION_ASSERTS_IN_THIS_SCOPE.
Volatile<LONG> g_DbgSuppressAllocationAsserts = 0;


#ifdef _DEBUG

int LowResourceMessageBoxHelperAnsi(
                  LPCSTR szText,    // Text message
                  LPCSTR szTitle,   // Title
                  UINT uType);      // Style of MessageBox

//*****************************************************************************
// This struct tracks the asserts we want to ignore in the rest of this
// run of the application.
//*****************************************************************************
struct _DBGIGNOREDATA
{
    char        rcFile[_MAX_PATH];
    int        iLine;
    bool        bIgnore;
};

typedef CDynArray<_DBGIGNOREDATA> DBGIGNORE;
static BYTE grIgnoreMemory[sizeof(DBGIGNORE)];
inline DBGIGNORE* GetDBGIGNORE()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;

    static bool fInit; // = false;
    if (!fInit)
    {
        SCAN_IGNORE_THROW; // Doesn't really throw here.
        new (grIgnoreMemory) CDynArray<_DBGIGNOREDATA>();
        fInit = true;
    }

    return (DBGIGNORE*)grIgnoreMemory;
}

// Continue the app on an assert. Still output the assert, but
// Don't throw up a GUI. This is useful for testing fatal error 
// paths (like FEEE) where the runtime asserts.
BOOL ContinueOnAssert()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    static ConfigDWORD fNoGui;
    return fNoGui.val(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_ContinueOnAssert);
}

BOOL NoGuiOnAssert()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    static ConfigDWORD fNoGui;
    return fNoGui.val(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_NoGuiOnAssert);
}

void DoRaiseExceptionOnAssert(DWORD chance)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_SUPPORTS_DAC;

#if !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE)
    if (chance)
    {
#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
        PAL_TRY_NAKED
        {
            RaiseException(EXCEPTION_INTERNAL_ASSERT, 0, 0, NULL);
        }
        PAL_EXCEPT_NAKED((chance == 1) ? EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER : EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH)
        {
        }
        PAL_ENDTRY_NAKED
#else // FEATURE_PAL
        // For PAL always raise the exception.
        RaiseException(EXCEPTION_INTERNAL_ASSERT, 0, 0, NULL);
#endif // FEATURE_PAL
    }
#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE
}

enum RaiseOnAssertOptions { rTestAndRaise, rTestOnly };

BOOL RaiseExceptionOnAssert(RaiseOnAssertOptions option = rTestAndRaise)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_SUPPORTS_DAC;

    // ok for debug-only code to take locks
    CONTRACT_VIOLATION(TakesLockViolation);

    DWORD fRet = 0;

#if !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE)
    static ConfigDWORD fRaiseExceptionOnAssert;
    //
    // we don't want this config key to affect mscordacwks as well!
    //
    EX_TRY
    {
        fRet = fRaiseExceptionOnAssert.val(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_RaiseExceptionOnAssert);
    }
    EX_CATCH
    {
    }
    EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);

    if (option == rTestAndRaise && fRet != 0)
    {
        DoRaiseExceptionOnAssert(fRet);
    }
#endif // !DACCESS_COMPILE

    return fRet != 0;
}

BOOL DebugBreakOnAssert()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_SUPPORTS_DAC;

    // ok for debug-only code to take locks
    CONTRACT_VIOLATION(TakesLockViolation);

    BOOL fRet = FALSE;

#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE  
    static ConfigDWORD fDebugBreak;
    //
    // we don't want this config key to affect mscordacwks as well!
    //
    EX_TRY
    {
        fRet = fDebugBreak.val(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_DebugBreakOnAssert);
    }
    EX_CATCH
    {
    }
    EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
#endif // DACCESS_COMPILE

    return fRet;
}

VOID TerminateOnAssert()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    ShutdownLogging();
    TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), 123456789);
}

// Whether this thread is already displaying an assert dialog.
BOOL IsDisplayingAssertDlg()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    size_t flag = 0;
    if (ClrFlsCheckValue(TlsIdx_AssertDlgStatus, (LPVOID *)&flag))
    {
        return (flag != 0);
    }
    return FALSE;
}

void SetDisplayingAssertDlg(BOOL value)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    ClrFlsSetValue(TlsIdx_AssertDlgStatus, (LPVOID)(size_t)value);
}

