Added caught exception logging to PLCrashReporter (#277)

* Added caught exception logging to PLCrashReporter

Signed-off-by: Landon Fuller <[email protected]>
Issue: PLCR-459

* Add documentation and tests for the new live report generation functions.

Issue: PLCR-459

* Remove the use of autorelease

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Signed-off-by: Landon Fuller <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ray Lillywhite <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Landon Fuller <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

Source/PLCrashReporter.h

@@ -130,9 +130,11 @@ typedef struct PLCrashReporterCallbacks {
 
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread;
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread error: (NSError **) outError;
+- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread exception: (NSException *) exception error: (NSError **) outError;
 
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReport;
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReportAndReturnError: (NSError **) outError;
+- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithException: (NSException *) exception error: (NSError **) outError;
 
 - (BOOL) purgePendingCrashReport;
 - (BOOL) purgePendingCrashReportAndReturnError: (NSError **) outError;

Source/PLCrashReporter.m

@@ -653,12 +653,31 @@ - (BOOL) enableCrashReporterAndReturnError: (NSError **) outError {
  *
  * @return Returns nil if the crash report data could not be generated.
  *
- * @sa PLCrashReporter::generateLiveReportWithMachThread:error:
+ * @sa PLCrashReporter::generateLiveReportWithThread:exception:error:
  */
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread {
     return [self generateLiveReportWithThread: thread error: NULL];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Generate a live crash report for a given @a thread, without triggering an actual crash condition.
+ * This may be used to log current process state without actually crashing. The crash report data will be
+ * returned on success.
+ *
+ * @param thread The thread which will be marked as the failing thread in the generated report.
+ * @param outError A pointer to an NSError object variable. If an error occurs, this pointer
+ * will contain an error object indicating why the crash report could not be generated or loaded. If no
+ * error occurs, this parameter will be left unmodified. You may specify nil for this parameter, and no
+ * error information will be provided.
+ *
+ * @return Returns nil if the crash report data could not be loaded.
+ *
+ * @sa PLCrashReporter::generateLiveReportWithThread:exception:error:
+ */
+- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread error: (NSError **) outError {
+    return [self generateLiveReportWithThread: thread exception: nil error: outError];
+}
+
 
 /* State and callback used by -generateLiveReportWithThread */
 struct plcr_live_report_context {
@@ -678,6 +697,7 @@ static plcrash_error_t plcr_live_report_callback (plcrash_async_thread_state_t *
  * returned on success.
  *
  * @param thread The thread which will be marked as the failing thread in the generated report.
+ * @param exception An exception to be included as the report's uncaught exception, or nil.
  * @param outError A pointer to an NSError object variable. If an error occurs, this pointer
  * will contain an error object indicating why the crash report could not be generated or loaded. If no
  * error occurs, this parameter will be left unmodified. You may specify nil for this parameter, and no
@@ -687,7 +707,7 @@ static plcrash_error_t plcr_live_report_callback (plcrash_async_thread_state_t *
  *
  * @todo Implement in-memory, rather than requiring writing of the report to disk.
  */
-- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread error: (NSError **) outError {
+- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread exception: (NSException *) exception error: (NSError **) outError {
     plcrash_log_writer_t writer;
     plcrash_async_file_t file;
     plcrash_error_t err;
@@ -713,6 +733,9 @@ - (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithThread: (thread_t) thread error: (NSError **)
         plcrash_log_writer_set_custom_data(&writer, self.customData);
     }
 
+    if (exception != nil)
+        plcrash_log_writer_set_exception(&writer, exception);
+    
     /* Mock up a SIGTRAP-based signal info */
     plcrash_log_bsd_signal_info_t bsd_signal_info;
     plcrash_log_signal_info_t signal_info;
@@ -797,10 +820,14 @@ - (NSData *) generateLiveReport {
  * @return Returns nil if the crash report data could not be loaded.
  */
 - (NSData *) generateLiveReportAndReturnError: (NSError **) outError {
-    return [self generateLiveReportWithThread: pl_mach_thread_self() error: outError];
+    return [self generateLiveReportWithException: nil error: outError];
 }
 
 
+- (NSData *) generateLiveReportWithException: (NSException *)exception error: (NSError **) outError {
+    return [self generateLiveReportWithThread: pl_mach_thread_self() exception: exception error: outError];
+}
+
 /**
  * Set the callbacks that will be executed by the receiver after a crash has occured and been recorded by PLCrashReporter.
  *

Tests/PLCrashReporterTests.m

@@ -46,6 +46,39 @@ - (void) testSingleton {
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test generation of a 'live' crash report with a provided exception.
+ */
+- (void) testGenerateLiveReportWithException {
+    NSError *error;
+    NSData *reportData;
+    plcrash_test_thread_t thr;
+    
+    /* Spawn a thread and generate a report for it */
+    plcrash_test_thread_spawn(&thr);
+
+    NSException *exc = [NSException exceptionWithName: NSInvalidArgumentException reason: @"Testing" userInfo: nil];
+    PLCrashReporter *reporter = [[PLCrashReporter alloc] initWithConfiguration: [PLCrashReporterConfig defaultConfiguration]];
+    reportData = [reporter generateLiveReportWithThread: pthread_mach_thread_np(thr.thread)
+                                              exception: exc
+                                                  error: &error];
+    plcrash_test_thread_stop(&thr);
+    STAssertNotNil(reportData, @"Failed to generate live report: %@", error);
+    
+    /* Try parsing the result */
+    PLCrashReport *report = [[PLCrashReport alloc] initWithData: reportData error: &error];
+    STAssertNotNil(report, @"Could not parse geneated live report: %@", error);
+    
+    /* Sanity check the signal info */
+    STAssertEqualStrings([[report signalInfo] name], @"SIGTRAP", @"Incorrect signal name");
+    STAssertEqualStrings([[report signalInfo] code], @"TRAP_TRACE", @"Incorrect signal code");
+
+    /* Sanity check the exception info */
+    STAssertNotNil(report.exceptionInfo, @"Missing exception info");
+    STAssertEqualStrings(report.exceptionInfo.exceptionName, exc.name, @"Incorrect exception name");
+    STAssertEqualStrings(report.exceptionInfo.exceptionReason, exc.reason, @"Incorrect exception reason");
+}
+
 /**
  * Test generation of a 'live' crash report for a specific thread.
  */