Memory Dump Analysis Anthology (Diagnomicon)

Preface 7

About the Author 9

PART 1: Crash Dump Analysis Patterns 11

Active Space 11

Stack Overflow (Insufficient Memory) 13

Subsystem Modules 17

Region Profile 18

Region Clusters 19

Source Stack Trace 23

PART 2: Pattern Interaction 25

Abridged Dump, C++ Exception, Incorrect Stack Trace, Stack Trace Collection, Exception Stack Trace and Not My Version 25

Python Crash Dump Analysis Case Study 29

PART 3: Software Trace Analysis Patterns 37

Critical Point 37

Drone Message 39

Minimal Trace 41

Polytrace 43

Trace String 44

Equivalent Messages 47

Cartesian Trace 48

Message Annotations 50

CoTrace (CoLog, CoData) 51

Moduli Trace 54

Trace Similarity 57

Explanation Trace 59

Split Message 60

Phase Transition 62

Message Flow 65

Trace Constants 66

PART 4: Software Diagnostics, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting, and Debugging 67

Introducing Software Pathology 67

10 Years of Trace and Log Analysis Patterns 69

Log's Loxels and Trace Message's Mexels Graphical Representation of Software Traces and Logs 74

Analysis Pattern Duality 80

10 Years of Software Narratology 81

Application of Trace and Log Analysis Patterns to Image Analysis: Introducing Space-like Narratology 86

Machine Learning Square and Software Diagnostics Institute Roadmap 88

PART 5: Fun with Debugging, Crash Dumps, and Traces 91

Debugging Slang 91

SANTA 91

Call Center 91

Fu 91

ID 91

Clear Message 92

10-Year Challenge 93

Space Matters 97

Loop with a Bug 98

Dalkey 98

Ominous PID 98

Blue Screen at 32K Feet 99

Music for Debugging 100

Machine Learning 101

PART 6: Art and Photography 103

Crash Dump Collection 103

Failure Code 104

Automated Debugging 105

Real and Artificial Bugs 106

Two Windows 107

Tracing Tools 108

Log 109

Threads 110

Window 111

Linux Trace 112

Logs 113

Stop Code 114

Monolithic Architecture Leak 115

Visual Studios 116

Data Structures 117

Early Data Visualization 118

Early Data Science, Clustering, and Histogramming 119

Doing Exercise 0 in Sports Club 120

Burger Trace Frames and Adjont Space of Chips 121

Patterns of Macro and Micro 122

Convex Programming Layout 123

PART 7: Book Covers 125

Writing Bad Code: Software Defect Construction, Simulation and Modeling of Software Bugs 125

Software Internals for Machine Learning 126

PART 8: Miscellaneous 127

Selected Crashes from My Computers 127

WinDbg Notes 129

Quotes 135

In a Chemical Laboratory 136

Historical Reminiscences 137

Baseplate Representation of Chemical Structure 138

What I'm passionate about? 148

C++ as a Scripting Tool 152

In Memory 155

The Road to Linux Kernel Space 156

Appendix 159

Stack Trace Patterns 159

Volume Index 161

Memory Analysis Patterns 161

Trace and Log Analysis Patterns 172

Index of WinDbg Commands 179