Avoid duplicates in the SSC xrefs.
[mono.git] / mono / metadata / class.c
index 5d0a8cc8289fbcef70a2091aae9c98930f1fae99..0500a054c2feed85cfec5bcdb794549026a6ef2f 100644 (file)
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ static void setup_generic_array_ifaces (MonoClass *class, MonoClass *iface, Mono
 
 static MonoMethod* mono_class_get_virtual_methods (MonoClass* klass, gpointer *iter);
 static char* mono_assembly_name_from_token (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token);
-static gboolean mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass);
 static void mono_field_resolve_type (MonoClassField *field, MonoError *error);
 static guint32 mono_field_resolve_flags (MonoClassField *field);
+static void mono_class_setup_vtable_full (MonoClass *class, GList *in_setup);
 
 
 void (*mono_debugger_class_init_func) (MonoClass *klass) = NULL;
@@ -83,13 +83,19 @@ void (*mono_debugger_class_loaded_methods_func) (MonoClass *klass) = NULL;
 MonoClass *
 mono_class_from_typeref (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
 {
+       MonoError error;
        guint32 cols [MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE];
        MonoTableInfo  *t = &image->tables [MONO_TABLE_TYPEREF];
        guint32 idx;
        const char *name, *nspace;
        MonoClass *res;
        MonoImage *module;
-       
+
+       if (!mono_verifier_verify_typeref_row (image, (type_token & 0xffffff) - 1, &error)) {
+               mono_trace_warning (MONO_TRACE_TYPE, "Failed to resolve typeref from %s due to '%s'", image->name, mono_error_get_message (&error));
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
        mono_metadata_decode_row (t, (type_token&0xffffff)-1, cols, MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE);
 
        name = mono_metadata_string_heap (image, cols [MONO_TYPEREF_NAME]);
@@ -231,14 +237,11 @@ static void
 _mono_type_get_assembly_name (MonoClass *klass, GString *str)
 {
        MonoAssembly *ta = klass->image->assembly;
+       char *name;
 
-       g_string_append_printf (
-               str, ", %s, Version=%d.%d.%d.%d, Culture=%s, PublicKeyToken=%s%s",
-               ta->aname.name,
-               ta->aname.major, ta->aname.minor, ta->aname.build, ta->aname.revision,
-               ta->aname.culture && *ta->aname.culture? ta->aname.culture: "neutral",
-               ta->aname.public_key_token [0] ? (char *)ta->aname.public_key_token : "null",
-               (ta->aname.flags & ASSEMBLYREF_RETARGETABLE_FLAG) ? ", Retargetable=Yes" : "");
+       name = mono_stringify_assembly_name (&ta->aname);
+       g_string_append_printf (str, ", %s", name);
+       g_free (name);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -477,9 +480,13 @@ mono_type_get_underlying_type (MonoType *type)
  * mono_class_is_open_constructed_type:
  * @type: a type
  *
- * Returns TRUE if type represents a generics open constructed type
- * (not all the type parameters required for the instantiation have
- * been provided).
+ * Returns TRUE if type represents a generics open constructed type.
+ * IOW, not all type parameters required for the instantiation have
+ * been provided or it's a generic type definition.
+ *
+ * An open constructed type means it's a non realizable type. Not to
+ * be mixed up with an abstract type - we can't cast or dispatch to
+ * an open type, for example.
  */
 gboolean
 mono_class_is_open_constructed_type (MonoType *t)
@@ -496,6 +503,9 @@ mono_class_is_open_constructed_type (MonoType *t)
                return mono_class_is_open_constructed_type (t->data.type);
        case MONO_TYPE_GENERICINST:
                return t->data.generic_class->context.class_inst->is_open;
+       case MONO_TYPE_CLASS:
+       case MONO_TYPE_VALUETYPE:
+               return t->data.klass->generic_container != NULL;
        default:
                return FALSE;
        }
@@ -890,7 +900,16 @@ mono_class_inflate_generic_method_full_checked (MonoMethod *method, MonoClass *k
                method = imethod->declaring;
        }
 
-       if (!method->is_generic && !method->klass->generic_container)
+       /*
+        * A method only needs to be inflated if the context has argument for which it is
+        * parametric. Eg:
+        * 
+        * class Foo<T> { void Bar(); } - doesn't need to be inflated if only mvars' are supplied
+        * class Foo { void Bar<T> (); } - doesn't need to be if only vars' are supplied
+        * 
+        */
+       if (!((method->is_generic && context->method_inst) || 
+               (method->klass->generic_container && context->class_inst)))
                return method;
 
        /*
@@ -1206,12 +1225,7 @@ static gpointer
 mono_class_alloc (MonoClass *class, int size)
 {
        if (class->generic_class)
-               /*
-                * This should be freed in free_generic_class () in metadata.c.
-                * FIXME: It would be better to allocate this from the image set mempool, by
-                * adding an image_set field to MonoGenericClass.
-                */
-          return g_malloc (size);
+               return mono_image_set_alloc (class->generic_class->owner, size);
        else
                return mono_image_alloc (class->image, size);
 }
@@ -1534,13 +1548,6 @@ mono_class_has_references (MonoClass *klass)
        }
 }
 
-/* useful until we keep track of gc-references in corlib etc. */
-#ifdef HAVE_SGEN_GC
-#define IS_GC_REFERENCE(t) FALSE
-#else
-#define IS_GC_REFERENCE(t) ((t)->type == MONO_TYPE_U && class->image == mono_defaults.corlib)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * mono_type_get_basic_type_from_generic:
  * @type: a type
@@ -1669,10 +1676,16 @@ mono_class_layout_fields (MonoClass *class)
                if (layout != TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_AUTO_LAYOUT)
                        passes = 1;
 
-               if (class->parent)
+               if (class->parent) {
+                       mono_class_setup_fields (class->parent);
+                       if (class->parent->exception_type) {
+                               mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, NULL);
+                               return;
+                       }
                        real_size = class->parent->instance_size;
-               else
+               } else {
                        real_size = sizeof (MonoObject);
+               }
 
                for (pass = 0; pass < passes; ++pass) {
                        for (i = 0; i < top; i++){
@@ -2393,6 +2406,16 @@ mono_unload_interface_ids (MonoBitSet *bitset)
        mono_loader_unlock ();
 }
 
+void
+mono_unload_interface_id (MonoClass *class)
+{
+       if (class->interface_id) {
+               mono_loader_lock ();
+               mono_bitset_clear (global_interface_bitset, class->interface_id);
+               mono_loader_unlock ();
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * mono_get_unique_iid:
  * @class: interface
@@ -2423,16 +2446,18 @@ mono_get_unique_iid (MonoClass *class)
        }
        mono_bitset_set (global_interface_bitset, iid);
        /* set the bit also in the per-image set */
-       if (class->image->interface_bitset) {
-               if (iid >= mono_bitset_size (class->image->interface_bitset)) {
-                       MonoBitSet *new_set = mono_bitset_clone (class->image->interface_bitset, iid + 1);
-                       mono_bitset_free (class->image->interface_bitset);
-                       class->image->interface_bitset = new_set;
+       if (!class->generic_class) {
+               if (class->image->interface_bitset) {
+                       if (iid >= mono_bitset_size (class->image->interface_bitset)) {
+                               MonoBitSet *new_set = mono_bitset_clone (class->image->interface_bitset, iid + 1);
+                               mono_bitset_free (class->image->interface_bitset);
+                               class->image->interface_bitset = new_set;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       class->image->interface_bitset = mono_bitset_new (iid + 1, 0);
                }
-       } else {
-               class->image->interface_bitset = mono_bitset_new (iid + 1, 0);
+               mono_bitset_set (class->image->interface_bitset, iid);
        }
-       mono_bitset_set (class->image->interface_bitset, iid);
 
