Archive for the ‘Crash Dump Analysis’ Category

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 241)

Sunday, May 29th, 2016

Most Execution Residue traces in memory dumps are not explicitly temporal (see Special and General Trace and Log Analysis) but may be ordered by some space coordinate, such as memory addresses or page frame numbers. Furthermore, virtual space can be further subdivided into places such as modules and physical space may be restructured into places such as processes. Simple space trace of some data value can be constructed using Value References analysis pattern. These and higher structural space trace constructs can be named as a general Place Trace analysis pattern illustrated in this diagram:

Memory attributes, such as page protection, or derived attributes from memory contents can also be considered as Place Trace data. Sometimes, time ordering can be reconstructed by looking at time information for place containers, for example, elapsed process time or ordering in the process list, or thread order and times for stack region thread owners.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 240)

Sunday, May 29th, 2016

Windows processes may contain Execution Residue such as ASCII window class names in mapped memory regions pointing to other running processes (perhaps as a result of Hooksware). For example, calc.exe process memory dump saved on my Windows 10 notebook “knows” about Visio and WinDbg windows that were opened at that time:

0:000> s-a 0 L?FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF "VISIOA"
00000015`42c6bdd0 56 49 53 49 4f 41 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 VISIOA.............

0:000> s-a 0 L?FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF "WinDbg"
00000015`42d19720 57 69 6e 44 62 67 46 72-61 6d 65 43 6c 61 73 73 WinDbgFrameClass

This may be useful for some troubleshooting scenarios, for example, pointing to processes which are known for their problematic behavior or Special Processes. Of course, we assume that those windows or classes were genuine, not faked. We call this analysis pattern Window Hint similar to Environment Hint and Module Hint analysis patterns.

Going deeper, we can dump strings from the whole region limiting the output to the strings with length more than 5:

0:000> !address 00000015`42d19720

Usage:                  <unknown>
Base Address:           00000015`42b20000
End Address:            00000015`42d3a000

Region Size:            00000000`0021a000 (   2.102 MB)
State:                  00001000          MEM_COMMIT
Protect:                00000002          PAGE_READONLY
Type:                   00040000          MEM_MAPPED
Allocation Base:        00000015`42b20000
Allocation Protect:     00000002          PAGE_READONLY

Content source: 1 (target), length: 208e0

0:000> s-[l5]sa 00000015`42b20000 00000015`42d3a000
00000015`42b20a60  “#32769″
00000015`42b20cc0  “Message”
00000015`42b20f40  “#32774″
00000015`42b21060  “#32772″
00000015`42b21510  “Ghost”
00000015`42b215e0  “LivePreview”
00000015`42b216f0  “UserAdapterWindowClass”
00000015`42b21ce0  “MSCTFIME Composition”
00000015`42b222a0  “#32772″
00000015`42b22390  “#32772″
00000015`42b22460  “RichEdit20W”
00000015`42b22530  “RichEdit20A”
00000015`42b22600  “ToolbarWindow32″
00000015`42b226e0  “tooltips_class32″
00000015`42b227c0  “msctls_statusbar32″
00000015`42b228a0  “SysListView32″
00000015`42b22980  “SysHeader32″
00000015`42b22a50  “SysTabControl32″
00000015`42b22b30  “SysTreeView32″
00000015`42b22c10  “msctls_trackbar32″
00000015`42b22cf0  “msctls_updown32″
00000015`42b22dd0  “msctls_progress32″
00000015`42b22eb0  “msctls_hotkey32″
00000015`42b22f8f  “‘SysAnimate32″
00000015`42b230f0  “SysIPAddress32″
00000015`42b231d0  “ReBarWindow32″
00000015`42b232b0  “ComboBoxEx32″
00000015`42b23390  “SysMonthCal32″
00000015`42b23470  “SysDateTimePick32″
00000015`42b23550  “DropDown”
00000015`42b23620  “SysLink”
00000015`42b236f0  “SysPager”
00000015`42b23960  “msctls_netaddress”

[...]

