Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 13

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 in December 2019 - July 2020.

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Compared to the volume 12, the volume 13 features:

9 new crash dump analysis patterns with selected downloadable example memory dumps
15 new software trace and log analysis patterns
Introduction to diagnostic analysis gestures
Introduction to the category-theoretic view of debugging
Lists of recommended category theory, number theory, and cybersecurity 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, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

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Dmitry Vostokov

Dmitry Vostokov is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, educator, scientist, inventor, and author. He founded the pattern-oriented software diagnostics, forensics, and prognostics discipline (Systematic Software Diagnostics) and Software Diagnostics Institute. Vostokov has also authored over 50 books on software diagnostics, anomaly detection and analysis, software and memory forensics, root cause analysis and problem solving, memory dump analysis, debugging, software trace and log analysis, reverse engineering, and malware analysis. He has over 30 years of experience in software architecture, design, development, and maintenance in various industries, including leadership, technical, and people management roles. Dmitry founded OpenTask Iterative and Incremental Publishing and Software Diagnostics Technology and Services (former Memory Dump Analysis Services). In his spare time, he explores Software Narratology and Quantum Software Diagnostics. His interest areas are theoretical software diagnostics and its mathematical and computer science foundations, application of formal logic, semiotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data mining to diagnostics and anomaly detection, software diagnostics engineering and diagnostics-driven development, diagnostics workflow and interaction. Recent interest areas also include functional programming, cloud native computing, monitoring, observability, visualization, security, automation, applications of category theory to software diagnostics, development and big data, and diagnostics of artificial intelligence.

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Table of Contents

Preface 6

About the Author 7

PART 1: Crash Dump Analysis Patterns 9

Hidden Stack 9

Interrupt Stack 12

Invalid Pointer (Objects) 14

False Memory 17

Frame Trace 26

Pointer Cone 35

Context Pointer 37

Pointer Class 38

Lateral Damage (CPU Mode) 42

PART 2: Software Trace Analysis Patterns 47

Generative Trace 47

Defect Group 49

Trace Flux 50

Trace Path 51

Trace Summary 52

Causal History 53

Causal Messages 55

Causal Chains 56

Trace D’Enfant 58

Sorted Trace 60

Trace Shape 61

Trace Contour 62

Trace Fabric 63

Semantic Field 65

Trace Foliation 67

PART 3: Software Diagnostics, Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshooting, and Debugging 69

Tool Objects 69

Debugging and Category Theory 71

Introducing Diags: Diagnostic Analysis Gestures and Logues 83

PART 4: Fun with Debugging, Crash Dumps, and Traces 87

Happy New Year 2020! 87

Frightening Bug 91

42 91

Secure Coding 91

Music for Debugging 92

Virtuoso Piano Etudes 92

A Trace and Log of Classical Music Events 92

Grammatical Deadlock 93

Debugging Pain 94

Rude Calculator 95

Debugging Architecture Using Grammar Tools 96

Incredible Observations 97

Debugging by Action 98

I have a Joke… 99

PART 5: Art and Photography 101

Client-Server Stack 101

Post-modeling State 102

Arrow 103

Categorical Lunch 104

Less Space, More Time (Reflections in Lockdown) 105

Coffee Before and After Lockdown 106

Ad Errors 107

Worse than Bluescreen 108

PART 6: Miscellaneous 109

My Pathology Book Collection 109

WinDbg Notes 110

Quotes 111

My Dream Modeling Book 112

Tracing My Data Science Path 113

The Memory of a Bat 117

My Favorite Category Theory Books 118

Two Security Book Collections 183

My First Crash Dump Analysis Presentation 186

Books as Categories 187

Personal Learning: A Historical Parallelism 188

My First Computer Program 189

Programming Paradigms and Software Execution Artifacts 190

CI/CD: Computational Intelligence/Correct Diagnosis 191

My Number Theory Book Collection (Beginning) 192

Appendix 195

Hidden Artifact Patterns 195

Pointer Patterns 196

Index of WinDbg Commands 197

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