 #ifndef MONO_SMALL_CONFIG
        if (mono_print_vtable) {
@@ -2470,6 +2495,10 @@ collect_implemented_interfaces_aux (MonoClass *klass, GPtrArray **res, MonoError
                        *res = g_ptr_array_new ();
                g_ptr_array_add (*res, ic);
                mono_class_init (ic);
+               if (ic->exception_type) {
+                       mono_error_set_type_load_class (error, ic, "Error Loading class");
+                       return;
+               }
 
                collect_implemented_interfaces_aux (ic, res, error);
                if (!mono_error_ok (error))
@@ -2536,7 +2565,7 @@ mono_class_interface_offset_with_variance (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *itf, gbo
                return -1;
 
        for (i = 0; i < klass->interface_offsets_count; i++) {
-               if (mono_class_is_variant_compatible (itf, klass->interfaces_packed [i])) {
+               if (mono_class_is_variant_compatible (itf, klass->interfaces_packed [i], FALSE)) {
                        *non_exact_match = TRUE;
                        return klass->interface_offsets_packed [i];
                }
@@ -3306,6 +3335,58 @@ mono_class_setup_interface_offsets (MonoClass *class)
 
        mono_loader_unlock ();
 }
+
+/*Checks if @klass has @parent as one of it's parents type gtd
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *     Foo<T>
+ *     Bar<T> : Foo<Bar<Bar<T>>>
+ *
+ */
+static gboolean
+mono_class_has_gtd_parent (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *parent)
+{
+       klass = mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (klass);
+       parent = mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (parent);
+       mono_class_setup_supertypes (klass);
+       mono_class_setup_supertypes (parent);
+
+       return klass->idepth >= parent->idepth &&
+               mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (klass->supertypes [parent->idepth - 1]) == parent;
+}
+
+gboolean
+mono_class_check_vtable_constraints (MonoClass *class, GList *in_setup)
+{
+       MonoGenericInst *ginst;
+       int i;
+       if (!class->generic_class) {
+               mono_class_setup_vtable_full (class, in_setup);
+               return class->exception_type == 0;
+       }
+
+       mono_class_setup_vtable_full (mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (class), in_setup);
+       if (class->generic_class->container_class->exception_type) {
+               mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Failed to load generic definition vtable"));
+               return FALSE;
+       }
+
+       ginst = class->generic_class->context.class_inst;
+       for (i = 0; i < ginst->type_argc; ++i) {
+               MonoClass *arg;
+               if (ginst->type_argv [i]->type != MONO_TYPE_GENERICINST)
+                       continue;
+               arg = mono_class_from_mono_type (ginst->type_argv [i]);
+               /*Those 2 will be checked by mono_class_setup_vtable itself*/
+               if (mono_class_has_gtd_parent (class, arg) || mono_class_has_gtd_parent (arg, class))
+                       continue;
+               if (!mono_class_check_vtable_constraints (arg, in_setup)) {
+                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup_printf ("Failed to load generic parameter %d", i));
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
+       }
+       return TRUE;
+}
  
 /*
  * mono_class_setup_vtable:
@@ -3321,6 +3402,12 @@ mono_class_setup_interface_offsets (MonoClass *class)
  */
 void
 mono_class_setup_vtable (MonoClass *class)
+{
+       mono_class_setup_vtable_full (class, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+mono_class_setup_vtable_full (MonoClass *class, GList *in_setup)
 {
        MonoMethod **overrides;
        MonoGenericContext *context;
@@ -3344,6 +3431,9 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable (MonoClass *class)
        if (class->exception_type)
                return;
 
+       if (g_list_find (in_setup, class))
+               return;
+
        mono_loader_lock ();
 
        if (class->vtable) {
@@ -3352,8 +3442,15 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable (MonoClass *class)
        }
 
        mono_stats.generic_vtable_count ++;
+       in_setup = g_list_prepend (in_setup, class);
 
        if (class->generic_class) {
+               if (!mono_class_check_vtable_constraints (class, in_setup)) {
+                       mono_loader_unlock ();
+                       g_list_remove (in_setup, class);
+                       return;
+               }
+
                context = mono_class_get_context (class);
                type_token = class->generic_class->container_class->type_token;
        } else {
@@ -3374,11 +3471,14 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable (MonoClass *class)
        }
 
        if (ok)
-               mono_class_setup_vtable_general (class, overrides, onum);
+               mono_class_setup_vtable_general (class, overrides, onum, in_setup);
+       else
+               mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Could not load list of method overrides"));
                
        g_free (overrides);
 
        mono_loader_unlock ();
+       g_list_remove (in_setup, class);
 
        return;
 }
@@ -3451,6 +3551,18 @@ print_method_signatures (MonoMethod *im, MonoMethod *cm) {
 }
 
 #endif
+static gboolean
+is_wcf_hack_disabled (void)
+{
+       static gboolean disabled;
+       static gboolean inited = FALSE;
+       if (!inited) {
+               disabled = g_getenv ("MONO_DISABLE_WCF_HACK") != NULL;
+               inited = TRUE;
+       }
+       return disabled;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 check_interface_method_override (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod *im, MonoMethod *cm, gboolean require_newslot, gboolean interface_is_explicitly_implemented_by_class, gboolean slot_is_empty, gboolean security_enabled) {
        MonoMethodSignature *cmsig, *imsig;
@@ -3495,6 +3607,15 @@ check_interface_method_override (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod *im, MonoMethod *c
                if (mono_security_get_mode () == MONO_SECURITY_MODE_CORE_CLR)
                        mono_security_core_clr_check_override (class, cm, im);
                TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("[NAME CHECK OK]"));
+               if (is_wcf_hack_disabled () && !mono_method_can_access_method_full (cm, im, NULL)) {
+                       char *body_name = mono_method_full_name (cm, TRUE);
+                       char *decl_name = mono_method_full_name (im, TRUE);
+                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup_printf ("Method %s overrides method '%s' which is not accessible", body_name, decl_name));
+                       g_free (body_name);
+                       g_free (decl_name);
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
+
                return TRUE;
        } else {
                MonoClass *ic = im->klass;
@@ -3510,7 +3631,14 @@ check_interface_method_override (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod *im, MonoMethod *c
                        TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("[RANK CHECK FAILED]"));
                        return FALSE;
                }
-               if (! mono_metadata_signature_equal (mono_method_signature (cm), mono_method_signature (im))) {
+               cmsig = mono_method_signature (cm);
+               imsig = mono_method_signature (im);
+               if (!cmsig || !imsig) {
+                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Could not resolve the signature of a virtual method"));
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
+
+               if (! mono_metadata_signature_equal (cmsig, imsig)) {
                        TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("[(INJECTED) SIGNATURE CHECK FAILED  "));
                        TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (print_method_signatures (im, cm));
                        TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("]"));
@@ -3565,6 +3693,15 @@ check_interface_method_override (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod *im, MonoMethod *c
                        mono_security_core_clr_check_override (class, cm, im);
                
                TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("[INJECTED INTERFACE CHECK OK]"));
+               if (is_wcf_hack_disabled () && !mono_method_can_access_method_full (cm, im, NULL)) {
+                       char *body_name = mono_method_full_name (cm, TRUE);
+                       char *decl_name = mono_method_full_name (im, TRUE);
+                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup_printf ("Method %s overrides method '%s' which is not accessible", body_name, decl_name));
+                       g_free (body_name);
+                       g_free (decl_name);
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
+               
                return TRUE;
        }
 }
@@ -3611,12 +3748,11 @@ print_vtable_full (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod** vtable, int size, int first_no
        }
        for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
                MonoMethod *cm = vtable [i];
-               if (cm) {
-                       char *cm_name = mono_method_full_name (cm, TRUE);
-                       char newness = (i < parent_size) ? 'O' : ((i < first_non_interface_slot) ? 'I' : 'N');
-                       printf ("  [%c][%03d][INDEX %03d] %s\n", newness, i, cm->slot, cm_name);
-                       g_free (cm_name);
-               }
+               char *cm_name = cm ? mono_method_full_name (cm, TRUE) : g_strdup ("nil");
+               char newness = (i < parent_size) ? 'O' : ((i < first_non_interface_slot) ? 'I' : 'N');
+
+               printf ("  [%c][%03d][INDEX %03d] %s [%p]\n", newness, i, cm ? cm->slot : - 1, cm_name, cm);
+               g_free (cm_name);
        }
 
        g_free (full_name);
@@ -3709,6 +3845,14 @@ print_unimplemented_interface_method_info (MonoClass *class, MonoClass *ic, Mono
        }
 }
 
+static MonoMethod*
+mono_method_get_method_definition (MonoMethod *method)
+{
+       while (method->is_inflated)
+               method = ((MonoMethodInflated*)method)->declaring;
+       return method;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 verify_class_overrides (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int onum)
 {
@@ -3743,14 +3887,33 @@ verify_class_overrides (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int onum)
                        mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Method overrides a class or interface that extended or implemented by this type"));
                        return FALSE;
                }
+
+               body = mono_method_get_method_definition (body);
+               decl = mono_method_get_method_definition (decl);
+
+               if (is_wcf_hack_disabled () && !mono_method_can_access_method_full (body, decl, NULL)) {
+                       char *body_name = mono_method_full_name (body, TRUE);
+                       char *decl_name = mono_method_full_name (decl, TRUE);
+                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup_printf ("Method %s overrides method '%s' which is not accessible", body_name, decl_name));
+                       g_free (body_name);
+                       g_free (decl_name);
+                       return FALSE;
+               }
        }
        return TRUE;
 }
+
+static gboolean
+mono_class_need_stelemref_method (MonoClass *class)
+{
+       return class->rank == 1 && MONO_TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (&class->element_class->byval_arg);
+}
+
 /*
  * LOCKING: this is supposed to be called with the loader lock held.
  */
 void
-mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int onum)
+mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int onum, GList *in_setup)
 {
        MonoError error;
        MonoClass *k, *ic;
@@ -3765,6 +3928,7 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
        int first_non_interface_slot;
 #endif
        GSList *virt_methods = NULL, *l;
+       int stelemref_slot = 0;
 
        if (class->vtable)
                return;
@@ -3790,7 +3954,7 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
        
        if (class->parent) {
                mono_class_init (class->parent);
-               mono_class_setup_vtable (class->parent);
+               mono_class_setup_vtable_full (class->parent, in_setup);
 
                if (class->parent->exception_type) {
                        char *name = mono_type_get_full_name (class->parent);
@@ -3805,6 +3969,13 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
 
        max_vtsize += class->method.count;
 
+       /*Array have a slot for stelemref*/
+       if (mono_class_need_stelemref_method (class)) {
+               stelemref_slot = cur_slot;
+               ++max_vtsize;
+               ++cur_slot;
+       }
+
        vtable = alloca (sizeof (gpointer) * max_vtsize);
        memset (vtable, 0, sizeof (gpointer) * max_vtsize);
 
@@ -3823,7 +3994,7 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
                MonoClass *gklass = class->generic_class->container_class;
                MonoMethod **tmp;
 
-               mono_class_setup_vtable (gklass);
+               mono_class_setup_vtable_full (gklass, in_setup);
                if (gklass->exception_type != MONO_EXCEPTION_NONE) {
                        mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, NULL);
                        return;
@@ -3891,6 +4062,17 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
                }
        }
 
+       /*Array have a slot for stelemref*/
+       if (mono_class_need_stelemref_method (class)) {
+               MonoMethod *method = mono_marshal_get_virtual_stelemref (class);
+               if (!method->slot)
+                       method->slot = stelemref_slot;
+               else
+                       g_assert (method->slot == stelemref_slot);
+
+               vtable [stelemref_slot] = method;
+       }
+
        TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (print_vtable_full (class, vtable, cur_slot, first_non_interface_slot, "AFTER INHERITING PARENT VTABLE", TRUE));
        /* override interface methods */
        for (i = 0; i < onum; i++) {
@@ -3972,6 +4154,8 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
                        if (im->flags & METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_STATIC)
                                continue;
 
+                       TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("\tchecking iface method %s\n", mono_method_full_name (im,1)));
+
                        // If there is an explicit implementation, just use it right away,
                        // otherwise look for a matching method
                        if (override_im == NULL) {
@@ -4096,9 +4280,21 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
                                                if (slot == -1)
                                                        goto fail;
 
+                                               if (is_wcf_hack_disabled () && !mono_method_can_access_method_full (cm, m1, NULL)) {
+                                                       char *body_name = mono_method_full_name (cm, TRUE);
+                                                       char *decl_name = mono_method_full_name (m1, TRUE);
+                                                       mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup_printf ("Method %s overrides method '%s' which is not accessible", body_name, decl_name));
+                                                       g_free (body_name);
+                                                       g_free (decl_name);
+                                                       goto fail;
+                                               }
+
                                                g_assert (cm->slot < max_vtsize);
                                                if (!override_map)
                                                        override_map = g_hash_table_new (mono_aligned_addr_hash, NULL);
+                                               TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("adding iface override from %s [%p] to %s [%p]\n",
+                                                       mono_method_full_name (m1, 1), m1,
+                                                       mono_method_full_name (cm, 1), cm));
                                                g_hash_table_insert (override_map, m1, cm);
                                                break;
                                        }
@@ -4133,6 +4329,9 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
                        overrides [i * 2 + 1]->slot = decl->slot;
                        if (!override_map)
                                override_map = g_hash_table_new (mono_aligned_addr_hash, NULL);
+                       TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("adding explicit override from %s [%p] to %s [%p]\n", 
+                               mono_method_full_name (decl, 1), decl,
+                               mono_method_full_name (overrides [i * 2 + 1], 1), overrides [i * 2 + 1]));
                        g_hash_table_insert (override_map, decl, overrides [i * 2 + 1]);
 
