File: system\threading\Tasks\TaskContinuation.cs
Project: ndp\clr\src\bcl\mscorlib.csproj (mscorlib)
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// TaskContinuation.cs
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// Implementation of task continuations, TaskContinuation, and its descendants.
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using System.Security;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Threading;
 
#if FEATURE_COMINTEROP
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
#endif // FEATURE_COMINTEROP
 
namespace System.Threading.Tasks
{
    // Task type used to implement: Task ContinueWith(Action<Task,...>)
    internal sealed class ContinuationTaskFromTask : Task
    {
        private Task m_antecedent;
 
        public ContinuationTaskFromTask(
            Task antecedent, Delegate action, object state, TaskCreationOptions creationOptions, InternalTaskOptions internalOptions, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(action, state, Task.InternalCurrentIfAttached(creationOptions), default(CancellationToken), creationOptions, internalOptions, null)
        {
            Contract.Requires(action is Action<Task> || action is Action<Task, object>, 
                "Invalid delegate type in ContinuationTaskFromTask");
            m_antecedent = antecedent;
            PossiblyCaptureContext(ref stackMark);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Evaluates the value selector of the Task which is passed in as an object and stores the result.
        /// </summary>        
        internal override void InnerInvoke()
        {
            // Get and null out the antecedent.  This is crucial to avoid a memory
            // leak with long chains of continuations.
            var antecedent = m_antecedent;
            Contract.Assert(antecedent != null, 
                "No antecedent was set for the ContinuationTaskFromTask.");
            m_antecedent = null;
 
            // Notify the debugger we're completing an asynchronous wait on a task
            antecedent.NotifyDebuggerOfWaitCompletionIfNecessary();
 
            // Invoke the delegate
            Contract.Assert(m_action != null);
            var action = m_action as Action<Task>;
            if (action != null)
            {
                action(antecedent);
                return;
            }
            var actionWithState = m_action as Action<Task, object>;
            if (actionWithState != null)
            {
                actionWithState(antecedent, m_stateObject);
                return;
            }
            Contract.Assert(false, "Invalid m_action in ContinuationTaskFromTask");
        }
    }
 
    // Task type used to implement: Task<TResult> ContinueWith(Func<Task,...>)
    internal sealed class ContinuationResultTaskFromTask<TResult> : Task<TResult>
    {
        private Task m_antecedent;
 
        public ContinuationResultTaskFromTask(
            Task antecedent, Delegate function, object state, TaskCreationOptions creationOptions, InternalTaskOptions internalOptions, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(function, state, Task.InternalCurrentIfAttached(creationOptions), default(CancellationToken), creationOptions, internalOptions, null)
        {
            Contract.Requires(function is Func<Task, TResult> || function is Func<Task, object, TResult>, 
                "Invalid delegate type in ContinuationResultTaskFromTask");
            m_antecedent = antecedent;
            PossiblyCaptureContext(ref stackMark);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Evaluates the value selector of the Task which is passed in as an object and stores the result.
        /// </summary>        
        internal override void InnerInvoke()
        {
            // Get and null out the antecedent.  This is crucial to avoid a memory
            // leak with long chains of continuations.
            var antecedent = m_antecedent;
            Contract.Assert(antecedent != null, 
                "No antecedent was set for the ContinuationResultTaskFromTask.");
            m_antecedent = null;
 
            // Notify the debugger we're completing an asynchronous wait on a task
            antecedent.NotifyDebuggerOfWaitCompletionIfNecessary();
 
            // Invoke the delegate
            Contract.Assert(m_action != null);
            var func = m_action as Func<Task, TResult>;
            if (func != null)
            {
                m_result = func(antecedent);
                return;
            }
            var funcWithState = m_action as Func<Task, object, TResult>;
            if (funcWithState != null)
            {
                m_result = funcWithState(antecedent, m_stateObject);
                return;
            }
            Contract.Assert(false, "Invalid m_action in ContinuationResultTaskFromTask");
        }
    }
 
