Tag Archives: windbg

Analyzing a Confusing Crash–Stack Walks Gone Bad

Posted on December 10, 2017 by brucedawson

Part of my job always seems to include crash analysis. A program crashes on a customer’s machine, a minidump is uploaded to the cloud, and it might be my desk that it appears on when Monday morning rolls around. The … Continue reading →

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Symbols the Microsoft Way

Posted on March 9, 2013 by brucedawson

Symbol servers allow developer tools on Windows to automatically find symbols (debug information). All you have to do is adjust the tool’s settings to point at the Microsoft/Chrome/whatever symbol server and the appropriate symbols will be automatically downloaded. The Chromium … Continue reading →

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They sure look equal…

Posted on February 11, 2012 by brucedawson

This is a special bonus extra post in my floating-point series, ranting about an issue that has been a problem for years. Some debuggers don’t display floats with enough precision.

Posted in Floating Point, Math, Programming | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments