PART 6: Fun with Crash Dumps
Debugging Slang and Proverbs
PUS
PUS - Process User Space (when abbreviation already shows something not good before you even inspect it).
Example: I opened a memory dump and inspected its PUS.
Coollect
Coollect (verb) – To collect something coolly (without rush, with self-control).
Example: Please coollect software logs. (Response after coollection: Cool!)
Dump-out
Dump-out - server or service outage time needed to save a memory dump before reboot or restart.
Example: We need to plan for dump-out. The amount of memory is huge, and it takes a few minutes to save a complete memory dump.
LOGIC
LOGIC - LOG In Computer.
Example: Do you have some logic?
DiagNose
DiagNose - Diagnostic Nose.
Example: This problem requires DiagNose: a big one is on its way.
Consolidation
Consolidation - focused, solid diagnostics through a console window.
Example: We urgently need consolidated diagnostics.
No Pass a Run!
No pass a run! - Sounds like: “no pasarán”; meaning: they shall not pass a run.
Example: Malware no pass a run!
ID IoT Zone
ID IoT zone - a place devoid of real Internet activity.
Putty in Someone's Hands
Putty in someone's hands (circa 1920s) - acquired the new Internet meaning.
DisPatched vs. DESPatched
Disassembled & Patched vs. DES Patched.
Example: Code was DisPatched; System was DESPatched.
Programmatica Nervosa
Programmatica nervosa - when someone refuses to code.
Example: After a decade in software support an engineer acquired programmatica nervosa.
GOTCHA
GOTCHA - Good Old Trace, Crash and Hang Analysis
Example: Software incident? Gotcha!
Pan-o-RAM-ic
Pan-o-RAM-ic – including all available memory.
Example: Pan-o-RAM-ic view of a software incident.
VLSI
VLSI (Very Large Snapshot of Internals) - usually used to describe information rich memory dump: several days of continuous dumping of processes and thread stack traces (not a circular loop due dump corruption).
Example: We finally got a VLSI log.
Debugging Proverb
Exception is an enemy of a state.