    // Task type used to implement: Task ContinueWith(Action<Task<TAntecedentResult>,...>)
    internal sealed class ContinuationTaskFromResultTask<TAntecedentResult> : Task
    {
        private Task<TAntecedentResult> m_antecedent;
 
        public ContinuationTaskFromResultTask(
            Task<TAntecedentResult> antecedent, Delegate action, object state, TaskCreationOptions creationOptions, InternalTaskOptions internalOptions, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(action, state, Task.InternalCurrentIfAttached(creationOptions), default(CancellationToken), creationOptions, internalOptions, null)
        {
            Contract.Requires(action is Action<Task<TAntecedentResult>> || action is Action<Task<TAntecedentResult>, object>, 
                "Invalid delegate type in ContinuationTaskFromResultTask");
            m_antecedent = antecedent;
            PossiblyCaptureContext(ref stackMark);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Evaluates the value selector of the Task which is passed in as an object and stores the result.
        /// </summary>
        internal override void InnerInvoke()
        {
            // Get and null out the antecedent.  This is crucial to avoid a memory
            // leak with long chains of continuations.
            var antecedent = m_antecedent;
            Contract.Assert(antecedent != null, 
                "No antecedent was set for the ContinuationTaskFromResultTask.");
            m_antecedent = null;
 
            // Notify the debugger we're completing an asynchronous wait on a task
            antecedent.NotifyDebuggerOfWaitCompletionIfNecessary();
 
            // Invoke the delegate
            Contract.Assert(m_action != null);
            var action = m_action as Action<Task<TAntecedentResult>>;
            if (action != null)
            {
                action(antecedent);
                return;
            }
            var actionWithState = m_action as Action<Task<TAntecedentResult>, object>;
            if (actionWithState != null)
            {
                actionWithState(antecedent, m_stateObject);
                return;
            }
            Contract.Assert(false, "Invalid m_action in ContinuationTaskFromResultTask");
        }
    }
 
    // Task type used to implement: Task<TResult> ContinueWith(Func<Task<TAntecedentResult>,...>)
    internal sealed class ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask<TAntecedentResult, TResult> : Task<TResult>
    {
        private Task<TAntecedentResult> m_antecedent;
 
        public ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask(
            Task<TAntecedentResult> antecedent, Delegate function, object state, TaskCreationOptions creationOptions, InternalTaskOptions internalOptions, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(function, state, Task.InternalCurrentIfAttached(creationOptions), default(CancellationToken), creationOptions, internalOptions, null)
        {
            Contract.Requires(function is Func<Task<TAntecedentResult>, TResult> || function is Func<Task<TAntecedentResult>, object, TResult>,
                "Invalid delegate type in ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask");
            m_antecedent = antecedent;
            PossiblyCaptureContext(ref stackMark);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Evaluates the value selector of the Task which is passed in as an object and stores the result.
        /// </summary>
        internal override void InnerInvoke()
        {
            // Get and null out the antecedent.  This is crucial to avoid a memory
            // leak with long chains of continuations.
            var antecedent = m_antecedent;
            Contract.Assert(antecedent != null, 
                "No antecedent was set for the ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask.");
            m_antecedent = null;
 
            // Notify the debugger we're completing an asynchronous wait on a task
            antecedent.NotifyDebuggerOfWaitCompletionIfNecessary();
 
            // Invoke the delegate
            Contract.Assert(m_action != null);
            var func = m_action as Func<Task<TAntecedentResult>, TResult>;
            if (func != null)
            {
                m_result = func(antecedent);
                return;
            }
            var funcWithState = m_action as Func<Task<TAntecedentResult>, object, TResult>;
            if (funcWithState != null)
            {
                m_result = funcWithState(antecedent, m_stateObject);
                return;
            }
            Contract.Assert(false, "Invalid m_action in ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask");
        }
    }
 
    // For performance reasons, we don't just have a single way of representing
    // a continuation object.  Rather, we have a hierarchy of types:
    // - TaskContinuation: abstract base that provides a virtual Run method
    //     - StandardTaskContinuation: wraps a task,options,and scheduler, and overrides Run to process the task with that configuration
    //     - AwaitTaskContinuation: base for continuations created through TaskAwaiter; targets default scheduler by default
    //         - TaskSchedulerAwaitTaskContinuation: awaiting with a non-default TaskScheduler
    //         - SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation: awaiting with a "current" sync ctx
 