VOID LogAssert(
    LPCSTR      szFile,
    int         iLine,
    LPCSTR      szExpr
)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_SO_TOLERANT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    // Log asserts to the stress log. Note that we can't include the szExpr b/c that 
    // may not be a string literal (particularly for formatt-able asserts).
    STRESS_LOG2(LF_ASSERT, LL_ALWAYS, "ASSERT:%s, line:%d\n", szFile, iLine);

    SYSTEMTIME st;
#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
    GetLocalTime(&st);
#else
    GetSystemTime(&st);
#endif

    PathString exename;
    WszGetModuleFileName(NULL, exename);

    LOG((LF_ASSERT,
         LL_FATALERROR,
         "FAILED ASSERT(PID %d [0x%08x], Thread: %d [0x%x]) (%lu/%lu/%lu: %02lu:%02lu:%02lu %s): File: %s, Line %d : %s\n",
         GetCurrentProcessId(),
         GetCurrentProcessId(),
         GetCurrentThreadId(),
         GetCurrentThreadId(),
         (ULONG)st.wMonth,
         (ULONG)st.wDay,
         (ULONG)st.wYear,
         1 + (( (ULONG)st.wHour + 11 ) % 12),
         (ULONG)st.wMinute,
         (ULONG)st.wSecond,
         (st.wHour < 12) ? "am" : "pm",
         szFile,
         iLine,
         szExpr));
    LOG((LF_ASSERT, LL_FATALERROR, "RUNNING EXE: %ws\n", exename.GetUnicode()));
}

//*****************************************************************************

BOOL LaunchJITDebugger()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    BOOL fSuccess = FALSE;
#ifndef FEATURE_PAL    
    EX_TRY
    {
        SString debugger;
        GetDebuggerSettingInfo(debugger, NULL);

        SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
        sa.nLength = sizeof(sa);
        sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
        sa.bInheritHandle = TRUE;

        // We can leave this event as it is since it is inherited by a child process.
        // We will block one scheduler, but the process is asking a user if they want to attach debugger.
        HandleHolder eventHandle = WszCreateEvent(&sa, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
        if (eventHandle == NULL)
            ThrowOutOfMemory();
        
        SString cmdLine;
        cmdLine.Printf(debugger, GetCurrentProcessId(), eventHandle.GetValue());

        STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
        memset(&StartupInfo, 0, sizeof(StartupInfo));
        StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(StartupInfo);
        StartupInfo.lpDesktop = W("Winsta0\\Default");

        PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInformation;
        if (WszCreateProcess(NULL, cmdLine, NULL, NULL, TRUE, 0, NULL, NULL, &StartupInfo, &ProcessInformation))
        {
            WaitForSingleObject(eventHandle.GetValue(), INFINITE);
        }

        fSuccess = TRUE;
    }
    EX_CATCH
    {
    }
    EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
#endif // !FEATURE_PAL
    return fSuccess;
}


//*****************************************************************************
// This function is called in order to ultimately return an out of memory
// failed hresult.  But this guy will check what environment you are running
// in and give an assert for running in a debug build environment.  Usually
// out of memory on a dev machine is a bogus alloction, and this allows you
// to catch such errors.  But when run in a stress envrionment where you are
// trying to get out of memory, assert behavior stops the tests.
//*****************************************************************************
HRESULT _OutOfMemory(LPCSTR szFile, int iLine)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    DbgWriteEx(W("WARNING:  Out of memory condition being issued from: %hs, line %d\n"),
            szFile, iLine);
    return (E_OUTOFMEMORY);
}

int _DbgBreakCount = 0;
static const char * szLowMemoryAssertMessage = "Assert failure (unable to format)";

//*****************************************************************************
// This function will handle ignore codes and tell the user what is happening.
//*****************************************************************************
bool _DbgBreakCheck(
    LPCSTR      szFile,
    int         iLine,
    LPCSTR      szExpr, 
    BOOL        fConstrained)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_THROWS;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    DBGIGNORE* pDBGIFNORE = GetDBGIGNORE();
    _DBGIGNOREDATA *psData;
    int i;

    // Check for ignore all.
    for (i = 0, psData = pDBGIFNORE->Ptr();  i < pDBGIFNORE->Count();  i++, psData++)
    {
        if (psData->iLine == iLine && SString::_stricmp(psData->rcFile, szFile) == 0 && psData->bIgnore == true)
        {
            return false;
        }
    }

