Accelerated Linux Core Dump Analysis: Training Course Transcript with GDB and WinDbg Practice Exercises, 3rd Edition

by Software Diagnostics Services, Vostokov

Length: 638 pages
Edition: 3
Language: English
Publisher: Opentask
Publication Date: 2023-01-28
ISBN-10: 191263659X
ISBN-13: 9781912636594
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

The full-color transcript of Software Diagnostics Services training. Learn how to analyze Linux process and kernel crashes and hangs, navigate through core memory dump space and diagnose corruption, memory leaks, CPU spikes, blocked threads, deadlocks, wait chains, and much more. This training uses a unique and innovative pattern-oriented diagnostic analysis approach to speed up the learning curve. The training consists of 47 practical step-by-step exercises using GDB and WinDbg debuggers, highlighting almost 40 memory analysis patterns diagnosed in 64-bit core memory dumps from x64 and ARM64 platforms. The training also includes source code of modeling applications, a catalog of relevant patterns from the Software Diagnostics Institute, and an overview of relevant similarities and differences between Windows and Linux memory dump analysis useful for engineers with a Wintel background. In addition to various improvements, the third edition includes a review of relevant x64 and ARM64 disassembly and a new set of ARM64 GDB exercises.

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Presentation Slides and Transcript
Core Dump Collection
x64 Disassembly
ARM64 Disassembly
Practice Exercises
	Exercise 0 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise 0 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise 0 (A64, WinDbg Preview, WinDbg, Docker)
	Exercise A1 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A1 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A1 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A2D (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A2D (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A2D (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A2C (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A2C (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A2C (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A2S (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A2S (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A3 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A3 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A3 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A4 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A4 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A4 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A5 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A5 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A5 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A6 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A6 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A6 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A7 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A8 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A8 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A8 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A9 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A9 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A9 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A10 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A10 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A10 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A11 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A11 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A11 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise A12 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise A12 (A64, GDB)
	Exercise A12 (A64, WinDbg Preview)
	Exercise K1 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise K2 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise K3 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise K4 (x64, GDB)
	Exercise K5 (x64, GDB)
Selected Q&A
App Source Code
	App0
	App1
	App2D
	App2C
	App2S
	App3
	App4
	App5
	App6
	App7
	App8
	App9
	App10
	App11 / App12
	K2
	K3
	K4
	K5
Selected Analysis Patterns
	NULL Pointer (Data)
	Incomplete Stack Trace
	Stack Trace
	NULL Pointer (Code)
	Spiking Thread
	Dynamic Memory Corruption (Process Heap)
	Execution Residue (User Space)
	Coincidental Symbolic Information
	Stack Overflow (User Mode)
	Divide by Zero (User Mode)
	Local Buffer Overflow (User Space)
	C++ Exception
	Paratext
	Active Thread
	Lateral Damage
	Critical Region