    /// <summary>Represents a continuation.</summary>
    internal abstract class TaskContinuation
    {
        /// <summary>Inlines or schedules the continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="completedTask">The antecedent task that has completed.</param>
        /// <param name="canInlineContinuationTask">true if inlining is permitted; otherwise, false.</param>
        internal abstract void Run(Task completedTask, bool bCanInlineContinuationTask);
 
        /// <summary>Tries to run the task on the current thread, if possible; otherwise, schedules it.</summary>
        /// <param name="task">The task to run</param>
        /// <param name="needsProtection">
        /// true if we need to protect against multiple threads racing to start/cancel the task; otherwise, false.
        /// </param>
        [SecuritySafeCritical]
        protected static void InlineIfPossibleOrElseQueue(Task task, bool needsProtection)
        {
            Contract.Requires(task != null);
            Contract.Assert(task.m_taskScheduler != null);
 
            // Set the TASK_STATE_STARTED flag.  This only needs to be done
            // if the task may be canceled or if someone else has a reference to it
            // that may try to execute it.
            if (needsProtection)
            {
                if (!task.MarkStarted())
                    return; // task has been previously started or canceled.  Stop processing.
            }
            else
            {
                task.m_stateFlags |= Task.TASK_STATE_STARTED;
            }
 
            // Try to inline it but queue if we can't
            try
            {
                if (!task.m_taskScheduler.TryRunInline(task, taskWasPreviouslyQueued: false))
                {
                    task.m_taskScheduler.InternalQueueTask(task);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                // Either TryRunInline() or QueueTask() threw an exception. Record the exception, marking the task as Faulted.
                // However if it was a ThreadAbortException coming from TryRunInline we need to skip here, 
                // because it would already have been handled in Task.Execute()
                if (!(e is ThreadAbortException &&
                      (task.m_stateFlags & Task.TASK_STATE_THREAD_WAS_ABORTED) != 0))    // this ensures TAEs from QueueTask will be wrapped in TSE
                {
                    TaskSchedulerException tse = new TaskSchedulerException(e);
                    task.AddException(tse);
                    task.Finish(false);
                }
 
                // Don't re-throw.
            }
        }
 
        internal abstract Delegate[] GetDelegateContinuationsForDebugger();
 
    }
 
    /// <summary>Provides the standard implementation of a task continuation.</summary>
    internal class StandardTaskContinuation : TaskContinuation
    {
        /// <summary>The unstarted continuation task.</summary>
        internal readonly Task m_task;
        /// <summary>The options to use with the continuation task.</summary>
        internal readonly TaskContinuationOptions m_options;
        /// <summary>The task scheduler with which to run the continuation task.</summary>
        private readonly TaskScheduler m_taskScheduler;
 
        /// <summary>Initializes a new continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="task">The task to be activated.</param>
        /// <param name="options">The continuation options.</param>
        /// <param name="scheduler">The scheduler to use for the continuation.</param>
        internal StandardTaskContinuation(Task task, TaskContinuationOptions options, TaskScheduler scheduler)
        {
            Contract.Requires(task != null, "TaskContinuation ctor: task is null");
            Contract.Requires(scheduler != null, "TaskContinuation ctor: scheduler is null");
            m_task = task;
            m_options = options;
            m_taskScheduler = scheduler;
            if (AsyncCausalityTracer.LoggingOn)
                AsyncCausalityTracer.TraceOperationCreation(CausalityTraceLevel.Required, m_task.Id, "Task.ContinueWith: " + ((Delegate)task.m_action).Method.Name, 0);
 
            if (Task.s_asyncDebuggingEnabled)
            {
                Task.AddToActiveTasks(m_task);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>Invokes the continuation for the target completion task.</summary>
        /// <param name="completedTask">The completed task.</param>
        /// <param name="bCanInlineContinuationTask">Whether the continuation can be inlined.</param>
        internal override void Run(Task completedTask, bool bCanInlineContinuationTask)
        {
            Contract.Assert(completedTask != null);
            Contract.Assert(completedTask.IsCompleted, "ContinuationTask.Run(): completedTask not completed");
 
