Allow CrashGenerationClient to request that a dump of the parent process be written.

A=Jim Mathies <jmathies@mozilla.com> R=ted at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679238

git-svn-id: http://google-breakpad.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@883 4c0a9323-5329-0410-9bdc-e9ce6186880e

src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc

@@ -704,6 +704,12 @@ bool ExceptionHandler::WriteMinidump(const wstring &dump_path,
   return handler.WriteMinidump();
 }
 
+bool ExceptionHandler::RequestMinidumpForParent() {
+  if (!IsOutOfProcess())
+    return false;
+  return crash_generation_client_->RequestParentDump();
+}
+
 bool ExceptionHandler::WriteMinidumpWithException(
     DWORD requesting_thread_id,
     EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exinfo,

src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h

@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ class ExceptionHandler {
   static bool WriteMinidump(const wstring &dump_path,
                             MinidumpCallback callback, void* callback_context);
 
+  // Requests a minidump of the server be generated and waits for completion.
+  // This can be used to capture the execution state of parent process
+  // independent of a crash on either side of the connection. Only valid for
+  // out-of-process clients.
+  bool RequestMinidumpForParent();
+
   // Get the thread ID of the thread requesting the dump (either the exception
   // thread or any other thread that called WriteMinidump directly).  This
   // may be useful if you want to include additional thread state in your