                        if (mono_security_get_mode () == MONO_SECURITY_MODE_CORE_CLR)
@@ -4145,9 +4344,13 @@ mono_class_setup_vtable_general (MonoClass *class, MonoMethod **overrides, int o
         * overriden, then change the other occurances too.
         */
        if (override_map) {
+               MonoMethod *cm;
+
                for (i = 0; i < max_vtsize; ++i)
                        if (vtable [i]) {
-                               MonoMethod *cm = g_hash_table_lookup (override_map, vtable [i]);
+                               TRACE_INTERFACE_VTABLE (printf ("checking slot %d method %s[%p] for overrides\n", i, mono_method_full_name (vtable [i], 1), vtable [i]));
+
+                               cm = g_hash_table_lookup (override_map, vtable [i]);
                                if (cm)
                                        vtable [i] = cm;
                        }
@@ -4494,24 +4697,23 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
        g_assert (class);
 
        /* Double-checking locking pattern */
-       if (class->inited)
+       if (class->inited || class->exception_type)
                return class->exception_type == MONO_EXCEPTION_NONE;
 
-       /*g_print ("Init class %s\n", class->name);*/
+       /*g_print ("Init class %s\n", mono_type_get_full_name (class));*/
 
        /* We do everything inside the lock to prevent races */
        mono_loader_lock ();
 
-       if (class->inited) {
+       if (class->inited || class->exception_type) {
                mono_loader_unlock ();
                /* Somebody might have gotten in before us */
                return class->exception_type == MONO_EXCEPTION_NONE;
        }
 
        if (class->init_pending) {
-               mono_loader_unlock ();
-               /* this indicates a cyclic dependency */
-               g_error ("pending init %s.%s\n", class->name_space, class->name);
+               mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Recursive type definition detected"));
+               goto leave;
        }
 
        class->init_pending = 1;
@@ -4612,24 +4814,32 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
                /* AOT case */
                class->vtable_size = cached_info.vtable_size;
                class->has_finalize = cached_info.has_finalize;
+               class->has_finalize_inited = TRUE;
                class->ghcimpl = cached_info.ghcimpl;
                class->has_cctor = cached_info.has_cctor;
        } else if (class->rank == 1 && class->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_SZARRAY) {
-               static int szarray_vtable_size = 0;
+               /* SZARRAY can have 2 vtable layouts, with and without the stelemref method.
+                * The first slot if for array with.
+                */
+               static int szarray_vtable_size[2] = { 0 };
+
+               int slot = MONO_TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (&class->element_class->byval_arg) ? 0 : 1;
 
                /* SZARRAY case */
-               if (!szarray_vtable_size) {
+               if (!szarray_vtable_size [slot]) {
                        mono_class_setup_vtable (class);
-                       szarray_vtable_size = class->vtable_size;
+                       szarray_vtable_size [slot] = class->vtable_size;
                } else {
-                       class->vtable_size = szarray_vtable_size;
+                       class->vtable_size = szarray_vtable_size[slot];
                }
+               class->has_finalize_inited = TRUE;
        } else if (class->generic_class && !MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (class)) {
                MonoClass *gklass = class->generic_class->container_class;
 
                /* Generic instance case */
                class->ghcimpl = gklass->ghcimpl;
-               class->has_finalize = gklass->has_finalize;
+               class->has_finalize = mono_class_has_finalizer (gklass);
+               class->has_finalize_inited = TRUE;
                class->has_cctor = gklass->has_cctor;
 
                mono_class_setup_vtable (gklass);
@@ -4654,45 +4864,6 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
                }
                */
 
-               /* Interfaces and valuetypes are not supposed to have finalizers */
-               if (!(MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (class) || class->valuetype)) {
-                       MonoMethod *cmethod = NULL;
-
-                       if (class->parent && class->parent->has_finalize) {
-                               class->has_finalize = 1;
-                       } else {
-                               if (class->type_token) {
-                                       cmethod = find_method_in_metadata (class, "Finalize", 0, METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_VIRTUAL);
-                               } else if (class->parent) {
-                                       /* FIXME: Optimize this */
-                                       mono_class_setup_vtable (class);
-                                       if (class->exception_type || mono_loader_get_last_error ())
-                                               goto leave;
-                                       cmethod = class->vtable [finalize_slot];
-                               }
-
-                               if (cmethod) {
-                                       /* Check that this is really the finalizer method */
-                                       mono_class_setup_vtable (class);
-                                       if (class->exception_type || mono_loader_get_last_error ())
-                                               goto leave;
-
-                                       g_assert (class->vtable_size > finalize_slot);
-
-                                       class->has_finalize = 0;
-                                       if (class->parent) { 
-                                               cmethod = class->vtable [finalize_slot];
-                                               g_assert (cmethod);
-                                               if (cmethod->is_inflated)
-                                                       cmethod = ((MonoMethodInflated*)cmethod)->declaring;
-                                               if (cmethod != default_finalize) {
-                                                       class->has_finalize = 1;
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
-
                /* C# doesn't allow interfaces to have cctors */
                if (!MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (class) || class->image != mono_defaults.corlib) {
                        MonoMethod *cmethod = NULL;
@@ -4720,6 +4891,7 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
        }
 
        if (class->parent) {
+               int first_iface_slot;
                /* This will compute class->parent->vtable_size for some classes */
                mono_class_init (class->parent);
                if (class->parent->exception_type) {
@@ -4738,7 +4910,10 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
                        if (mono_loader_get_last_error ())
                                goto leave;
                }
-               setup_interface_offsets (class, class->parent->vtable_size);
+               first_iface_slot = class->parent->vtable_size;
+               if (mono_class_need_stelemref_method (class))
+                       ++first_iface_slot;
+               setup_interface_offsets (class, first_iface_slot);
        } else {
                setup_interface_offsets (class, 0);
        }
@@ -4753,6 +4928,9 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
                mono_loader_clear_error ();
        }
 
+       if (class->generic_class && !mono_verifier_class_is_valid_generic_instantiation (class))
+               mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Invalid generic instantiation"));
+
        goto leave;
 
  leave:
@@ -4769,6 +4947,66 @@ mono_class_init (MonoClass *class)
        return class->exception_type == MONO_EXCEPTION_NONE;
 }
 
