Archive for September 2010
GC Start and Stop events in .NET using Windbg
I was recently showing someone the new ETW features in .NET especially the GC Event notification and I was asked if we can get this using Windbg.
So here is the sample code for the GC Collection
namespace GCStartStop
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
button1.Click += (s, b) => GC.Collect(2);
button1.Click += (s, b) => GC.Collect(1);
}
}
}
The goal is set to a break-point only when the collection count is 2. Here is a bp script for doing this.
bp clr!WKS::GCHeap::SuspendEE ".if (dwo(clr!WKS::GCHeap::GcCondemnedGeneration)==2) {.echo start of gen 2;g} .else {gc}"
The same thing can be done for clr!WKS::GCHeap::RestartEE.
When showing this to someone I was asked what does “EE” acronym in “SuspendedEE” ? “EE” is Execution Engine.
