Crash Dump Analysis AntiPatterns (Part 3)

Crash Dump Analysis AntiPatterns (Part 3)

Ihaveheardengineers saying, “I didn’t know about thisdebugging command, let’s use it!” after training session or reading other people’s analysis of crash dumps. A yearlaterI hearthesame phrasefrom them about another debugging command. In the mean time they continue to use the same set of commands they know about until they hear the old newone.

This is a manifestation ofWord of Mouth anti-pattern.

Generalsolution: Know your tools. Study them proactively. RTFM.

Example solution: periodically read and re-read WinDbg help.

More refined solution: debugger.chm on Windows Mobile PC.

- Dmitry Vostokov -