+/*
+ * mono_class_has_finalizer:
+ *
+ *   Return whenever KLASS has a finalizer, initializing klass->has_finalizer in the
+ * process.
+ */
+gboolean
+mono_class_has_finalizer (MonoClass *klass)
+{
+       if (!klass->has_finalize_inited) {
+               MonoClass *class = klass;
+
+               mono_loader_lock ();
+
+               /* Interfaces and valuetypes are not supposed to have finalizers */
+               if (!(MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (class) || class->valuetype)) {
+                       MonoMethod *cmethod = NULL;
+
+                       if (class->parent && class->parent->has_finalize) {
+                               class->has_finalize = 1;
+                       } else {
+                               if (class->parent) {
+                                       /*
+                                        * Can't search in metadata for a method named Finalize, because that
+                                        * ignores overrides.
+                                        */
+                                       mono_class_setup_vtable (class);
+                                       if (class->exception_type || mono_loader_get_last_error ())
+                                               goto leave;
+                                       cmethod = class->vtable [finalize_slot];
+                               }
+
+                               if (cmethod) {
+                                       g_assert (class->vtable_size > finalize_slot);
+
+                                       class->has_finalize = 0;
+                                       if (class->parent) { 
+                                               if (cmethod->is_inflated)
+                                                       cmethod = ((MonoMethodInflated*)cmethod)->declaring;
+                                               if (cmethod != default_finalize) {
+                                                       class->has_finalize = 1;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+               mono_memory_barrier ();
+               klass->has_finalize_inited = TRUE;
+
+               mono_loader_unlock ();
+       }
+
+       return klass->has_finalize;
+
+ leave:
+       mono_loader_unlock ();
+       return FALSE;
+}
+
 gboolean
 mono_is_corlib_image (MonoImage *image)
 {
@@ -5082,7 +5320,7 @@ mono_class_create_from_typedef (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
 
        if ((class = mono_internal_hash_table_lookup (&image->class_cache, GUINT_TO_POINTER (type_token)))) {
                mono_loader_unlock ();
-               return class->exception_type ? NULL : class;
+               return class;
        }
 
        mono_metadata_decode_row (tt, tidx - 1, cols, MONO_TYPEDEF_SIZE);
@@ -5131,23 +5369,18 @@ mono_class_create_from_typedef (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
 
                if (parent == NULL){
                        mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Could not load parent type"));
-                       mono_loader_unlock ();
-                       mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_FAILED);
-                       return NULL;
+                       mono_loader_clear_error ();
+                       goto parent_failure;
                }
 
                for (tmp = parent; tmp; tmp = tmp->parent) {
                        if (tmp == class) {
                                mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Cycle found while resolving parent"));
-                               mono_loader_unlock ();
-                               mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_FAILED);
-                               return NULL;
+                               goto parent_failure;
                        }
                        if (class->generic_container && tmp->generic_class && tmp->generic_class->container_class == class) {
                                mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Parent extends generic instance of this type"));
-                               mono_loader_unlock ();
-                               mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_FAILED);
-                               return NULL;
+                               goto parent_failure;
                        }
                }
        }
@@ -5232,6 +5465,8 @@ mono_class_create_from_typedef (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
        if (class->enumtype) {
                MonoType *enum_basetype = mono_class_find_enum_basetype (class);
                if (!enum_basetype) {
+                       /*set it to a default value as the whole runtime can't handle this to be null*/
+                       class->cast_class = class->element_class = mono_defaults.int32_class;
                        mono_class_set_failure (class, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, NULL);
                        mono_loader_unlock ();
                        mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_FAILED);
@@ -5265,6 +5500,13 @@ mono_class_create_from_typedef (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
        mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_OK);
 
        return class;
+
+parent_failure:
+       mono_class_setup_mono_type (class);
+       mono_loader_unlock ();
+       mono_profiler_class_loaded (class, MONO_PROFILE_FAILED);
+       return NULL;
+
 }
 
 /** is klass Nullable<T>? */
@@ -5293,25 +5535,22 @@ mono_generic_class_get_class (MonoGenericClass *gclass)
 {
        MonoClass *klass, *gklass;
 
+       if (gclass->cached_class)
+               return gclass->cached_class;
+
        mono_loader_lock ();
        if (gclass->cached_class) {
                mono_loader_unlock ();
                return gclass->cached_class;
        }
 
-       gclass->cached_class = g_malloc0 (sizeof (MonoClass));
-       klass = gclass->cached_class;
+       klass = mono_image_set_alloc0 (gclass->owner, sizeof (MonoClass));
 
        gklass = gclass->container_class;
 
        if (gklass->nested_in) {
-               /* 
-                * FIXME: the nested type context should include everything the
-                * nesting context should have, but it may also have additional
-                * generic parameters...
-                */
-               klass->nested_in = mono_class_inflate_generic_class (gklass->nested_in,
-                                                                                                                        mono_generic_class_get_context (gclass));
+               /* The nested_in type should not be inflated since it's possible to produce a nested type with less generic arguments*/
+               klass->nested_in = gklass->nested_in;
        }
 
        klass->name = gklass->name;
@@ -5344,7 +5583,14 @@ mono_generic_class_get_class (MonoGenericClass *gclass)
         */
 
        if (gklass->parent) {
-               klass->parent = mono_class_inflate_generic_class (gklass->parent, mono_generic_class_get_context (gclass));
+               MonoError error;
+               klass->parent = mono_class_inflate_generic_class_checked (gklass->parent, mono_generic_class_get_context (gclass), &error);
+               if (!mono_error_ok (&error)) {
+                       /*Set parent to something safe as the runtime doesn't handle well this kind of failure.*/
+                       klass->parent = mono_defaults.object_class;
+                       mono_class_set_failure (klass, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, NULL);
+                       mono_error_cleanup (&error);
+               }
        }
 
        if (klass->parent)
@@ -5372,6 +5618,9 @@ mono_generic_class_get_class (MonoGenericClass *gclass)
                }
        }
 
+       mono_memory_barrier ();
+       gclass->cached_class = klass;
+
        mono_profiler_class_loaded (klass, MONO_PROFILE_OK);
 
        inflated_classes ++;
@@ -5463,48 +5712,75 @@ make_generic_param_class (MonoGenericParam *param, MonoImage *image, gboolean is
 
        if (count - pos > 0) {
                mono_class_setup_vtable (klass->parent);
-               g_assert (!klass->parent->exception_type);
-               setup_interface_offsets (klass, klass->parent->vtable_size);
+               if (klass->parent->exception_type)
+                       mono_class_set_failure (klass, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Failed to setup parent interfaces"));
+               else
+                       setup_interface_offsets (klass, klass->parent->vtable_size);
        }
 
        return klass;
 }
 
 #define FAST_CACHE_SIZE 16
-static MonoClass *var_cache_fast [FAST_CACHE_SIZE];
-static MonoClass *mvar_cache_fast [FAST_CACHE_SIZE];
-static GHashTable *var_cache_slow;
-static GHashTable *mvar_cache_slow;
 
 static MonoClass *
 get_anon_gparam_class (MonoGenericParam *param, gboolean is_mvar)
 {
        int n = mono_generic_param_num (param);
+       MonoImage *image = param->image;
        GHashTable *ht;
 
-       if (n < FAST_CACHE_SIZE)
-               return (is_mvar ? mvar_cache_fast : var_cache_fast) [n];
-       ht = is_mvar ? mvar_cache_slow : var_cache_slow;
-       return ht ? g_hash_table_lookup (ht, GINT_TO_POINTER (n)) : NULL;
+       g_assert (image);
+
+       if (n < FAST_CACHE_SIZE) {
+               if (is_mvar)
+                       return image->mvar_cache_fast ? image->mvar_cache_fast [n] : NULL;
+               else
+                       return image->var_cache_fast ? image->var_cache_fast [n] : NULL;
+       } else {
+               ht = is_mvar ? image->mvar_cache_slow : image->var_cache_slow;
+               return ht ? g_hash_table_lookup (ht, GINT_TO_POINTER (n)) : NULL;
+       }
 }
 
