Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 16
Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 16
About the Book
This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, root cause analysis, debugging, crash and hang dump analysis, software trace and log analysis written from 15 April 2023 to 14 April 2024. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 15.
Compared to the volume 15, the volume 16 features:
- 17 new crash dump analysis patterns
- 13 new software trace and log analysis patterns
- New defect mechanism pattern
- Introduction to Lov language
- Lists of recommended books
The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows and Linux platforms, technical support, escalation, site reliability, and cloud engineers dealing with complex software issues, DevOps and DevSecOps, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.
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Table of Contents
Preface 7
About the Author 8
PART 1: Crash Dump Analysis Patterns 9
Managed Code Exception (Scala) and Managed Stack Trace (Scala) 9
Managed Code Exception (Python) and Managed Stack Trace (Python) 10
Runtime Thread (Python, Linux) 11
Exception Collection 13
Dereference Nearpoint 14
Address Representations 15
Annotated Disassembly (Unmanaged Code) 16
Near Exception 17
Shadow Stack Trace 20
Past Process 22
Foreign Stack 23
Annotated Stack Trace 25
Disassembly Summary 28
Region Summary 29
Analysis Summary 33
Region Spectrum 38
Normalized Region 39
PART 2: Software Trace Analysis Patterns 41
Trace Tessellation 41
Canonical Trace 43
Trace Benchmark 44
Trace Graph 46
Trace Amplitude 48
Trace Class 49
Trace Volume 51
Trace Temperature 52
Trace Pressure 53
Trace Lattice 54
Trace Bias 55
Trace Variance 57
Message Kinetics 58
PART 3: Software Diagnostics, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting, and Debugging 61
Introducing Lov Language 61
Carnot Cycle Metaphor for Trace and Log Analysis 63
Defect Mechanism Patterns (DMP), Part 1 64
Attention 65
ERROR ALERT! The World of Trace and Log Analysis 66
PART 4: Fun with Debugging, Crash Dumps, and Traces 71
Debugging Slang 71
STEM 71
WIT 71
LIT 71
Software Development Dream 72
Structures | Bugs | Effects | Debuggers 73
Early Dump Analysis 74
PART 5: Art and Photography 75
Classification Anomaly 75
Debuggers and Weather 76
Cartoons from GPT-4 79
BSOD 83
WinDbg Driver 84
Rust vs. C++ 85
Moon 86
PART 6: Miscellaneous 87
Quotes 87
My Favorite Category Theory Books (Continuation) 88
Books That Influenced Me 92
Data Science, AI, ML Books 107
Logic Books 115
Quantum Books 117
Weekly IT (WIT) Books 120
Other Books 130
Reflections on 2023 146
Nonlinear Multiple Regression in 1994 147
Complex Exploration 151
Discman 152
Voice Mouse Demo 153
Windows System Programming 154
Cats and Categories 155
Localized Categories 155
Interest is Explainable 156
Interviews as Discussions 157
Commutative Learning Diagram 158
Books as a Standing Desk 159
Software Factory in 1999 160
At Home with Rational Unified Process 161
My Book on a Shelf 162
Irish Embassy, Moscow 163
Between Voltaire and Weber 165
Software Diagnostic Quackery 166
Intel Insides 167
Appendix 169
Region Patterns 169
Index of WinDbg Commands 170
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