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  • IsRuntimeUnwindableStub Debugger cDAC API
  • RetrieveHijackedContext StackWalk cDAC API
  • New overload for CreateStackWalk that accepts an arbitrary seed context
  • Check TryGetThreadContext HRESULT for more accurate fallback handling
  • Align calls to GetContext to 16-byte alignment
  • DacDbi APIs: CreateStackWalk, DeleteStackWalk, SetStackWalkCurrentStackFrame, GetStackWalkCurrentStackFrame, and UnwindStackWalkFrame
  • Tested with internal stackwalking tests, additionally by comparing the contexts byte-for-byte after each unwind.

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Pull request overview

This PR expands the cDAC StackWalk and Debugger contracts to support runtime hijack-stub detection and hijacked-context recovery, updates context retrieval to use caller-provided aligned buffers with HRESULT-based error reporting, and wires up corresponding DacDbi stack-walk APIs with updated tests and documentation.

Changes:

  • Add Debugger contract support for hijack stub range table (RgHijackFunction + MemoryRange) and implement IDebugger.IsRuntimeUnwindableStub.
  • Extend StackWalk contract with hijack-context recovery and seed-context stack-walk support; change GetContext to fill a caller-provided, 16-byte-aligned buffer and return HRESULTs.
  • Implement DacDbi stack-walk methods (create/delete/set/get/unwind/check) on top of the cDAC contracts, with test and dump-test updates for alignment and signature changes.
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File Description
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/UnitTests/DebuggerTests.cs Adds unit tests and mock-target plumbing for hijack-stub detection via RgHijackFunction/MemoryRange.
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/UnitTests/DacDbiImplTests.cs Updates tests to match CheckContext signature change (byte* instead of nint).
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/TestInfrastructure/TestPlaceholderTarget.cs Updates TryGetThreadContext override to return HRESULT (int).
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/DumpTests/StackWalkDumpTests.cs Updates dump test to use aligned native memory and validate HRESULT-based GetContext.
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/DumpTests/DacDbi/DacDbiStackWalkDumpTests.cs Updates dump tests to use aligned buffers when calling contract GetContext.
src/native/managed/cdac/tests/DataGenerator/TestTarget.cs Updates TryGetThreadContext override to return HRESULT (int).
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader/ContractDescriptorTarget.cs Changes TryGetThreadContext to return HRESULT from the underlying data-target delegate.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Legacy/Dbi/IDacDbiInterface.cs Updates COM surface signatures for stack-walk context pointers (byte*) and adds CorDebugSetContextFlags.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Legacy/Dbi/Helpers/StackWalkHandleData.cs Introduces managed handle state for cDAC-backed DacDbi stack walking.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Legacy/Dbi/DacDbiImpl.cs Implements DacDbi stack-walk APIs using cDAC StackWalk + Debugger contracts, with optional legacy mirroring/debug validation.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts.csproj Adds System.HResults to enable HRESULT constants in contracts.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/DataType.cs Adds DataType.MemoryRange for hijack table entries.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Data/MemoryRange.cs Adds cDAC MemoryRange data descriptor type (start + size).
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Data/Debugger.cs Adds RgHijackFunction field for hijack function range table pointer.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Contracts/StackWalk/StackWalk_1.cs Adds seed-context CreateStackWalk, hijacked-context recovery, HRESULT-buffer GetContext, and aligned scratch usage for OS context retrieval.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Contracts/StackWalk/Context/IPlatformAgnosticContext.cs Adds ContextAlignment constant (16) for CONTEXT buffer alignment requirements.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Contracts/Debugger_1.cs Implements IDebugger.IsRuntimeUnwindableStub using hijack range table scanning.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Contracts/Constants.cs Adds MaxHijackFunctions global name used by Debugger hijack-table scanning.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Abstractions/Target.cs Changes TryGetThreadContext to return HRESULT instead of bool (API contract shift).
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Abstractions/Contracts/IStackWalk.cs Adds seed-context CreateStackWalk overload and changes GetContext to HRESULT + caller buffer; adds RetrieveHijackedContext.
src/native/managed/cdac/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DataContractReader.Abstractions/Contracts/IDebugger.cs Adds IsRuntimeUnwindableStub API to the Debugger contract abstraction.
src/coreclr/vm/datadescriptor/datadescriptor.inc Exposes Debugger RgHijackFunction, introduces MemoryRange type descriptor, and adds MaxHijackFunctions global literal.
src/coreclr/inc/memoryrange.h Adds cDAC exposure (cdac_data<MemoryRange>) for MemoryRange field offsets.
src/coreclr/debug/ee/debugger.h Annotates hijack enum constant dependency; exposes hijack table pointer and constant via cdac_data<Debugger>.
src/coreclr/debug/di/rsstackwalk.cpp Avoids fetching current context after unwind when already at end-of-stack.
docs/design/datacontracts/StackWalk.md Updates contract documentation for new StackWalk APIs and aligned, caller-buffer GetContext.
docs/design/datacontracts/Debugger.md Documents IsRuntimeUnwindableStub and the hijack-table globals/data descriptors.