            // Check if the completion status of the task works with the desired 
            // activation criteria of the TaskContinuationOptions.
            TaskContinuationOptions options = m_options;
            bool isRightKind =
                completedTask.IsRanToCompletion ?
                    (options & TaskContinuationOptions.NotOnRanToCompletion) == 0 :
                    (completedTask.IsCanceled ?
                        (options & TaskContinuationOptions.NotOnCanceled) == 0 :
                        (options & TaskContinuationOptions.NotOnFaulted) == 0);
 
            // If the completion status is allowed, run the continuation.
            Task continuationTask = m_task;
            if (isRightKind)
            {
                //If the task was cancel before running (e.g a ContinueWhenAll with a cancelled caancelation token)
                //we will still flow it to ScheduleAndStart() were it will check the status before running
                //We check here to avoid faulty logs that contain a join event to an operation that was already set as completed.
                if (!continuationTask.IsCanceled && AsyncCausalityTracer.LoggingOn)
                {
                    // Log now that we are sure that this continuation is being ran
                    AsyncCausalityTracer.TraceOperationRelation(CausalityTraceLevel.Important, continuationTask.Id, CausalityRelation.AssignDelegate);
                }
                continuationTask.m_taskScheduler = m_taskScheduler;
 
                // Either run directly or just queue it up for execution, depending
                // on whether synchronous or asynchronous execution is wanted.
                if (bCanInlineContinuationTask && // inlining is allowed by the caller
                    (options & TaskContinuationOptions.ExecuteSynchronously) != 0) // synchronous execution was requested by the continuation's creator
                {
                    InlineIfPossibleOrElseQueue(continuationTask, needsProtection: true);
                }
                else
                {
                    try { continuationTask.ScheduleAndStart(needsProtection: true); }
                    catch (TaskSchedulerException)
                    {
                        // No further action is necessary -- ScheduleAndStart() already transitioned the 
                        // task to faulted.  But we want to make sure that no exception is thrown from here.
                    }
                }
            }
            // Otherwise, the final state of this task does not match the desired
            // continuation activation criteria; cancel it to denote this.
            else continuationTask.InternalCancel(false);
        }
 
        internal override Delegate[] GetDelegateContinuationsForDebugger()
        {
            if (m_task.m_action == null)
            {
                return m_task.GetDelegateContinuationsForDebugger();
            }
 
            return new Delegate[] { m_task.m_action as Delegate };
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>Task continuation for awaiting with a current synchronization context.</summary>
    internal sealed class SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation : AwaitTaskContinuation
    {
        /// <summary>SendOrPostCallback delegate to invoke the action.</summary>
        private readonly static SendOrPostCallback s_postCallback = state => ((Action)state)(); // can't use InvokeAction as it's SecurityCritical
        /// <summary>Cached delegate for PostAction</summary>
        [SecurityCritical]
        private static ContextCallback s_postActionCallback;
        /// <summary>The context with which to run the action.</summary>
        private readonly SynchronizationContext m_syncContext;
 
        /// <summary>Initializes the SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="context">The synchronization context with which to invoke the action.  Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="flowExecutionContext">Whether to capture and restore ExecutionContext.</param>
        /// <param name="stackMark">The captured stack mark.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation(
            SynchronizationContext context, Action action, bool flowExecutionContext, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(action, flowExecutionContext, ref stackMark)
        {
            Contract.Assert(context != null);
            m_syncContext = context;
        }
 
        /// <summary>Inlines or schedules the continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="ignored">The antecedent task, which is ignored.</param>
        /// <param name="canInlineContinuationTask">true if inlining is permitted; otherwise, false.</param>
        [SecuritySafeCritical]
        internal sealed override void Run(Task task, bool canInlineContinuationTask)
        {
            // If we're allowed to inline, run the action on this thread.
            if (canInlineContinuationTask &&
                m_syncContext == SynchronizationContext.CurrentNoFlow)
            {
                RunCallback(GetInvokeActionCallback(), m_action, ref Task.t_currentTask);
            }
            // Otherwise, Post the action back to the SynchronizationContext.
            else
            {
                TplEtwProvider etwLog = TplEtwProvider.Log;
                if (etwLog.IsEnabled())
                {
                    m_continuationId = Task.NewId();
                    etwLog.AwaitTaskContinuationScheduled((task.ExecutingTaskScheduler ?? TaskScheduler.Default).Id, task.Id, m_continuationId);
                }
                RunCallback(GetPostActionCallback(), this, ref Task.t_currentTask);
            }
            // Any exceptions will be handled by RunCallback.
        }
 
