Execution Path Specific Breakpoint

Question

I would like Visual Studio debugger to break within a function only when the call is from a specific sequence of callers. Is there a way to set such a breakpoint? Or perhaps some alternative hack?

I ask this in the context of native (C++) as well as managed (C#) code.

Answer 1

I think you could set a conditional breakpoint that utilizes the System.Diagnostics.StackTrace class.

EDIT: GrayWizardx has pointed out in a comment that this may not be possible. In that case you could cause your code to break programmatically:

#if DEBUG
    // Use StackTrace class in this conditional to determine whether or not to break:
    if (yourConditionIsTrue)
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
    }
#endif