A core dump or crash dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally
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Get thread specific info in iOS crash report?
I'm using the following code to get crash reports from my iOS application:
void *frames[128];
int i,len = backtrace(frames, 128);
char **symbols = backtrace_symbols(frames,len);
NSMutableString *buffer = [[NSMutableString alloc]…

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How to extract stack traces from minidumps?
I've got a whole bunch of minidumps which were recorded during the runtime of an application through MiniDumpWriteDump. The minidumps were created on a machine with a different OS version than my development machine.
Now I'm trying to write a…

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Google Breakpad examples
Does anyone have any examples of configurations for google breakpad? I can build it just fine, however, there is limited documentation. I would like to see examples, such as how to modify where crash reports get sent to.

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Windbg lm: what does "deferred" mean?
I'm debugging a crash dump file for a .NET 2.0 assembly in WinDbg.
When I type "lm" into WinDbg, I get a long list of loaded modules like this:
723c0000 72950000 mscorwks (deferred)
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What does "deferred" mean here?
Do I need to worry about…

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How do you troubleshoot an Android system library crash (libwebcore.so)
My Android webview is crashing and the error dump from adb logcat tells me that libwebcore.so is the library causing the segmentation fault. How do you troubleshoot this?
My initial research took me to places like this thread: How to use addr2line…

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Maven surefire plugin crashing jvm on java 11 (Corrupted STDOUT by directly writing to native stream in forked JVM 1)
Running a maven build using java 11, the build issues the following warning while running tests:
[WARNING] Corrupted STDOUT by directly writing to native stream in forked JVM 1. See FAQ web page and the dump file…

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What is the Non UI role in crash reports
When analysing crash reports, I'm seeing a Non UI role that I have never seen before. I am trying to understand what state of the app it corresponds to.
Hardware Model: iPhone7,2
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Role: Non…

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Getting started with dump file analysis
I am working with a legacy VB6/COM application which sometimes causes Windows 7 to crash. I have now generated a .dmp file of one of these crashes using the ProcDump tool from Sysinternals. However, I have never worked with dump files before. Which…

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Generate / create mdump files for in my app
Im looking for a way to generate minidump files in my applications simular to what ProcDump does but prefarably with code and not having to extract a 3dparty tool to do it.
The main reasons for not wanting to use ProcDump is:
1) Size of the binary…

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Workaround for Java bug which causes crash dump
A program that I've developed is crashing the JVM occasionally due to this bug: http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8029516. Unfortunately the bug has not been resolved by Oracle and the bug report says that there are no known…

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How WinDbg get to know source code?
I made C++ application to use with WinDbg, and intentionally add access violation run-time error.
Application was compiled as release build, and then I copied exe from release folder to desktop. Still when I use WinDbg, and application crashes, it…

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Debugging Mixed mode (C# , C++) application
I am debugging an issue with a mixed mode (managed and unmanaged) application.
The actual issue is within the unmanaged code.
I have loaded SOS dll into Windebugger. But is shows me the call stack only upto managed mode since i have loaded SOS dll.…

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ios how to read a crash log
I've never had to read a crash log before so I'm admittedly a n00b in these waters.
I can tell there was an EXC_BAD_ACCESS. How can I tell which object was released before it was supposed to be?
*note this happens after waking the device while the…

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LocalDumps registry key stopped working (Windows Error Reporting)
I set up the registry key, HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps as described on MSDN.
I have a test program - a console program, compiled with Visual C++, that tries to dereference a NULL pointer before printing a…

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How can I determine the cause of an IIS Crash on a 64-bit Server
I have a .net 2.0 web application that is running on Windows server 2003 Standard x64, using IIS 6.
The application pool for our website started crashing recently and I can't determine why. It started happening on a weekend, and the latest release…

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