Print stack traces in child processes when browser tests failed.

base/debug/stack_trace_win.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/debug/stack_trace.h"
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <dbghelp.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/memory/singleton.h"
 #include "base/process/launch.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_util.h"
 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
 #include "base/win/windows_version.h"
 
 namespace base {
 namespace debug {
 
 namespace {
 
 // Previous unhandled filter. Will be called if not NULL when we intercept an
 // exception. Only used in unit tests.
 LPTOP_LEVEL_EXCEPTION_FILTER g_previous_filter = NULL;
 
+DWORD g_init_error = ERROR_SUCCESS;
+
 // Prints the exception call stack.
 // This is the unit tests exception filter.
 long WINAPI StackDumpExceptionFilter(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* info) {
   debug::StackTrace(info).Print();
   if (g_previous_filter)
     return g_previous_filter(info);
   return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
 }
 
 FilePath GetExePath() {
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 // just ignore it.
 class SymbolContext {
  public:
   static SymbolContext* GetInstance() {
     // We use a leaky singleton because code may call this during process
     // termination.
     return
       Singleton<SymbolContext, LeakySingletonTraits<SymbolContext> >::get();
   }
 
-  // Returns the error code of a failed initialization.
-  DWORD init_error() const {
-    return init_error_;
-  }
-
   // For the given trace, attempts to resolve the symbols, and output a trace
   // to the ostream os.  The format for each line of the backtrace is:
   //
   //    <tab>SymbolName[0xAddress+Offset] (FileName:LineNo)
   //
   // This function should only be called if Init() has been called.  We do not
   // LOG(FATAL) here because this code is called might be triggered by a
   // LOG(FATAL) itself. Also, it should not be calling complex code that is
   // extensible like PathService since that can in turn fire CHECKs.
   void OutputTraceToStream(const void* const* trace,
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       if (has_line) {
         (*os) << " (" << line.FileName << ":" << line.LineNumber << ")";
       }
       (*os) << "\n";
     }
   }
 
  private:
   friend struct DefaultSingletonTraits<SymbolContext>;
 
-  SymbolContext() : init_error_(ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-    // Initializes the symbols for the process.
-    // Defer symbol load until they're needed, use undecorated names, and
-    // get line numbers.
-    SymSetOptions(SYMOPT_DEFERRED_LOADS |
-                  SYMOPT_UNDNAME |
-                  SYMOPT_LOAD_LINES);
-    if (!SymInitialize(GetCurrentProcess(), NULL, TRUE)) {
-      init_error_ = GetLastError();
-      // TODO(awong): Handle error: SymInitialize can fail with
-      // ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.
-      // When it fails, we should not call debugbreak since it kills the current
-      // process (prevents future tests from running or kills the browser
-      // process).
-      DLOG(ERROR) << "SymInitialize failed: " << init_error_;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    init_error_ = ERROR_SUCCESS;
-
-    // When transferring the binaries e.g. between bots, path put
-    // into the executable will get off. To still retrieve symbols correctly,
-    // add the directory of the executable to symbol search path.
-    // All following errors are non-fatal.
-    const size_t kSymbolsArraySize = 1024;
-    scoped_ptr<wchar_t[]> symbols_path(new wchar_t[kSymbolsArraySize]);
-
-    // Note: The below function takes buffer size as number of characters,
-    // not number of bytes!
-    if (!SymGetSearchPathW(GetCurrentProcess(),
-                           symbols_path.get(),
-                           kSymbolsArraySize)) {
-      DLOG(WARNING) << "SymGetSearchPath failed: ";
-      return;
-    }
-
-    std::wstring new_path(std::wstring(symbols_path.get()) +
-                          L";" + GetExePath().DirName().value());
-    if (!SymSetSearchPathW(GetCurrentProcess(), new_path.c_str())) {
-      DLOG(WARNING) << "SymSetSearchPath failed.";
-      return;
-    }
+  SymbolContext() {
   }
 
-  DWORD init_error_;
   base::Lock lock_;
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SymbolContext);
 };
 
 }  // namespace
 
 bool EnableInProcessStackDumping() {
   // Add stack dumping support on exception on windows. Similar to OS_POSIX
   // signal() handling in process_util_posix.cc.
   g_previous_filter = SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(&StackDumpExceptionFilter);
   RouteStdioToConsole();
+
+  // Need to initialize symbols early in the process or else

[scottmg, 2015/08/13 15:48:54]

I don't think this is right here if someone calls
base::debug::StackTrace().Print() in a process that hasn't had
EnableInProcessStackDumping() called. Can you move the symbol init to a function
and then call the here and in SymbolContext() maybe?