00000015`42d175e0  "OutlookFbThreadWnd"
00000015`42d19720  "WinDbgFrameClass"
00000015`42d19750  "DockClass"
00000015`42d19770  "GhostClass"
00000015`42d19a30  "ATL:00007FF60D792730"
00000015`42d1a0f0  "MSCTFIME Composition"
00000015`42d1a4af  "%OleMainThreadWndClass"
00000015`42d1be10  "CicMarshalWndClass"
00000015`42d1c0e0  "VSyncHelper-00000040EC4CA5F0-1f8"
00000015`42d1c100  "8855daf"
00000015`42d1c190  "URL Moniker Notification Window"
00000015`42d1c390  "UserAdapterWindowClass"
00000015`42d1d080  "@>zG#"
00000015`42d1dcaf  "!VSyncHelper-00000040D60C5850-1e"
00000015`42d1dccf  "ef0477df"
00000015`42d20d50  "VSyncHelper-00000040F39C5650-1f0"
00000015`42d20d70  "313c5a0"
00000015`42d250d0  "#32770"
00000015`42d250f0  "URL Moniker Notification Window"
00000015`42d29270  "VSyncHelper-00000079321C32E0-1f2"
00000015`42d29290  "fb11f8c"
00000015`42d2a1d0  "MSCTFIME Composition"
00000015`42d2a480  "CicMarshalWndClass"
00000015`42d2ac80  "MSCTFIME Composition"
00000015`42d2b8d0  "ShockwaveFlashFullScreen"
00000015`42d2bbb8  "P?U!\"
00000015`42d2c690  "Xaml_WindowedPopupClass"
00000015`42d30a10  "ShockwaveFlashFullScreen"
00000015`42d30b50  "MSCTFIME UI"
00000015`42d30b90  "WinBaseClass"
00000015`42d3441f  "!Alternate Owner"
00000015`42d34460  "ShockwaveFlashFullScreen"
00000015`42d344a0  "ATL:00007FF60D792530"
00000015`42d34a50  "SysAnimate32"
00000015`42d34a7f  "'ComboBoxEx32"
00000015`42d34ed0  "tooltips_class32"
00000015`42d34f00  "msctls_statusbar32"
00000015`42d35e70  "RawInputClass"
00000015`42d36a10  "SysTabControl32"
00000015`42d38650  "CicMarshalWndClass"
00000015`42d38eb0  "#32772"
00000015`42d3951f  "!VSyncHelper-000000C9DA06CD10-1f"
00000015`42d3953f  "110e8d16"

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 239)

Monday, May 2nd, 2016

We found out that in Windows 10 (at least on our working system) Notepad is no longer a single threaded application even without opening any common dialogs (like in Evental Dumps analysis pattern example). It has at least 3 additional threads (and other modeling applications we use for our training also have additional threads):

0:000> ~*k

0 Id: 3a64.3b38 Suspend: 1 Teb: 00007ff6`a914d000 Unfrozen
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 000000e5`6298f938 00007ffa`e57cf8e5 USER32!NtUserGetMessage+0xa
01 000000e5`6298f940 00007ff6`a9603470 USER32!GetMessageW+0x25
02 000000e5`6298f970 00007ff6`a96141f5 notepad!WinMain+0x178
03 000000e5`6298f9f0 00007ffa`e3b42d92 notepad!WinMainCRTStartup+0x1c5
04 000000e5`6298fab0 00007ffa`e5bc9f64 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x22
05 000000e5`6298fae0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x34

1 Id: 3a64.38b0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 00007ff6`a914b000 Unfrozen
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 000000e5`62bffa58 00007ffa`e5bf93a5 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory+0xa
01 000000e5`62bffa60 00007ffa`e3b42d92 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0x295
02 000000e5`62bffe60 00007ffa`e5bc9f64 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x22
03 000000e5`62bffe90 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x34

2 Id: 3a64.3940 Suspend: 1 Teb: 00007ff6`a9149000 Unfrozen
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 000000e5`62c7f718 00007ffa`e5bf93a5 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory+0xa
01 000000e5`62c7f720 00007ffa`e3b42d92 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0x295
02 000000e5`62c7fb20 00007ffa`e5bc9f64 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x22
03 000000e5`62c7fb50 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x34