    CONTRACT_VIOLATION(FaultNotFatal | GCViolation | TakesLockViolation);
    
    SString debugOutput;
    SString dialogOutput;
    SString modulePath;
    SString dialogTitle;
    SString dialogIgnoreMessage;
    BOOL formattedMessages = FALSE;
    
    // If we are low on memory we cannot even format a message. If this happens we want to
    // contain the exception here but display as much information as we can about the exception.
    if (!fConstrained) 
    {
        EX_TRY
        {
            ClrGetModuleFileName(0, modulePath);
            debugOutput.Printf(
                W("\nAssert failure(PID %d [0x%08x], Thread: %d [0x%04x]): %hs\n")
                W("    File: %hs Line: %d\n")
                W("    Image: "),
                GetCurrentProcessId(), GetCurrentProcessId(),
                GetCurrentThreadId(), GetCurrentThreadId(),
                szExpr, szFile, iLine);
            debugOutput.Append(modulePath);
            debugOutput.Append(W("\n\n"));
         
            // Change format for message box.  The extra spaces in the title
            // are there to get around format truncation.
            dialogOutput.Printf(
                W("%hs\n\n%hs, Line: %d\n\nAbort - Kill program\nRetry - Debug\nIgnore - Keep running\n")
                W("\n\nImage:\n"), szExpr, szFile, iLine);
            dialogOutput.Append(modulePath);
            dialogOutput.Append(W("\n"));
            dialogTitle.Printf(W("Assert Failure (PID %d, Thread %d/0x%04x)"),
                GetCurrentProcessId(), GetCurrentThreadId(), GetCurrentThreadId());
            
            dialogIgnoreMessage.Printf(W("Ignore the assert for the rest of this run?\nYes - Assert will never fire again.\nNo - Assert will continue to fire.\n\n%hs\nLine: %d\n"),
                szFile, iLine);

            formattedMessages = TRUE;
        }
        EX_CATCH
        {            
        }
        EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
    }
    
    // Emit assert in debug output and console for easy access.
    if (formattedMessages) 
    {
        WszOutputDebugString(debugOutput);
        fwprintf(stderr, W("%s"), (const WCHAR*)debugOutput);    
    }
    else 
    {
        // Note: we cannot convert to unicode or concatenate in this situation.
        OutputDebugStringA(szLowMemoryAssertMessage);        
        OutputDebugStringA("\n");
        OutputDebugStringA(szFile);        
        OutputDebugStringA("\n");
        OutputDebugStringA(szExpr);        
        OutputDebugStringA("\n");
        printf(szLowMemoryAssertMessage);
        printf("\n");
        printf(szFile);
        printf("\n");
        printf("%s", szExpr);
        printf("\n");
    }

    LogAssert(szFile, iLine, szExpr);
    FlushLogging();         // make certain we get the last part of the log
    _flushall();

    if (ContinueOnAssert())
    {
        return false;       // don't stop debugger. No gui.
    }

    if (NoGuiOnAssert())
    {
        TerminateOnAssert();
    }

    if (DebugBreakOnAssert())
    {
        return true;       // like a retry
    }

    if (IsDisplayingAssertDlg())
    {
        // We are already displaying an assert dialog box on this thread. The reason why we came here is
        // the message loop run by the API we call to display the UI. A message was dispatched and execution
        // ended up in the runtime where it fired another assertion. If this happens before the dialog had
        // a chance to fully initialize the original assert may not be visible which is misleading for the
        // user. So we just continue.
        return false;
    }

    SetDisplayingAssertDlg(TRUE);

    // Tell user there was an error.
    _DbgBreakCount++;
    int ret;
    if (formattedMessages)
    {
        ret = UtilMessageBoxCatastrophicNonLocalized(
            W("%s"), dialogTitle, MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION, TRUE, (const WCHAR*)dialogOutput);
    }
    else 
    {   
        ret = LowResourceMessageBoxHelperAnsi(
            szExpr, szLowMemoryAssertMessage, MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
    }
    --_DbgBreakCount;

    SetDisplayingAssertDlg(FALSE);

    switch(ret)
    {
    case 0:
#if 0
        // The message box was not displayed. Tell caller to break.
        return true;
#endif
    // For abort, just quit the app.
    case IDABORT:
        TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), 1);
        break;

