I have a (C#) function similar to the following.
private static bool SpecialCase = false;
public void Foo()
{
if (SpecialCase)
{
InternalMethod();
return;
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
private static extern void InternalMethod();
When I execute this with the .NET Framework 4 inside the debugger, the method successfully prints blank line to the console and returns. When I execute it outside the debugger, it throws an exception with the following message:
System.Security.SecurityException: ECall methods must be packaged into a system module.
It appears the exception is thrown when the JIT compiler compiles the method as opposed to when (if) InternalMethod
is called. Is there anything I can do (e.g. attributes) to tell the CLI to either not throw the SecurityException
, or delay the exception until the method is actually called?
Side note on the use case: The SpecialCase
field is effectively false when running with Microsoft .NET Framework, and true when running under a different (specific) implementation of the CLI. When running under the Microsoft .NET Framework, the call to InternalMethod
is effectively unreachable.