3 Id: 3a64.1030 Suspend: 1 Teb: 00007ff6`a9147000 Unfrozen
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 000000e5`62d1f878 00007ffa`e5bf93a5 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory+0xa
01 000000e5`62d1f880 00007ffa`e3b42d92 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0x295
02 000000e5`62d1fc80 00007ffa`e5bc9f64 KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x22
03 000000e5`62d1fcb0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x34

This gave us an idea for the analysis pattern we call Not My Thread since additional threads can be started by any other process DLLs, for example, by Hooksware. However, we need to distinguish between unexpectedly added threads, threads with Special Stack Traces and Special Threads, for example, from .NET support.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 238)

Thursday, March 17th, 2016

Sometimes developers introduce their own variants of synchronization code instead of using synchronization API provided by language runtime and OS. If we are lucky we can spot it in function and class method names and then use Constant Subtrace analysis pattern:

0: kd> kc
*** Stack trace for last set context - .thread/.cxr resets it
# Call Site
00 nt!KiSwapContext
01 nt!KiCommitThreadWait
02 nt!KeWaitForSingleObject
03 nt!NtWaitForSingleObject
04 nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd
05 ntdll!ZwWaitForSingleObject
06 KERNELBASE!WaitForSingleObjectEx
07 wbemcomn!CWbemCriticalSection::Enter
08 wbemcore!EnsureInitialized
09 wbemcore!InitAndWaitForClient
0a wbemcore!CWbemLevel1Login::ConnectorLogin
0b wbemcore!CWbemLevel1Login::NTLMLogin
0c RPCRT4!Invoke
0d RPCRT4!NdrStubCall2
0e ole32!CStdStubBuffer_Invoke
0f ole32!SyncStubInvoke
10 ole32!StubInvoke
11 ole32!CCtxComChnl::ContextInvoke
12 ole32!AppInvoke
13 ole32!ComInvokeWithLockAndIPID
14 ole32!ThreadInvoke
15 RPCRT4!DispatchToStubInCNoAvrf
16 RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStubWorker
17 RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStub
18 RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStubWithObject
19 RPCRT4!LRPC_SCALL::DispatchRequest
1a RPCRT4!LRPC_SCALL::HandleRequest
1b RPCRT4!LRPC_SASSOCIATION::HandleRequest
1c RPCRT4!LRPC_ADDRESS::HandleRequest
1d RPCRT4!LRPC_ADDRESS::ProcessIO
1e RPCRT4!LrpcIoComplete
1f ntdll!TppAlpcpExecuteCallback
20 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
21 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
22 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

0: kd> kc
*** Stack trace for last set context - .thread/.cxr resets it
# Call Site
00 repdrvfs!SCachePage::operator=
01 repdrvfs!std::vector<scachepage,wbem_allocator<scachepage> >::erase
02 repdrvfs!CPageCache::Read
03 repdrvfs!CPageFile::GetPage
04 repdrvfs!ValidateBTreeAgainstObjHeap
05 repdrvfs!PerformAllValidations
06 repdrvfs!VerifyRepositoryOnline
07 repdrvfs!VerifyRepository
08 repdrvfs!CPageSource::Startup
09 repdrvfs!CPageSource::Init
0a repdrvfs!CFileCache::InnerInitialize
0b repdrvfs!CFileCache::Initialize
0c repdrvfs!CRepository::Initialize
0d repdrvfs!CRepository::Logon
0e wbemcore!CRepository::Init
0f wbemcore!InitSubsystems
10 wbemcore!ConfigMgr::InitSystem
11 wbemcore!EnsureInitialized
12 wbemcore!InitAndWaitForClient
13 wbemcore!CWbemLevel1Login::ConnectorLogin
14 wbemcore!CWbemLevel1Login::NTLMLogin
15 RPCRT4!Invoke
16 RPCRT4!NdrStubCall2
17 ole32!CStdStubBuffer_Invoke
18 ole32!SyncStubInvoke
19 ole32!StubInvoke
1a ole32!CCtxComChnl::ContextInvoke
1b ole32!AppInvoke
1c ole32!ComInvokeWithLockAndIPID
1d ole32!ThreadInvoke
1e RPCRT4!DispatchToStubInCNoAvrf
1f RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStubWorker
20 RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStub
21 RPCRT4!RPC_INTERFACE::DispatchToStubWithObject
22 RPCRT4!LRPC_SCALL::DispatchRequest
23 RPCRT4!LRPC_SCALL::HandleRequest
24 RPCRT4!LRPC_SASSOCIATION::HandleRequest
25 RPCRT4!LRPC_ADDRESS::HandleRequest
26 RPCRT4!LRPC_ADDRESS::ProcessIO
27 RPCRT4!LrpcIoComplete
28 ntdll!TppAlpcpExecuteCallback
29 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
2a kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
2b ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