    // Tell caller to break at the correct loction.
    case IDRETRY:
        if (IsDebuggerPresent())
        {
            SetErrorMode(0);
        }
        else
        {
            LaunchJITDebugger();
        }
        return true;

    // If we want to ignore the assert, find out if this is forever.
    case IDIGNORE:
        if (formattedMessages) 
        {
            if (UtilMessageBoxCatastrophicNonLocalized(
                                   dialogIgnoreMessage, 
                                   W("Ignore Assert Forever?"), 
                                   MB_ICONQUESTION | MB_YESNO, 
                                   TRUE) != IDYES)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
        else 
        {
            if (LowResourceMessageBoxHelperAnsi(
                                   "Ignore the assert for the rest of this run?\nYes - Assert will never fire again.\nNo - Assert will continue to fire.\n",
                                   "Ignore Assert Forever?",
                                   MB_ICONQUESTION | MB_YESNO) != IDYES) 
            {
                break;
            }                                  
        }
        if ((psData = pDBGIFNORE->Append()) == 0)
        {
            return false;
        }
        psData->bIgnore = true;
        psData->iLine = iLine;
        strcpy(psData->rcFile, szFile);
        break;
    }

    return false;
}

bool _DbgBreakCheckNoThrow(
    LPCSTR      szFile,
    int         iLine,
    LPCSTR      szExpr, 
    BOOL        fConstrained)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    bool failed = false;
    bool result = false;
    EX_TRY
    {
        result = _DbgBreakCheck(szFile, iLine, szExpr, fConstrained);
    }
    EX_CATCH
    {
        failed = true;   
    }
    EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
    
    if (failed)
    {
        return true;
    }
    return result;
}

#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
// Get the timestamp from the PE file header.  This is useful
unsigned DbgGetEXETimeStamp()
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

    static ULONG cache = 0;
    if (cache == 0) {
        // Use GetModuleHandleA to avoid contracts - this results in a recursive loop initializing the
        // debug allocator.
        BYTE* imageBase = (BYTE*) GetModuleHandleA(NULL);
        if (imageBase == 0)
            return(0);
        IMAGE_DOS_HEADER *pDOS = (IMAGE_DOS_HEADER*) imageBase;
        if ((pDOS->e_magic != VAL16(IMAGE_DOS_SIGNATURE)) || (pDOS->e_lfanew == 0))
            return(0);

        IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *pNT = (IMAGE_NT_HEADERS*) (VAL32(pDOS->e_lfanew) + imageBase);
        cache = VAL32(pNT->FileHeader.TimeDateStamp);
    }

    return cache;
}
#endif // FEATURE_PAL

// Called from within the IfFail...() macros.  Set a breakpoint here to break on
// errors.
VOID DebBreak()
{
  STATIC_CONTRACT_LEAF;
  static int i = 0;  // add some code here so that we'll be able to set a BP
  i++;
}

VOID DebBreakHr(HRESULT hr)
{
  STATIC_CONTRACT_LEAF;
  static int i = 0;  // add some code here so that we'll be able to set a BP
  _ASSERTE(hr != (HRESULT) 0xcccccccc);
  i++;

  // @CONSIDER: We maybe want this on retail builds. 
  #ifdef _DEBUG
  static DWORD dwBreakHR = 99;

  if (dwBreakHR == 99)
         dwBreakHR = CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_BreakOnHR);
  if (dwBreakHR == (DWORD)hr)
  {
    _DbgBreak();
  }
  #endif
}

#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
CHAR g_szExprWithStack2[10480];
#endif
void *dbgForceToMemory;     // dummy pointer that pessimises enregistration

#ifdef MDA_SUPPORTED
#ifdef _DEBUG
BOOL g_bMdaDisableAsserts = FALSE;
#endif
#endif

int g_BufferLock = -1;

VOID DbgAssertDialog(const char *szFile, int iLine, const char *szExpr)
{
    STATIC_CONTRACT_NOTHROW;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_GC_NOTRIGGER;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_FORBID_FAULT;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_SUPPORTS_DAC_HOST_ONLY;
    
    DEBUG_ONLY_FUNCTION;

#ifdef MDA_SUPPORTED
#ifdef _DEBUG
    if (g_bMdaDisableAsserts)
        return;
#endif
#endif

#ifdef DACCESS_COMPILE
    // In the DAC case, asserts can mean one of two things.
    // Either there is a bug in the DAC infrastructure itself (a real assert), or just
    // that the target is corrupt or being accessed at an inconsistent state (a "target
    // consistency failure").  For target consistency failures, we need a mechanism to disable them
    // (without affecting other asserts) so that we can test corrupt / inconsistent targets.  

