c++ - Why SetUnhandledExceptionFilter cannot capture some exception but AddVectoredExceptionHandler can do

Question

I have experienced a problem that the function I passed to the SetUnhandledExceptionFilter didn't get called when the exception code c0000374 raising. But it works fine with the exception code c0000005. Then I tried to use the AddVectoredExceptionHandler instead, and it didn't have the problem, the handler function get called correctly.

Is it the API bug? Can I use AddVectoredExceptionHandler instead of SetUnhandledExceptionFilter everywhere?

The both functions work correctly with

// Exception code c0000005
int* p1 = NULL;
*p1 = 99;

Only AddVectoredExceptionHandler can capture this exception. (To prove it doesn't depend on the runtime library, I raise the exception manually and it results the same.)

// Exception code c0000374
RaiseException(0xc0000374, 0, 0, NULL);

Test program.

#include <tchar.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <Windows.h>

LONG WINAPI VectoredExceptionHandler(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS pExceptionInfo)
{
    std::ofstream f;
    f.open("VectoredExceptionHandler.txt", std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc);
    f << std::hex << pExceptionInfo->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode << std::endl;
    f.close();

    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
}

LONG WINAPI TopLevelExceptionHandler(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS pExceptionInfo)
{
    std::ofstream f;
    f.open("TopLevelExceptionHandler.txt", std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc);
    f << std::hex << pExceptionInfo->ExceptionRecord->ExceptionCode << std::endl;
    f.close();

    return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
}


int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    AddVectoredExceptionHandler(1, VectoredExceptionHandler);
    SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(TopLevelExceptionHandler);

    // Exception code c0000374
    RaiseException(0xc0000374, 0, 0, NULL);     

    // Exception code c0000005
    // int* p1 = NULL;
    // *p1 = 99;        


    return 0;
}

Answer 1

It happens because of this code in MSVC CRT startup:

    /*
     * Enable app termination when heap corruption is detected on
     * Windows Vista and above. This is a no-op on down-level OS's
     * and enabled by default for 64-bit processes.
     */

    if (!_NoHeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption)
    {
        HeapSetInformation(NULL, HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption, NULL, 0);
    }

If you want to disable it (not recommended), link nohetoc.obj to your program.