        /// <summary>Calls InvokeOrPostAction(false) on the supplied SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="state">The SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        private static void PostAction(object state)
        {
            var c = (SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation)state;
 
            TplEtwProvider etwLog = TplEtwProvider.Log;
            if (etwLog.TasksSetActivityIds && c.m_continuationId != 0)
            {
                c.m_syncContext.Post(s_postCallback, GetActionLogDelegate(c.m_continuationId, c.m_action));
            }
            else
            {
                c.m_syncContext.Post(s_postCallback, c.m_action); // s_postCallback is manually cached, as the compiler won't in a SecurityCritical method
            }
        }
 
        private static Action GetActionLogDelegate(int continuationId, Action action)
        {
            return () =>
                {
                    Guid savedActivityId;
                    Guid activityId = TplEtwProvider.CreateGuidForTaskID(continuationId);
                    System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.SetCurrentThreadActivityId(activityId, out savedActivityId);
                    try { action(); }
                    finally { System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.SetCurrentThreadActivityId(savedActivityId); }
                };
        }
 
        /// <summary>Gets a cached delegate for the PostAction method.</summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A delegate for PostAction, which expects a SynchronizationContextAwaitTaskContinuation 
        /// to be passed as state.
        /// </returns>
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        [SecurityCritical]
        private static ContextCallback GetPostActionCallback()
        {
            ContextCallback callback = s_postActionCallback;
            if (callback == null) { s_postActionCallback = callback = PostAction; } // lazily initialize SecurityCritical delegate
            return callback;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>Task continuation for awaiting with a task scheduler.</summary>
    internal sealed class TaskSchedulerAwaitTaskContinuation : AwaitTaskContinuation
    {
        /// <summary>The scheduler on which to run the action.</summary>
        private readonly TaskScheduler m_scheduler;
 
        /// <summary>Initializes the TaskSchedulerAwaitTaskContinuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="scheduler">The task scheduler with which to invoke the action.  Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="flowExecutionContext">Whether to capture and restore ExecutionContext.</param>
        /// <param name="stackMark">The captured stack mark.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal TaskSchedulerAwaitTaskContinuation(
            TaskScheduler scheduler, Action action, bool flowExecutionContext, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark) :
            base(action, flowExecutionContext, ref stackMark)
        {
            Contract.Assert(scheduler != null);
            m_scheduler = scheduler;
        }
 
        /// <summary>Inlines or schedules the continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="ignored">The antecedent task, which is ignored.</param>
        /// <param name="canInlineContinuationTask">true if inlining is permitted; otherwise, false.</param>
        internal sealed override void Run(Task ignored, bool canInlineContinuationTask)
        {
            // If we're targeting the default scheduler, we can use the faster path provided by the base class.
            if (m_scheduler == TaskScheduler.Default)
            {
                base.Run(ignored, canInlineContinuationTask);
            }
            else
            {
                // We permit inlining if the caller allows us to, and 
                // either we're on a thread pool thread (in which case we're fine running arbitrary code)
                // or we're already on the target scheduler (in which case we'll just ask the scheduler
                // whether it's ok to run here).  We include the IsThreadPoolThread check here, whereas
                // we don't in AwaitTaskContinuation.Run, since here it expands what's allowed as opposed
                // to in AwaitTaskContinuation.Run where it restricts what's allowed.
                bool inlineIfPossible = canInlineContinuationTask &&
                    (TaskScheduler.InternalCurrent == m_scheduler || Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread);
 
                // Create the continuation task task. If we're allowed to inline, try to do so.  
                // The target scheduler may still deny us from executing on this thread, in which case this'll be queued.
                var task = CreateTask(state => {
                    try { ((Action)state)(); }
                    catch (Exception exc) { ThrowAsyncIfNecessary(exc); }
                }, m_action, m_scheduler);
 
                if (inlineIfPossible)
                {
                    InlineIfPossibleOrElseQueue(task, needsProtection: false);
                }
                else
                {
                    // We need to run asynchronously, so just schedule the task.
                    try { task.ScheduleAndStart(needsProtection: false); }
                    catch (TaskSchedulerException) { } // No further action is necessary, as ScheduleAndStart already transitioned task to faulted
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>Base task continuation class used for await continuations.</summary>
    internal class AwaitTaskContinuation : TaskContinuation, IThreadPoolWorkItem
    {
        /// <summary>The ExecutionContext with which to run the continuation.</summary>
        private readonly ExecutionContext m_capturedContext;
        /// <summary>The action to invoke.</summary>
        protected readonly Action m_action;
 
        protected int m_continuationId;
 
        /// <summary>Initializes the continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="flowExecutionContext">Whether to capture and restore ExecutionContext.</param>
        /// <param name="stackMark">The captured stack mark with which to construct an ExecutionContext.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal AwaitTaskContinuation(Action action, bool flowExecutionContext, ref StackCrawlMark stackMark)
        {
            Contract.Requires(action != null);
            m_action = action;
            if (flowExecutionContext)
            {
                m_capturedContext = ExecutionContext.Capture(
                    ref stackMark, 
                    ExecutionContext.CaptureOptions.IgnoreSyncCtx | ExecutionContext.CaptureOptions.OptimizeDefaultCase);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>Initializes the continuation.</summary>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="flowExecutionContext">Whether to capture and restore ExecutionContext.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal AwaitTaskContinuation(Action action, bool flowExecutionContext)
        {
            Contract.Requires(action != null);
            m_action = action;
            if (flowExecutionContext)
            {
                m_capturedContext = ExecutionContext.FastCapture();
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>Creates a task to run the action with the specified state on the specified scheduler.</summary>
        /// <param name="action">The action to run. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="state">The state to pass to the action. Must not be null.</param>
        /// <param name="scheduler">The scheduler to target.</param>
        /// <returns>The created task.</returns>
        protected Task CreateTask(Action<object> action, object state, TaskScheduler scheduler)
        {
            Contract.Requires(action != null);
            Contract.Requires(scheduler != null);
 
            return new Task(
                action, state, null, default(CancellationToken), 
                TaskCreationOptions.None, InternalTaskOptions.QueuedByRuntime, scheduler)  
            { 
                CapturedContext = m_capturedContext 
            };
        }
 
        /// <summary>Inlines or schedules the continuation onto the default scheduler.</summary>
        /// <param name="ignored">The antecedent task, which is ignored.</param>
        /// <param name="canInlineContinuationTask">true if inlining is permitted; otherwise, false.</param>
        [SecuritySafeCritical]
        internal override void Run(Task task, bool canInlineContinuationTask)
        {
            // For the base AwaitTaskContinuation, we allow inlining if our caller allows it
            // and if we're in a "valid location" for it.  See the comments on 
            // IsValidLocationForInlining for more about what's valid.  For performance
            // reasons we would like to always inline, but we don't in some cases to avoid
            // running arbitrary amounts of work in suspected "bad locations", like UI threads.
            if (canInlineContinuationTask && IsValidLocationForInlining)
            {
                RunCallback(GetInvokeActionCallback(), m_action, ref Task.t_currentTask); // any exceptions from m_action will be handled by s_callbackRunAction
            }
            else
            {
                TplEtwProvider etwLog = TplEtwProvider.Log;
                if (etwLog.IsEnabled())
                {
                    m_continuationId = Task.NewId();
                    etwLog.AwaitTaskContinuationScheduled((task.ExecutingTaskScheduler ?? TaskScheduler.Default).Id, task.Id, m_continuationId);
                }
 
