RuntimeHelpers Class
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following code example shows how to reliably set handles using the PrepareConstrainedRegions method. To reliably set a handle to a specified pre-existing handle, you need to ensure that the allocation of the native handle and the subsequent recording of that handle within a SafeHandle object is atomic. Any failure between these operations (such as a thread abort or out of memory exception) will result in the native handle being leaked. You can use the PrepareConstrainedRegions method to make sure that the handle is not leaked.
<StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)> _ Structure MyStruct Public m_outputHandle As IntPtr End Structure 'MyStruct NotInheritable Class MySafeHandle Inherits SafeHandle ' Called by P/Invoke when returning SafeHandles Public Sub New() MyBase.New(IntPtr.Zero, True) End Sub Public Function AllocateHandle() As MySafeHandle ' Allocate SafeHandle first to avoid failure later. Dim sh As New MySafeHandle() RuntimeHelpers.PrepareConstrainedRegions() Try Finally Dim myStruct As New MyStruct() NativeAllocateHandle(myStruct) sh.SetHandle(myStruct.m_outputHandle) End Try Return sh End Function
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