How to get non-current thread's stacktrace?

Question

It is possible to get stacktrace using System.Diagnostics.StackTrace, but thread has to be suspended. Suspend and Resume function are obsolete, so I expect that better way exists.

Answer 1

Here's what's worked for me so far:

StackTrace GetStackTrace (Thread targetThread)
{
    StackTrace stackTrace = null;
    var ready = new ManualResetEventSlim();

    new Thread (() =>
    {
        // Backstop to release thread in case of deadlock:
        ready.Set();
        Thread.Sleep (200);
        try { targetThread.Resume(); } catch { }
    }).Start();

    ready.Wait();
    targetThread.Suspend();
    try { stackTrace = new StackTrace (targetThread, true); }
    catch { /* Deadlock */ }
    finally
    {
        try { targetThread.Resume(); }
        catch { stackTrace = null;  /* Deadlock */  }
    }

    return stackTrace;
}

If it deadlocks, the deadlock is automatically freed and you get back a null trace. (You can then call it again.)

I should add that after a few days of testing, I've only once been able to create a deadlock on my Core i7 machine. Deadlocks are common, though, on single-core VM when the CPU runs at 100%.