These two thread stack traces were spotted from a complete memory dump Stack Trace Collection as the part of a larger ALPC Wait Chain. We switched to these threads using .thread /r /p WinDbg command to get the stripped stack trace via kc command for better illustration. We see Constant Subtrace until wbemcore!EnsureInitialized function which serves as a bifurcation stack frame. The first stack trace has “CriticalSection::Enter” after the bifurcation stack frame compared to the second stack trace which looks like Spiking Thread in user space.

There is no hidden critical section associated with that process except the one which is probably related to the spiking Variable Subtrace since it doesn’t have any LockCount:

0: kd> !cs -l -o -s
DebugInfo = 0x0000000004a774d0
Critical section = 0x000000000308d690 (+0x308D690)
LOCKED
LockCount = 0×0
WaiterWoken = No
OwningThread = 0×0000000000000928
RecursionCount = 0×1
LockSemaphore = 0×0
SpinCount = 0×0000000000000000
OwningThread = .thread fffffa806ebd8060
ntdll!RtlpStackTraceDataBase is NULL. Probably the stack traces are not enabled

We can also disassemble wbemcomn!CWbemCriticalSection::Enter and find out that it calls WaitForSingleObject once and no other synchronization API indeed:

0: kd> uf wbemcomn!CWbemCriticalSection::Enter
[...]
wbemcomn!CWbemCriticalSection::Enter+0x41:
000007fe`f78ad1c0 mov rcx,qword ptr [rbx+10h]
000007fe`f78ad1c4 mov edx,r12d
000007fe`f78ad1c7 call qword ptr [wbemcomn!_imp_WaitForSingleObject (000007fe`f78ee4f0)]
000007fe`f78ad1cd cmp eax,esi
000007fe`f78ad1cf je wbemcomn!CWbemCriticalSection::Enter+0x52 (000007fe`f78a62a3) Branch

We add this nonstandard synchronization memory analysis pattern to Wait Chain analysis pattern category.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 237)

Thursday, March 17th, 2016

Variable Subtrace analysis pattern was introduced for inter-correlational analysis of CPU spikes across memory snapshots with just one thread involved. In contrast, we found Constant Subtrace pattern useful in Wait Chain analysis involving several threads in just one memory snapshot (intra-correlational analysis). Here a constant subtrace groups stack traces from Stack Trace Collection with a bifurcation stack trace frame (similar to Bifurcation Point trace analysis pattern) providing some wait chain relationship hint. Such subtraces traces may be initially found by the preceding wait chain analysis or by technology-specific subtraces such as ALPC/RPC server thread frames (as seen in an example stack from COM interface invocation). Here is a minimal stack trace diagram (similar to minimal trace graphs introduced in Accelerated Windows Software Trace Analysis training) illustrating the pattern (it also shows Spiking Thread pattern in user space as seen from a complete memory dump):

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 236)

Saturday, February 13th, 2016

When we have a performance issue we may request a set of consecutive memory dump saved after some interval. In such memory dumps we may see the same thread(s) having similar stack trace(s). In this simple diagnostic scenario we may diagnose several patterns based on the stack traces: Active Threads that can be Spiking Threads with Spike Intervals or stable, not changing, Wait Chains. Here we may easily identify Top active and Blocking modules based on Module Wait Chain.

