vul_debug.h File Reference

#include <exception>

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Classes
class	vul_debug_windows_structured_exception
	A translated structured exception. More...

Functions
bool	vul_debug_core_dump (const char *filename)
	Dump a core file. More...
bool	vul_debug_core_dump_in_windows_se (const char *filename, void *pep)
	Force a core dump whilst inside a Structured Exception Handler in a windows program. More...
void	vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_windows_se (const char *filename)
	Setup the system to core dump and throw a C++ exception on detection of a Structured Exception. More...
void	vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_out_of_memory (const char *filename)
	Setup the system to core dump and throw a C++ exception on detection of out of memory. More...

Detailed Description

Author

Ian Scott

Definition in file vul_debug.h.

Function Documentation

vul_debug_core_dump()

bool vul_debug_core_dump

(

const char *

filename

)

Dump a core file.

Parameters

filename

can have up to one "%d" option, which will be given a different index number on each core dump.

Returns

true on success, false when coredump could not be taken

Definition at line 184 of file vul_debug.cxx.

vul_debug_core_dump_in_windows_se()

bool vul_debug_core_dump_in_windows_se	(	const char *	filename,
		void *	pep
	)

Force a core dump whilst inside a Structured Exception Handler in a windows program.

To get a core dump from a Windows structured exceptions

 void main()
 {
   __try
   {
     // Rest of program
   }
   __except(vul_debug_core_dump2(filename, GetExceptionInformation()))
   {}
 }

Parameters

filename

can have up to one "%d" option, which will be given a different index number on each core dump.

Returns

true on success, false when coredump could not be taken

vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_out_of_memory()

void vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_out_of_memory

(

const char *

filename

)

Setup the system to core dump and throw a C++ exception on detection of out of memory.

The system will throw std::bad_alloc.

Parameters

filename

can have up to one "%d" option, which will be given a different index number on each core dump.

The system will throw std::bad_alloc.

Definition at line 227 of file vul_debug.cxx.

vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_windows_se()

void vul_debug_set_coredump_and_throw_on_windows_se

(

const char *

)

Setup the system to core dump and throw a C++ exception on detection of a Structured Exception.

The system will throw vul_debug_windows_structured_exception. You must compile your code with /EHa to get the compiler to correctly handle SEs.

Parameters

filename

can have up to one "%d" option, which will be given a different index number on each core dump.

Exceptions

vul_debug_windows_structured_exception.

Definition at line 205 of file vul_debug.cxx.