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OS development for the HoloLens
Setting debugger target architecture: .effmach
Sometimes, you may find dumps with callstacks that point to the wow64 thunks with little else of...
Author: meason10 Date: 05/12/2017
Kd breakpoints don't persist through reboot
Old nugget of information here, but useful to remember when the situation arises... When debugging...
Author: meason10 Date: 02/28/2017
Debugging LoadLibrary Failures
It looks like the topic of Debugging LoadLibrary Failures has been covered pretty well, but it is...
Author: meason10 Date: 11/09/2016
SOS Versioning with Windbg
I'm not a .NET developer, but I have to debug dumps from .NET processes from time to time. I picked...
Author: meason10 Date: 10/05/2016
Driver debug breakpoint
The DebugBreak() API is the primary way to implement a breakpoint through code. It's great to use...
Author: meason10 Date: 09/21/2016
Sample debugging session without symbols
I was asked to debug some code where we roughly knew what was going on in the source code, but we...
Author: meason10 Date: 08/26/2016
Intro to kernel debugging 3
Topic: Probing, Altering User Mode Memory This is part 3 of the intro to kernel debugging series....
Author: meason10 Date: 07/07/2016
Intro to kernel debugging 1
Topic: KD Setup I am a user-mode developer, but part of the job of working on the Windows team...
Author: meason10 Date: 06/17/2016
Intro to kernel debugging 2
Topic: Debugger Context This is part 2 of the intro to kernel debugging series. Other posts: Intro...
Author: meason10 Date: 06/17/2016
Holding a critical section during SendMessage
Can you spot the defect with the following code? EnterCriticalSection(&cs);SendMessage(hwnd,...
Author: meason10 Date: 06/23/2010
Application Verifier for locks usage
Continuing on the theme of proper lock management, there is a tool you can use to validate certain...
Author: meason10 Date: 03/25/2010
Locking Hierarchy
Many hangs occur within the Win32 API EnterCriticalSection. Often, these hangs indicate a violation...
Author: meason10 Date: 03/15/2010
Infinite Loops In Error Handling Code
Can you spot the defect in the following code that will lead to an infinite loop? // Infinite loop...
Author: meason10 Date: 02/15/2010