C6242

warning C6242: A jump out of this try-block forces local unwind. Incurs severe performance penalty

This warning indicates that a jump statement causes control-flow to leave the protected block of a try-finally other than by fall-through.

Leaving the protected block of a try-finally other than by falling through from the last statement requires local unwind to occur. Local unwind typically requires approximately 1000 machine instructions; therefore, it is detrimental to performance.

Use _leave to exit the protected block of a try-finally.

Example

The following code generates this warning:

#include <malloc.h>
void DoSomething(char *p); // function can throw exception

int f( )
{
   char *ptr = 0;
   __try 
   {
      ptr = (char*) malloc(10);
      if ( !ptr ) 
      {
         return 0;   //Warning: 6242
      }
      DoSomething( ptr );
   }
   __finally 
   {
      free( ptr );
   }
   return 1;
}

To correct this warning, use __leave as shown in the following code:

#include <malloc.h>
void DoSomething(char *p); 
int f()
{
   char *ptr = 0;
   int retVal = 0;

   __try 
   {
      ptr = (char *) malloc(10);
      if ( !ptr )
      {
         retVal = 0;
         __leave;   //No warning
      }
      DoSomething( ptr );
      retVal = 1;
   }
   __finally
   {
      free( ptr );
   }

   return retVal;
}

See Also

Reference

try-finally Statement