                // We couldn't inline, so now we need to schedule it
                ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueCustomWorkItem(this, forceGlobal: false);
           }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets whether the current thread is an appropriate location to inline a continuation's execution.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Returns whether SynchronizationContext is null and we're in the default scheduler.
        /// If the await had a SynchronizationContext/TaskScheduler where it began and the 
        /// default/ConfigureAwait(true) was used, then we won't be on this path.  If, however, 
        /// ConfigureAwait(false) was used, or the SynchronizationContext and TaskScheduler were 
        /// naturally null/Default, then we might end up here.  If we do, we need to make sure
        /// that we don't execute continuations in a place that isn't set up to handle them, e.g.
        /// running arbitrary amounts of code on the UI thread.  It would be "correct", but very
        /// expensive, to always run the continuations asynchronously, incurring lots of context
        /// switches and allocations and locks and the like.  As such, we employ the heuristic
        /// that if the current thread has a non-null SynchronizationContext or a non-default
        /// scheduler, then we better not run arbitrary continuations here.
        /// </remarks>
        internal static bool IsValidLocationForInlining
        {
            get
            {
                // If there's a SynchronizationContext, we'll be conservative and say 
                // this is a bad location to inline.
                var ctx = SynchronizationContext.CurrentNoFlow;
                if (ctx != null && ctx.GetType() != typeof(SynchronizationContext)) return false;
 
                // Similarly, if there's a non-default TaskScheduler, we'll be conservative
                // and say this is a bad location to inline.
                var sched = TaskScheduler.InternalCurrent;
                return sched == null || sched == TaskScheduler.Default;
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>IThreadPoolWorkItem override, which is the entry function for this when the ThreadPool scheduler decides to run it.</summary>
        [SecurityCritical]
        void ExecuteWorkItemHelper()
        {
            var etwLog = TplEtwProvider.Log;
            Guid savedActivityId = Guid.Empty;
            if (etwLog.TasksSetActivityIds && m_continuationId != 0)
            {
                Guid activityId = TplEtwProvider.CreateGuidForTaskID(m_continuationId);
                System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.SetCurrentThreadActivityId(activityId, out savedActivityId);
            }
            try
            {
                // We're not inside of a task, so t_currentTask doesn't need to be specially maintained.
                // We're on a thread pool thread with no higher-level callers, so exceptions can just propagate.
 
                // If there's no execution context, just invoke the delegate.
                if (m_capturedContext == null)
                {
                    m_action();
                }
                    // If there is an execution context, get the cached delegate and run the action under the context.
                else
                {
                    try
                    {
                        ExecutionContext.Run(m_capturedContext, GetInvokeActionCallback(), m_action, true);
                    }
                    finally { m_capturedContext.Dispose(); }
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                if (etwLog.TasksSetActivityIds && m_continuationId != 0)
                {
                    System.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource.SetCurrentThreadActivityId(savedActivityId);
                }
            }
        }
 
        [SecurityCritical]
        void IThreadPoolWorkItem.ExecuteWorkItem()
        {
            // inline the fast path
            if (m_capturedContext == null && !TplEtwProvider.Log.IsEnabled()
            )
            {
                m_action();
            }
            else
            {
                ExecuteWorkItemHelper();
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// The ThreadPool calls this if a ThreadAbortException is thrown while trying to execute this workitem.
        /// </summary>
        [SecurityCritical]
        void IThreadPoolWorkItem.MarkAborted(ThreadAbortException tae) { /* nop */ }
 
        /// <summary>Cached delegate that invokes an Action passed as an object parameter.</summary>
        [SecurityCritical]
        private static ContextCallback s_invokeActionCallback;
 
        /// <summary>Runs an action provided as an object parameter.</summary>
        /// <param name="state">The Action to invoke.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        private static void InvokeAction(object state) { ((Action)state)(); }
 
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        [SecurityCritical]
        protected static ContextCallback GetInvokeActionCallback()
        {
            ContextCallback callback = s_invokeActionCallback;
            if (callback == null) { s_invokeActionCallback = callback = InvokeAction; } // lazily initialize SecurityCritical delegate
            return callback;
        }
 
        /// <summary>Runs the callback synchronously with the provided state.</summary>
        /// <param name="callback">The callback to run.</param>
        /// <param name="state">The state to pass to the callback.</param>
        /// <param name="currentTask">A reference to Task.t_currentTask.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        protected void RunCallback(ContextCallback callback, object state, ref Task currentTask)
        {
            Contract.Requires(callback != null);
            Contract.Assert(currentTask == Task.t_currentTask);
 
            // Pretend there's no current task, so that no task is seen as a parent
            // and TaskScheduler.Current does not reflect false information
            var prevCurrentTask = currentTask;
            try
            {
                if (prevCurrentTask != null) currentTask = null;
 