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  • Comments generated: 6

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  • Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
  • Comments generated: 11

Comment thread src/native/managed/cdac/tests/DumpTests/DacDbi/DacDbiStackWalkDumpTests.cs Outdated
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  • Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
  • Comments generated: 6

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  • Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
  • Comments generated: 6

Comment on lines +1305 to +1312
handleData = new StackWalkHandleData(_target.Contracts.StackWalk, threadData);
SeedHandleFromNativeContext(handleData, pInternalContextBuffer, isFirst: true);
*ppSFIHandle = handleData.GetHandle();
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
hr = ex.HResult;
}
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  • Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
  • Comments generated: 8

Comment thread docs/design/datacontracts/Debugger.md
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  • Files reviewed: 27/27 changed files
  • Comments generated: 7

Comment on lines +1316 to +1318
uint contextSize = IPlatformAgnosticContext.GetContextForPlatform(_target).Size;
byte* pLocal = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(contextSize, IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
nuint legacyHandle = 0;
Comment on lines +1432 to +1434
{
byte* pLocal = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(contextSize, IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
try
Comment on lines 1867 to +1872
IPlatformAgnosticContext leafCtx = IPlatformAgnosticContext.GetContextForPlatform(_target);
uint allFlags = leafCtx.AllContextFlags;
ThreadData threadData = _target.Contracts.Thread.GetThreadData(new TargetPointer(vmThread));
byte[] leafContext = _target.Contracts.StackWalk.GetContext(threadData, ThreadContextSource.None, allFlags);
leafCtx.FillFromBuffer(leafContext);

byte* pLeaf = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(leafCtx.Size, IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
try
Comment on lines 1929 to 1933
{
uint contextSize = IPlatformAgnosticContext.GetContextForPlatform(_target).Size;
byte[] localContextBuf = new byte[contextSize];
fixed (byte* pLocal = localContextBuf)
byte* pLocal = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(contextSize, IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
try
{
Comment on lines +350 to +352
// CONTEXT requires 16-byte alignment for the OS GetThreadContext path.
byte* pContext = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(ctx.Size, Contracts.StackWalkHelpers.IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
try
Comment on lines +73 to +75
// CONTEXT requires 16-byte alignment for the OS GetThreadContext path.
byte* pContract = (byte*)NativeMemory.AlignedAlloc(contextSize, IPlatformAgnosticContext.ContextAlignment);
try
Comment on lines 71 to 89
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ public interface IStackWalk : IContract
bool IsExceptionHandlingHelperInlinedCallFrame(TargetPointer frameAddress) => throw new NotImplementedException();
DebuggerEvalData GetDebuggerEvalData(TargetPointer funcEvalFrameAddress) => throw new NotImplementedException();
TargetPointer GetRedirectedContextPointer(ThreadData threadData) => throw new NotImplementedException();
byte[] GetContext(ThreadData threadData, ThreadContextSource contextSource, uint contextFlags) => throw new NotImplementedException();
int GetContext(ThreadData threadData, ThreadContextSource contextSource, uint contextFlags, Span<byte> contextBuffer) => throw new NotImplementedException();
byte[] RetrieveHijackedContext(IStackDataFrameHandle stackDataFrameHandle, bool isUnhandledException) => throw new NotImplementedException();
}
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