    // @dbgtodo  DAC: For now we're treating all asserts as if they are target consistency checks.
    // In the future we should differentiate the two so that real asserts continue to fire, even when
    // we expect the target to be inconsistent.  See DevDiv Bugs 31674.
    if( !DacTargetConsistencyAssertsEnabled() )
    {
        return;
    }
#endif // #ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE

    // We increment this every time we use the SUPPRESS_ALLOCATION_ASSERTS_IN_THIS_SCOPE
    // macro below.  If it is a big number it means either a lot of threads are asserting
    // or we have a recursion in the Assert logic (usually the latter).  At least with this
    // code in place, we don't get stack overflow (and the process torn down).   
    // the correct fix is to avoid calling asserting when allocating memory with an assert.
    if (g_DbgSuppressAllocationAsserts > 16) 
        DebugBreak();

    SUPPRESS_ALLOCATION_ASSERTS_IN_THIS_SCOPE;

    // Raising the assert dialog can cause us to re-enter the host when allocating
    // memory for the string.  Since this is debug-only code, we can safely skip
    // violation asserts here, particularly since they can also cause infinite
    // recursion.
    PERMANENT_CONTRACT_VIOLATION(HostViolation, ReasonDebugOnly);

    dbgForceToMemory = &szFile;     //make certain these args are available in the debugger
    dbgForceToMemory = &iLine;
    dbgForceToMemory = &szExpr;

    RaiseExceptionOnAssert(rTestAndRaise);

    BOOL fConstrained = FALSE;

    DWORD dwAssertStacktrace = CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_AssertStacktrace);

#if !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE) && defined(FEATURE_STACK_PROBE)
    //global g_fpCheckNStackPagesAvailable is not present when SO infrastructure code is not present
    // Trying to get a stack trace if there is little stack available can cause a silent process
    // teardown, so only try to do this there is plenty of stack.
    if ((dwAssertStacktrace) != 0 && (g_fpCheckNStackPagesAvailable != NULL)) 
    {
        if (!g_fpCheckNStackPagesAvailable(12)) 
        {
            fConstrained = TRUE;
        }
    }   
#endif
    
    LONG lAlreadyOwned = InterlockedExchange((LPLONG)&g_BufferLock, 1);
    if (fConstrained || dwAssertStacktrace == 0 || lAlreadyOwned == 1)
    {
        if (_DbgBreakCheckNoThrow(szFile, iLine, szExpr, fConstrained))
        {
            _DbgBreak();
        }
    } 
    else
    {
        char *szExprToDisplay = (char*)szExpr;
#ifdef FEATURE_PAL
        BOOL fGotStackTrace = TRUE;
#else
        BOOL fGotStackTrace = FALSE;
#ifndef DACCESS_COMPILE
        EX_TRY
        {
            FAULT_NOT_FATAL();
            szExprToDisplay = &g_szExprWithStack2[0];
            strcpy(szExprToDisplay, szExpr);
            strcat_s(szExprToDisplay, _countof(g_szExprWithStack2), "\n\n");
            GetStringFromStackLevels(1, 10, szExprToDisplay + strlen(szExprToDisplay));
            fGotStackTrace = TRUE;               
        }
        EX_CATCH
        {            
        }
        EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
#endif  // DACCESS_COMPILE
#endif  // FEATURE_PAL
        
        if (_DbgBreakCheckNoThrow(szFile, iLine, szExprToDisplay, !fGotStackTrace))
        {
            _DbgBreak();
        }
        
        g_BufferLock = 0;
    }
} // DbgAssertDialog

#if !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Returns an a stacktrace for a given context. 
// Very useful inside exception filters.
// Returns true if successful, false on failure (such as OOM).
// This never throws.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
bool GetStackTraceAtContext(SString & s, CONTEXT * pContext)
{ 
    SUPPRESS_ALLOCATION_ASSERTS_IN_THIS_SCOPE;
    STATIC_CONTRACT_DEBUG_ONLY;

     // NULL means use the current context.
    bool fSuccess = false;

    FAULT_NOT_FATAL();