                // If there's no captured context, just run the callback directly.
                if (m_capturedContext == null) callback(state);
                // Otherwise, use the captured context to do so.
                else ExecutionContext.Run(m_capturedContext, callback, state, true);
            }
            catch (Exception exc) // we explicitly do not request handling of dangerous exceptions like AVs
            {
                ThrowAsyncIfNecessary(exc);
            }
            finally
            {
                // Restore the current task information
                if (prevCurrentTask != null) currentTask = prevCurrentTask;
 
                // Clean up after the execution context, which is only usable once.
                if (m_capturedContext != null) m_capturedContext.Dispose();
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>Invokes or schedules the action to be executed.</summary>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke or queue.</param>
        /// <param name="allowInlining">
        /// true to allow inlining, or false to force the action to run asynchronously.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="currentTask">
        /// A reference to the t_currentTask thread static value.
        /// This is passed by-ref rather than accessed in the method in order to avoid
        /// unnecessary thread-static writes.
        /// </param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// No ExecutionContext work is performed used.  This method is only used in the
        /// case where a raw Action continuation delegate was stored into the Task, which
        /// only happens in Task.SetContinuationForAwait if execution context flow was disabled
        /// via using TaskAwaiter.UnsafeOnCompleted or a similar path.
        /// </remarks>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal static void RunOrScheduleAction(Action action, bool allowInlining, ref Task currentTask)
        {
            Contract.Assert(currentTask == Task.t_currentTask);
 
            // If we're not allowed to run here, schedule the action
            if (!allowInlining || !IsValidLocationForInlining)
            {
                UnsafeScheduleAction(action, currentTask);
                return;
            }
 
            // Otherwise, run it, making sure that t_currentTask is null'd out appropriately during the execution
            Task prevCurrentTask = currentTask;
            try
            {
                if (prevCurrentTask != null) currentTask = null;
                action();
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                ThrowAsyncIfNecessary(exception);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (prevCurrentTask != null) currentTask = prevCurrentTask;
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>Schedules the action to be executed.  No ExecutionContext work is performed used.</summary>
        /// <param name="action">The action to invoke or queue.</param>
        [SecurityCritical]
        internal static void UnsafeScheduleAction(Action action, Task task)
        {
            AwaitTaskContinuation atc = new AwaitTaskContinuation(action, flowExecutionContext: false);
 
            var etwLog = TplEtwProvider.Log;
            if (etwLog.IsEnabled() && task != null)
            {
                atc.m_continuationId = Task.NewId();
                etwLog.AwaitTaskContinuationScheduled((task.ExecutingTaskScheduler ?? TaskScheduler.Default).Id, task.Id, atc.m_continuationId);
            }
 
            ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueCustomWorkItem(atc, forceGlobal: false);
        }
 
        /// <summary>Throws the exception asynchronously on the ThreadPool.</summary>
        /// <param name="exc">The exception to throw.</param>
        protected static void ThrowAsyncIfNecessary(Exception exc)
        {
            // Awaits should never experience an exception (other than an TAE or ADUE), 
            // unless a malicious user is explicitly passing a throwing action into the TaskAwaiter. 
            // We don't want to allow the exception to propagate on this stack, as it'll emerge in random places, 
            // and we can't fail fast, as that would allow for elevation of privilege.
            //
            // If unhandled error reporting APIs are available use those, otherwise since this 
            // would have executed on the thread pool otherwise, let it propagate there.
 
            if (!(exc is ThreadAbortException || exc is AppDomainUnloadedException))
            {
#if FEATURE_COMINTEROP
                if (!WindowsRuntimeMarshal.ReportUnhandledError(exc))
#endif // FEATURE_COMINTEROP
                {
                    var edi = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(exc);
                    ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(s => ((ExceptionDispatchInfo)s).Throw(), edi);
                }
            }
        }
 
        internal override Delegate[] GetDelegateContinuationsForDebugger()
        {
            Contract.Assert(m_action != null);
            return new Delegate[] { AsyncMethodBuilderCore.TryGetStateMachineForDebugger(m_action) };
        }
    }
 
}