In the following code, the function foo calls itself recursively once. The inner call causes an access violation to be raised. The outer call catches the exception. #include <windows.h> #inc...

Why can't 64-bit Windows unwind the stack during an exception, if the stack crosses the kernel boundary - when 32-bit Windows can? The context of this entire question comes from: The case of the ...

I have a function in which I call getaddrinfo() to get an sockaddr* which targets memory is allocated by the system. As many may know, you need to call freeaddrinfo() to free the memory allocated b...

I am trying to understand the ways in which an unmanaged user-mode Windows process can "crash" (which is really too much of a catch-all term). Here are the ways I know of so far: Unhandled Struc...

What important points about Structured Exceptions should every C++ developer know?

Background I have an application with a Poof-Crash[1]. I'm fairly certain it is due to a blown stack. The application is Multi-Threaded. I am compiling with "Enable C++ Exceptions: Yes With S...