#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
    EX_TRY
    {
        const int cTotal = cfrMaxAssertStackLevels - 1;
        // If we have a supplied context, then don't skip any frames. Else we'll
        // be using the current context, so skip this frame.
        const int cSkip = (pContext == NULL) ? 1 : 0;
        char * szString = s.OpenANSIBuffer(cchMaxAssertStackLevelStringLen * cTotal);
        GetStringFromStackLevels(cSkip, cTotal, szString, pContext);    
        s.CloseBuffer((COUNT_T) strlen(szString));

        // If we made it this far w/o throwing, we succeeded.
        fSuccess = true;
    }
    EX_CATCH
    {
        // Nothing to do here.
    }
    EX_END_CATCH(SwallowAllExceptions);
#endif // FEATURE_PAL

    return fSuccess;
} // GetStackTraceAtContext
#endif // !defined(DACCESS_COMPILE)
#endif // _DEBUG

// This helper will throw up a message box without allocating or using stack if possible, and is
// appropriate for either low memory or low stack situations.
int LowResourceMessageBoxHelperAnsi(
                  LPCSTR szText,    // Text message
                  LPCSTR szTitle,   // Title
                  UINT uType)       // Style of MessageBox
{
    CONTRACTL
    {
        NOTHROW;
        INJECT_FAULT(return IDCANCEL;);
    }
    CONTRACTL_END;

    // In low memory or stack constrained code we cannot format or convert strings, so use the
    // ANSI version.
    int result = MessageBoxA(NULL, szText, szTitle, uType);
    return result;            
}


/****************************************************************************
   The following two functions are defined to allow Free builds to call
   DebugBreak or to Assert with a stack trace for unexpected fatal errors.
   Typically these paths are enabled via a registry key in a Free Build
*****************************************************************************/

VOID __FreeBuildDebugBreak()
{
    WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT; // If we're calling this, we're well past caring about contract consistency!

    if (CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_BreakOnRetailAssert))
    {
        DebugBreak();
    }
}

void *freForceToMemory;     // dummy pointer that pessimises enregistration

void DECLSPEC_NORETURN __FreeBuildAssertFail(const char *szFile, int iLine, const char *szExpr)
{
    WRAPPER_NO_CONTRACT; // If we're calling this, we're well past caring about contract consistency!

    freForceToMemory = &szFile;     //make certain these args are available in the debugger
    freForceToMemory = &iLine;
    freForceToMemory = &szExpr;

    __FreeBuildDebugBreak();

    SString buffer;
    SString modulePath;
    
    // Give assert in output for easy access.
    ClrGetModuleFileName(0, modulePath);
#ifndef FEATURE_PAL
    buffer.Printf(W("CLR: Assert failure(PID %d [0x%08x], Thread: %d [0x%x]): %hs\n")
                W("    File: %hs, Line: %d Image:\n"),
                GetCurrentProcessId(), GetCurrentProcessId(),
                GetCurrentThreadId(), GetCurrentThreadId(),
                szExpr, szFile, iLine);
    buffer.Append(modulePath);
    buffer.Append(W("\n"));
    WszOutputDebugString(buffer);
    // Write out the error to the console
    _putws(buffer);
#else // FEATURE_PAL
    // UNIXTODO: Do this for Unix.
#endif // FEATURE_PAL
    // Log to the stress log. Note that we can't include the szExpr b/c that 
    // may not be a string literal (particularly for formatt-able asserts).
    STRESS_LOG2(LF_ASSERT, LL_ALWAYS, "ASSERT:%s, line:%d\n", szFile, iLine);

    FlushLogging();         // make certain we get the last part of the log

    _flushall();

    //    TerminateOnAssert();
    ShutdownLogging();

    // Failing here implies an error in the runtime - hence we use
    // COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE
    TerminateProcess(GetCurrentProcess(), COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE);

    UNREACHABLE();
}

//===================================================================================
// Used by the ex.h macro: EX_CATCH_HRESULT_AND_NGEN_CLEAN(_hr)
// which is used by ngen and mscorsvc to catch unexpected HRESULT
// from one of the RPC calls.
//===================================================================================
void RetailAssertIfExpectedClean()
{
    static ConfigDWORD g_NGenClean;
    if (g_NGenClean.val(CLRConfig::EXTERNAL_NGenClean) == 1) 
    {
        _ASSERTE_ALL_BUILDS("clr/src/Utilcode/Debug.cpp", !"Error during NGen:  expected no exceptions to be thrown");
    }
}