+/*
+ * LOCKING: Acquires the loader lock.
+ */
 static void
 set_anon_gparam_class (MonoGenericParam *param, gboolean is_mvar, MonoClass *klass)
 {
        int n = mono_generic_param_num (param);
+       MonoImage *image = param->image;
        GHashTable *ht;
 
+       g_assert (image);
+
        if (n < FAST_CACHE_SIZE) {
-               (is_mvar ? mvar_cache_fast : var_cache_fast) [n] = klass;
+               if (is_mvar) {
+                       /* No locking needed */
+                       if (!image->mvar_cache_fast)
+                               image->mvar_cache_fast = mono_image_alloc0 (image, sizeof (MonoClass*) * FAST_CACHE_SIZE);
+                       image->mvar_cache_fast [n] = klass;
+               } else {
+                       if (!image->var_cache_fast)
+                               image->var_cache_fast = mono_image_alloc0 (image, sizeof (MonoClass*) * FAST_CACHE_SIZE);
+                       image->var_cache_fast [n] = klass;
+               }
                return;
        }
-       ht = is_mvar ? mvar_cache_slow : var_cache_slow;
+       ht = is_mvar ? image->mvar_cache_slow : image->var_cache_slow;
        if (!ht) {
-               ht = g_hash_table_new (NULL, NULL);
-               if (is_mvar)
-                       mvar_cache_slow = ht;
-               else
-                       var_cache_slow = ht;
+               mono_loader_lock ();
+               ht = is_mvar ? image->mvar_cache_slow : image->var_cache_slow;
+               if (!ht) {
+                       ht = g_hash_table_new (NULL, NULL);
+                       mono_memory_barrier ();
+                       if (is_mvar)
+                               image->mvar_cache_slow = ht;
+                       else
+                               image->var_cache_slow = ht;
+               }
+               mono_loader_unlock ();
        }
 
        g_hash_table_insert (ht, GINT_TO_POINTER (n), klass);
@@ -6207,10 +6483,10 @@ mono_class_get_field_token (MonoClassField *field)
        int i;
 
        mono_class_setup_fields_locking (klass);
-       if (klass->exception_type)
-               return 0;
 
        while (klass) {
+               if (!klass->fields)
+                       return 0;
                for (i = 0; i < klass->field.count; ++i) {
                        if (&klass->fields [i] == field) {
                                int idx = klass->field.first + i + 1;
@@ -6264,7 +6540,9 @@ mono_class_get_field_default_value (MonoClassField *field, MonoTypeEnum *def_typ
                
        if (!klass->ext->field_def_values [field_index].data) {
                cindex = mono_metadata_get_constant_index (field->parent->image, mono_class_get_field_token (field), 0);
-               g_assert (cindex);
+               if (!cindex)
+                       return NULL;
+
                g_assert (!(field->type->attrs & FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_HAS_FIELD_RVA));
 
                mono_metadata_decode_row (&field->parent->image->tables [MONO_TABLE_CONSTANT], cindex - 1, constant_cols, MONO_CONSTANT_SIZE);
@@ -6404,12 +6682,20 @@ mono_class_name_from_token (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
        }
 
        case MONO_TOKEN_TYPE_REF: {
+               MonoError error;
                guint32 cols [MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE];
                MonoTableInfo  *t = &image->tables [MONO_TABLE_TYPEREF];
                guint tidx = mono_metadata_token_index (type_token);
 
                if (tidx > t->rows)
                        return g_strdup_printf ("Invalid type token 0x%08x", type_token);
+
+               if (!mono_verifier_verify_typeref_row (image, tidx - 1, &error)) {
+                       char *msg = g_strdup_printf ("Invalid type token 0x%08x due to '%s'", type_token, mono_error_get_message (&error));
+                       mono_error_cleanup (&error);
+                       return msg;
+               }
+
                mono_metadata_decode_row (t, tidx-1, cols, MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE);
                name = mono_metadata_string_heap (image, cols [MONO_TYPEREF_NAME]);
                nspace = mono_metadata_string_heap (image, cols [MONO_TYPEREF_NAMESPACE]);
@@ -6440,6 +6726,7 @@ mono_assembly_name_from_token (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
                        return g_strdup (image->assembly_name);
                return g_strdup_printf ("%s", image->name ? image->name : "[Could not resolve assembly name");
        case MONO_TOKEN_TYPE_REF: {
+               MonoError error;
                MonoAssemblyName aname;
                guint32 cols [MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE];
                MonoTableInfo  *t = &image->tables [MONO_TABLE_TYPEREF];
@@ -6448,6 +6735,11 @@ mono_assembly_name_from_token (MonoImage *image, guint32 type_token)
                if (idx > t->rows)
                        return g_strdup_printf ("Invalid type token 0x%08x", type_token);
        
+               if (!mono_verifier_verify_typeref_row (image, idx - 1, &error)) {
+                       char *msg = g_strdup_printf ("Invalid type token 0x%08x due to '%s'", type_token, mono_error_get_message (&error));
+                       mono_error_cleanup (&error);
+                       return msg;
+               }
                mono_metadata_decode_row (t, idx-1, cols, MONO_TYPEREF_SIZE);
 
                idx = cols [MONO_TYPEREF_SCOPE] >> MONO_RESOLTION_SCOPE_BITS;
@@ -6880,7 +7172,8 @@ mono_class_from_name (MonoImage *image, const char* name_space, const char *name
                name = buf;
        }
 
-       if (get_class_from_name) {
+       /* FIXME: get_class_from_name () can't handle types in the EXPORTEDTYPE table */
+       if (get_class_from_name && image->tables [MONO_TABLE_EXPORTEDTYPE].rows == 0) {
                gboolean res = get_class_from_name (image, name_space, name, &class);
                if (res) {
                        if (!class)
@@ -6999,6 +7292,12 @@ mono_class_is_subclass_of (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *klassc,
        return FALSE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+mono_type_is_generic_argument (MonoType *type)
+{
+       return type->type == MONO_TYPE_VAR || type->type == MONO_TYPE_MVAR;
+}
+
 gboolean
 mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (MonoClass *klass)
 {
@@ -7017,6 +7316,26 @@ mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (MonoClass *klass)
        return FALSE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+mono_gparam_is_reference_conversible (MonoClass *target, MonoClass *candidate, gboolean check_for_reference_conv)
+{
+       if (target == candidate)
+               return TRUE;
+
+       if (check_for_reference_conv &&
+               mono_type_is_generic_argument (&target->byval_arg) &&
+               mono_type_is_generic_argument (&candidate->byval_arg)) {
+               MonoGenericParam *gparam = candidate->byval_arg.data.generic_param;
+               MonoGenericParamInfo *pinfo = mono_generic_param_info (gparam);
+
+               if (!pinfo || (pinfo->flags & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_REFERENCE_TYPE_CONSTRAINT) == 0)
+                       return FALSE;
+       }
+       if (!mono_class_is_assignable_from (target, candidate))
+               return FALSE;
+       return TRUE;
+}
+
 /**
  * @container the generic container from the GTD
  * @klass: the class to be assigned to
@@ -7025,16 +7344,19 @@ mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (MonoClass *klass)
  * Both klass and oklass must be instances of the same generic interface.
  * Return true if @klass can be assigned to a @klass variable
  */
-static gboolean
-mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
+gboolean
+mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass, gboolean check_for_reference_conv)
 {
        int j;
        MonoType **klass_argv, **oklass_argv;
        MonoClass *klass_gtd = mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (klass);
        MonoGenericContainer *container = klass_gtd->generic_container;
 
