Add tracking issue doc for tail-call stepping in ReadyToRun assemblies#123672
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Add tracking issue doc for tail-call stepping in ReadyToRun assemblies#123672
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Add tracking issue doc for tail-call stepping in ReadyToRun assemblies
Jan 27, 2026
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Description
Creates a tracking issue document for the tail-call stepping correctness bug identified in PR #123640 discussion.
Problem
IsTailCall()incontroller.cppassumes it can immediately resolve the destinationMethodDescfrom a call IP. This breaks for cross-R2R tail calls throughExternalMethodFixupstubs, which use deferred callback resolution viaTraceManager().Changes
docs/design/coreclr/tailcall-stepping-r2r-tracking-issue.mddocumenting:TRACE_EXTERNAL_METHOD_FIXUPsetsaddress = NULLby designcontroller.cppandstubmgr.cppNote
Document serves as issue body content for manual GitHub issue creation, as direct issue creation is not available from this environment.
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