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BUG=none R=mark CC=google-breakpad-dev@googlegroups.com Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1357773004 . Patch from Andy Bonventre <andybons@chromium.org>.
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# Windows Integration overview
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## Windows Client Code
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The Windows client code is in the `src/client/windows` directory of the tree.
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Since the header files are fairly well commented some specifics are purposely
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omitted from this document.
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## Integration of minidump-generation
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Once you build the solution inside `src/client/windows`, an output file of
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`exception_handler.lib` will be generated. You can either check this into your
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project's directory or build directly from the source, as the project itself
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does.
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Enabling Breakpad in your application requires you to `#include
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"exception_handler.h"` and instantiate the `ExceptionHandler` object like so:
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```
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handler = new ExceptionHandler(const wstring& dump_path,
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FilterCallback filter,
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MinidumpCallback callback,
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void* callback_context,
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int handler_types,
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MINIDUMP_TYPE dump_type,
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const wchar_t* pipe_name,
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const CustomClientInfo* custom_info);
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```
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The parameters, in order, are:
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* pathname for minidumps to be written to - this is ignored if OOP dump
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generation is used
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* A callback that is called when the exception is first handled - you can
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return true/false here to continue/stop exception processing
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* A callback that is called after minidumps have been written
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* Context for the callbacks
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* Which exceptions to handle - see `HandlerType` enumeration in
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exception\_handler.h
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* The type of minidump to generate, using the `MINIDUMP_TYPE` definitions in
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`DbgHelp.h`
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* A pipe name that can be used to communicate with a crash generation server
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* A pointer to a CustomClientInfo class that can be used to send custom data
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along with the minidump when using OOP generation
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You can also see `src/client/windows/tests/crash_generation_app/*` for a sample
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app that uses OOP generation.
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## OOP Minidump Generation
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For out of process minidump generation, more work is needed. If you look inside
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`src/client/windows/crash_generation`, you will see a file called
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`crash_generation_server.h`. This file is the interface for a crash generation
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server, which must be instantiated with the same pipe name that is passed to the
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client above. The logistics of running a separate process that instantiates the
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crash generation server is left up to you, however.
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## Build process specifics(symbol generation, upload)
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The symbol creation step is talked about in the general overview doc, since it
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doesn't vary much by platform. You'll need to make sure that the symbols are
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available wherever minidumps are uploaded to for processing.
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## Out in the field - uploading the minidump
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Inside `src/client/windows/sender` is a class implementation called
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`CrashReportSender`. This class can be compiled into a separate standalone CLI
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or in the crash generation server and used to upload the report; it can know
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when to do so via one of the callbacks provided by the `CrashGenerationServer`
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or the `ExceptionHandler` object for in-process generation.
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