+       if (klass == oklass)
+               return TRUE;
+
        /*Viable candidates are instances of the same generic interface*/
-       if (mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (oklass) != klass_gtd)
+       if (mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (oklass) != klass_gtd || oklass == klass_gtd)
                return FALSE;
 
        klass_argv = &klass->generic_class->context.class_inst->type_argv [0];
@@ -7044,7 +7366,7 @@ mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
                MonoClass *param1_class = mono_class_from_mono_type (klass_argv [j]);
                MonoClass *param2_class = mono_class_from_mono_type (oklass_argv [j]);
 
-               if (param1_class->valuetype != param2_class->valuetype)
+               if (param1_class->valuetype != param2_class->valuetype || (param1_class->valuetype && param1_class != param2_class))
                        return FALSE;
 
                /*
@@ -7053,10 +7375,10 @@ mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
                 */
                if (param1_class != param2_class) {
                        if (mono_generic_container_get_param_info (container, j)->flags & MONO_GEN_PARAM_VARIANT) {
-                               if (!mono_class_is_assignable_from (param1_class, param2_class))
+                               if (!mono_gparam_is_reference_conversible (param1_class, param2_class, check_for_reference_conv))
                                        return FALSE;
                        } else if (mono_generic_container_get_param_info (container, j)->flags & MONO_GEN_PARAM_COVARIANT) {
-                               if (!mono_class_is_assignable_from (param2_class, param1_class))
+                               if (!mono_gparam_is_reference_conversible (param2_class, param1_class, check_for_reference_conv))
                                        return FALSE;
                        } else
                                return FALSE;
@@ -7065,6 +7387,107 @@ mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
        return TRUE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+mono_gparam_is_assignable_from (MonoClass *target, MonoClass *candidate)
+{
+       MonoGenericParam *gparam, *ogparam;
+       MonoGenericParamInfo *tinfo, *cinfo;
+       MonoClass **candidate_class;
+       gboolean class_constraint_satisfied, valuetype_constraint_satisfied;
+       int tmask, cmask;
+
+       if (target == candidate)
+               return TRUE;
+       if (target->byval_arg.type != candidate->byval_arg.type)
+               return FALSE;
+
+       gparam = target->byval_arg.data.generic_param;
+       ogparam = candidate->byval_arg.data.generic_param;
+       tinfo = mono_generic_param_info (gparam);
+       cinfo = mono_generic_param_info (ogparam);
+
+       class_constraint_satisfied = FALSE;
+       valuetype_constraint_satisfied = FALSE;
+
+       /*candidate must have a super set of target's special constraints*/
+       tmask = tinfo->flags & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_SPECIAL_CONSTRAINTS_MASK;
+       cmask = cinfo->flags & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_SPECIAL_CONSTRAINTS_MASK;
+
+       if (cinfo->constraints) {
+               for (candidate_class = cinfo->constraints; *candidate_class; ++candidate_class) {
+                       MonoClass *cc = *candidate_class;
+
+                       if (mono_type_is_reference (&cc->byval_arg) && !MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (cc))
+                               class_constraint_satisfied = TRUE;
+                       else if (!mono_type_is_reference (&cc->byval_arg) && !MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (cc))
+                               valuetype_constraint_satisfied = TRUE;
+               }
+       }
+       class_constraint_satisfied |= (cmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_REFERENCE_TYPE_CONSTRAINT) != 0;
+       valuetype_constraint_satisfied |= (cmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_TYPE_CONSTRAINT) != 0;
+
+       if ((tmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_REFERENCE_TYPE_CONSTRAINT) && !class_constraint_satisfied)
+               return FALSE;
+       if ((tmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_TYPE_CONSTRAINT) && !valuetype_constraint_satisfied)
+               return FALSE;
+       if ((tmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_CONSTRUCTOR_CONSTRAINT) && !((cmask & GENERIC_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTE_CONSTRUCTOR_CONSTRAINT) ||
+               valuetype_constraint_satisfied)) {
+               return FALSE;
+       }
+
+
+       /*candidate type constraints must be a superset of target's*/
+       if (tinfo->constraints) {
+               MonoClass **target_class;
+               for (target_class = tinfo->constraints; *target_class; ++target_class) {
+                       MonoClass *tc = *target_class;
+
+                       /*
+                        * A constraint from @target might inflate into @candidate itself and in that case we don't need
+                        * check it's constraints since it satisfy the constraint by itself.
+                        */
+                       if (mono_metadata_type_equal (&tc->byval_arg, &candidate->byval_arg))
+                               continue;
+
+                       if (!cinfo->constraints)
+                               return FALSE;
+
+                       for (candidate_class = cinfo->constraints; *candidate_class; ++candidate_class) {
+                               MonoClass *cc = *candidate_class;
+
+                               if (mono_class_is_assignable_from (tc, cc))
+                                       break;
+
+                               /*
+                                * This happens when we have the following:
+                                *
+                                * Bar<K> where K : IFace
+                                * Foo<T, U> where T : U where U : IFace
+                                *      ...
+                                *      Bar<T> <- T here satisfy K constraint transitively through to U's constraint
+                                *
+                                */
+                               if (mono_type_is_generic_argument (&cc->byval_arg)) {
+                                       if (mono_gparam_is_assignable_from (target, cc))
+                                               break;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       if (!*candidate_class)
+                               return FALSE;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /*candidate itself must have a constraint that satisfy target*/
+       if (cinfo->constraints) {
+               for (candidate_class = cinfo->constraints; *candidate_class; ++candidate_class) {
+                       MonoClass *cc = *candidate_class;
+                       if (mono_class_is_assignable_from (target, cc))
+                               return TRUE;
+               }
+       }
+       return FALSE;
+}
+
 /**
  * mono_class_is_assignable_from:
  * @klass: the class to be assigned to
@@ -7076,18 +7499,37 @@ mono_class_is_variant_compatible (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
 gboolean
 mono_class_is_assignable_from (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
 {
+       /*FIXME this will cause a lot of irrelevant stuff to be loaded.*/
        if (!klass->inited)
                mono_class_init (klass);
 
        if (!oklass->inited)
                mono_class_init (oklass);
 
-       if ((klass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_VAR) || (klass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_MVAR))
-               return klass == oklass;
+       if (klass->exception_type || oklass->exception_type)
+               return FALSE;
+
+       if (mono_type_is_generic_argument (&klass->byval_arg)) {
+               if (!mono_type_is_generic_argument (&oklass->byval_arg))
+                       return FALSE;
+               return mono_gparam_is_assignable_from (klass, oklass);
+       }
 
        if (MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE (klass)) {
-               if ((oklass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_VAR) || (oklass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_MVAR))
+               if ((oklass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_VAR) || (oklass->byval_arg.type == MONO_TYPE_MVAR)) {
+                       MonoGenericParam *gparam = oklass->byval_arg.data.generic_param;
+                       MonoClass **constraints = mono_generic_container_get_param_info (gparam->owner, gparam->num)->constraints;
+                       int i;
+
+                       if (constraints) {
+                               for (i = 0; constraints [i]; ++i) {
+                                       if (mono_class_is_assignable_from (klass, constraints [i]))
+                                               return TRUE;
+                               }
+                       }
+
                        return FALSE;
+               }
 