[jam, 2015/08/13 15:59:27]

Done.

+  // SymGetSymFromAddr64 fails on release x64 builds.
+
+  // Defer symbol load until they're needed, use undecorated names, and get line
+  // numbers.
+  SymSetOptions(SYMOPT_DEFERRED_LOADS |
+                SYMOPT_UNDNAME |
+                SYMOPT_LOAD_LINES);
+  if (!SymInitialize(GetCurrentProcess(), NULL, TRUE)) {
+    g_init_error = GetLastError();
+    // TODO(awong): Handle error: SymInitialize can fail with
+    // ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.
+    // When it fails, we should not call debugbreak since it kills the current
+    // process (prevents future tests from running or kills the browser
+    // process).
+    DLOG(ERROR) << "SymInitialize failed: " << g_init_error;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // When transferring the binaries e.g. between bots, path put
+  // into the executable will get off. To still retrieve symbols correctly,
+  // add the directory of the executable to symbol search path.
+  // All following errors are non-fatal.
+  const size_t kSymbolsArraySize = 1024;
+  scoped_ptr<wchar_t[]> symbols_path(new wchar_t[kSymbolsArraySize]);
+
+  // Note: The below function takes buffer size as number of characters,
+  // not number of bytes!
+  if (!SymGetSearchPathW(GetCurrentProcess(),
+    symbols_path.get(),
+    kSymbolsArraySize)) {
+    DLOG(WARNING) << "SymGetSearchPath failed: ";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  std::wstring new_path(std::wstring(symbols_path.get()) +
+    L";" + GetExePath().DirName().value());
+  if (!SymSetSearchPathW(GetCurrentProcess(), new_path.c_str())) {
+    DLOG(WARNING) << "SymSetSearchPath failed.";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  g_init_error = ERROR_SUCCESS;
   return true;
 }
 
 // Disable optimizations for the StackTrace::StackTrace function. It is
 // important to disable at least frame pointer optimization ("y"), since
 // that breaks CaptureStackBackTrace() and prevents StackTrace from working
 // in Release builds (it may still be janky if other frames are using FPO,
 // but at least it will make it further).
 #if defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
 #pragma optimize("", off)
 #endif
 
 StackTrace::StackTrace() {
   // When walking our own stack, use CaptureStackBackTrace().
   count_ = CaptureStackBackTrace(0, arraysize(trace_), trace_, NULL);
 }
 
 #if defined(COMPILER_MSVC)
 #pragma optimize("", on)
 #endif
 
-StackTrace::StackTrace(const EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exception_pointers) {
-  // StackWalk64() may modify context record passed to it, so we will
-  // use a copy.
-  CONTEXT context_record = *exception_pointers->ContextRecord;
-  InitTrace(&context_record);
+StackTrace::StackTrace(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exception_pointers) {
+  InitTrace(exception_pointers->ContextRecord);
 }
 
-StackTrace::StackTrace(const CONTEXT* context) {
-  // StackWalk64() may modify context record passed to it, so we will
-  // use a copy.
-  CONTEXT context_record = *context;
-  InitTrace(&context_record);
+StackTrace::StackTrace(CONTEXT* context) {
+  InitTrace(context);
 }
 
 void StackTrace::InitTrace(CONTEXT* context_record) {
   // When walking an exception stack, we need to use StackWalk64().
   count_ = 0;
   // Initialize stack walking.
   STACKFRAME64 stack_frame;
   memset(&stack_frame, 0, sizeof(stack_frame));
 #if defined(_WIN64)
   int machine_type = IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_AMD64;
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   for (size_t i = count_; i < arraysize(trace_); ++i)
     trace_[i] = NULL;
 }
 
 void StackTrace::Print() const {
   OutputToStream(&std::cerr);
 }
 
 void StackTrace::OutputToStream(std::ostream* os) const {
   SymbolContext* context = SymbolContext::GetInstance();
-  DWORD error = context->init_error();
-  if (error != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-    (*os) << "Error initializing symbols (" << error
+  if (g_init_error != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+    (*os) << "Error initializing symbols (" << g_init_error
           << ").  Dumping unresolved backtrace:\n";
     for (size_t i = 0; (i < count_) && os->good(); ++i) {
       (*os) << "\t" << trace_[i] << "\n";
     }
   } else {
     (*os) << "Backtrace:\n";
     context->OutputTraceToStream(trace_, count_, os);
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace debug
 }  // namespace base