                /* interface_offsets might not be set for dynamic classes */
                if (oklass->ref_info_handle && !oklass->interface_bitmap)
@@ -7115,13 +7557,13 @@ mono_class_is_assignable_from (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
                        for (i = 0; i < oklass->interface_offsets_count; ++i) {
                                MonoClass *iface = oklass->interfaces_packed [i];
 
-                               if (mono_class_is_variant_compatible (klass, iface))
+                               if (mono_class_is_variant_compatible (klass, iface, FALSE))
                                        return TRUE;
                        }
                }
                return FALSE;
        } else if (klass->delegate) {
-               if (mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (klass) && mono_class_is_variant_compatible (klass, oklass))
+               if (mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (klass) && mono_class_is_variant_compatible (klass, oklass, FALSE))
                        return TRUE;
        }else if (klass->rank) {
                MonoClass *eclass, *eoclass;
@@ -7170,7 +7612,7 @@ mono_class_is_variant_compatible_slow (MonoClass *klass, MonoClass *oklass)
        MonoGenericContainer *container = klass_gtd->generic_container;
 
        /*Viable candidates are instances of the same generic interface*/
-       if (mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (oklass) != klass_gtd)
+       if (mono_class_get_generic_type_definition (oklass) != klass_gtd || oklass == klass_gtd)
                return FALSE;
 
        klass_argv = &klass->generic_class->context.class_inst->type_argv [0];
@@ -7224,7 +7666,12 @@ mono_class_implement_interface_slow (MonoClass *target, MonoClass *candidate)
                        if (tb && tb->interfaces) {
                                for (j = mono_array_length (tb->interfaces) - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
                                        MonoReflectionType *iface = mono_array_get (tb->interfaces, MonoReflectionType*, j);
-                                       MonoClass *iface_class = mono_class_from_mono_type (iface->type);
+                                       MonoClass *iface_class;
+
+                                       /* we can't realize the type here since it can do pretty much anything. */
+                                       if (!iface->type)
+                                               continue;
+                                       iface_class = mono_class_from_mono_type (iface->type);
                                        if (iface_class == target)
                                                return TRUE;
                                        if (is_variant && mono_class_is_variant_compatible_slow (target, iface_class))
@@ -7282,10 +7729,10 @@ mono_class_is_assignable_from_slow (MonoClass *target, MonoClass *candidate)
                return mono_class_implement_interface_slow (target, candidate);
 
        if (target->delegate && mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (target))
-               return mono_class_is_variant_compatible (target, candidate);
+               return mono_class_is_variant_compatible (target, candidate, FALSE);
 
        /*FIXME properly handle nullables and arrays */
-
+       /*FIXME properly handle (M)VAR */
        return FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -7333,7 +7780,7 @@ mono_class_get_finalizer (MonoClass *klass)
 
        if (!klass->inited)
                mono_class_init (klass);
-       if (!klass->has_finalize)
+       if (!mono_class_has_finalizer (klass))
                return NULL;
 
        if (mono_class_get_cached_class_info (klass, &cached_info))
@@ -7906,7 +8353,7 @@ mono_class_get_virtual_methods (MonoClass* klass, gpointer *iter)
                        method++;
                }
                while (method < &klass->methods [klass->method.count]) {
-                       if (((*method)->flags & METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_VIRTUAL))
+                       if (*method && ((*method)->flags & METHOD_ATTRIBUTE_VIRTUAL))
                                break;
                        method ++;
                }
@@ -8435,13 +8882,19 @@ find_method_in_metadata (MonoClass *klass, const char *name, int param_count, in
        for (i = 0; i < klass->method.count; ++i) {
                guint32 cols [MONO_METHOD_SIZE];
                MonoMethod *method;
+               MonoMethodSignature *sig;
 
                /* class->method.first points into the methodptr table */
                mono_metadata_decode_table_row (klass->image, MONO_TABLE_METHOD, klass->method.first + i, cols, MONO_METHOD_SIZE);
 
                if (!strcmp (mono_metadata_string_heap (klass->image, cols [MONO_METHOD_NAME]), name)) {
                        method = mono_get_method (klass->image, MONO_TOKEN_METHOD_DEF | (klass->method.first + i + 1), klass);
-                       if ((param_count == -1) || mono_method_signature (method)->param_count == param_count) {
+                       if (param_count == -1) {
+                               res = method;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       sig = mono_method_signature (method);
+                       if (sig && sig->param_count == param_count) {
                                res = method;
                                break;
                        }
@@ -8812,6 +9265,9 @@ can_access_type (MonoClass *access_klass, MonoClass *member_klass)
 {
        int access_level;
 
+       if (access_klass->image->assembly && access_klass->image->assembly->corlib_internal)
+               return TRUE;
+
        if (access_klass->element_class && !access_klass->enumtype)
                access_klass = access_klass->element_class;
 
@@ -8871,6 +9327,9 @@ static gboolean
 can_access_member (MonoClass *access_klass, MonoClass *member_klass, MonoClass* context_klass, int access_level)
 {
        MonoClass *member_generic_def;
+       if (access_klass->image->assembly && access_klass->image->assembly->corlib_internal)
+               return TRUE;
+
        if (((access_klass->generic_class && access_klass->generic_class->container_class) ||
                                        access_klass->generic_container) && 
                        (member_generic_def = get_generic_definition_class (member_klass))) {
@@ -8918,11 +9377,11 @@ gboolean
 mono_method_can_access_field (MonoMethod *method, MonoClassField *field)
 {
        /* FIXME: check all overlapping fields */
-       int can = can_access_member (method->klass, field->parent, NULL, field->type->attrs & FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_FIELD_ACCESS_MASK);
+       int can = can_access_member (method->klass, field->parent, NULL, mono_field_get_type (field)->attrs & FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_FIELD_ACCESS_MASK);
        if (!can) {
                MonoClass *nested = method->klass->nested_in;
                while (nested) {
-                       can = can_access_member (nested, field->parent, NULL, field->type->attrs & FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_FIELD_ACCESS_MASK);
+                       can = can_access_member (nested, field->parent, NULL, mono_field_get_type (field)->attrs & FIELD_ATTRIBUTE_FIELD_ACCESS_MASK);
                        if (can)
                                return TRUE;
                        nested = nested->nested_in;
@@ -9207,7 +9666,6 @@ mono_class_setup_interfaces (MonoClass *klass, MonoError *error)
                        klass->interfaces [i] = mono_class_inflate_generic_class_checked (gklass->interfaces [i], mono_generic_class_get_context (klass->generic_class), error);
                        if (!mono_error_ok (error)) {
                                mono_class_set_failure (klass, MONO_EXCEPTION_TYPE_LOAD, g_strdup ("Could not setup the interfaces"));
-                               g_free (klass->interfaces);
                                klass->interfaces = NULL;
                                return;
                        }