More complex case arises when we have different Active Threads and/or Wait Chains with different thread IDs at different times. However, if their Top Module is the same we may have found it as a performance root cause component especially in the case of Active Threads since it is statistically probable that such threads were active for considerable time deltas around the snapshot times (since threads are usually waiting). Such hypothesis may also be confirmed by Inter-Correlation analysis with software traces and logs where we can see Thread of Activity Discontinuities and Time Deltas.

We call this analysis pattern Diachronic Module since we see the module component appears in different thread stack traces diachronically (at different times). The typical simplified scenario is illustrated in this diagram:

This analysis pattern is different from synchronous module case (the module component appears in different thread stack traces at the same time) which was named Ubiquitous Component.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 234)

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Sometimes we identify a function parameter that caused abnormal behavior, for example, Invalid Pointer access violation and want to see from which module or function it was probably originated:

0:009> kvL
# ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
00 0381f048 74e715e9 00000002 0381f098 00000001 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0x15
01 0381f0e4 76ce19fc 0381f098 0381f10c 00000000 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0x100
02 0381f12c 76ce41d8 00000002 7efde000 00000000 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation+0xe0
03 0381f148 76d08074 00000002 0381f17c 00000000 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0x18
04 0381f1b4 76d07f33 0381f294 00000001 00000001 kernel32!WerpReportFaultInternal+0x186
05 0381f1c8 76d07828 0381f294 00000001 0381f264 kernel32!WerpReportFault+0x70
06 0381f1d8 76d077a7 0381f294 00000001 9a131a15 kernel32!BasepReportFault+0x20
07 0381f264 772574ff 00000000 772573dc 00000000 kernel32!UnhandledExceptionFilter+0x1af
08 0381f26c 772573dc 00000000 0381ffd4 7720c550 ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x62
09 0381f280 77257281 00000000 00000000 00000000 ntdll!_EH4_CallFilterFunc+0x12
0a 0381f2a8 7723b499 fffffffe 0381ffc4 0381f3e4 ntdll!_except_handler4+0x8e
0b 0381f2cc 7723b46b 0381f394 0381ffc4 0381f3e4 ntdll!ExecuteHandler2+0x26
0c 0381f2f0 7723b40e 0381f394 0381ffc4 0381f3e4 ntdll!ExecuteHandler+0x24
0d 0381f37c 771f0133 0181f394 0381f3e4 0381f394 ntdll!RtlDispatchException+0x127
0e 0381f37c 00010101 0181f394 0381f3e4 0381f394 ntdll!KiUserExceptionDispatcher+0xf (CONTEXT @ 0381f3e4)
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
0f 0381f844 00df3d1e 064bf018 0b925970 06501dd8 0×10101
10 0381f860 00ca0a15 064bf018 0b925970 0c86a949 ModuleA!Bar+0×3e
11 0381f888 00ca07d4 064bf018 0b925970 09584580 ModuleB!Foo2+0×75
12 0381f8e4 00ca0ae3 0b925970 00000000 09584008 ModuleB!Foo1+0xb4
[…]

Here we backtrack the invalid function call pointer to a function argument parameter:

0:009> .cxr 0381f3e4
eax=06501dd8 ebx=0381f8c4 ecx=0b925970 edx=0b925527 esi=064bf018 edi=0381f898
eip=00010101 esp=0381f848 ebp=0c86a949 iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na pe nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010206
00010101 1f pop ds

0:009> k 1
*** Stack trace for last set context - .thread/.cxr resets it
# ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
00 0381f844 00df3d1e 0×10101

0:009> ub 00df3d1e
ModuleA!Bar+0x2e:
00df3d0a mov ecx,dword ptr [esp+10h]
00df3d0e mov edi,dword ptr [esp+18h]
00df3d12 push edi
00df3d13 push eax
00df3d14 mov edx,dword ptr [ecx]
00df3d16 push ecx
00df3d17 push esi
00df3d18 mov edx,dword ptr [edx+4]
00df3d1b call dword ptr [edx+10h]

The value of EDX comes from EDX+4 which comes from ECX pointer value which was probably one of function parameters:

0:009> dp ecx L1
0b925970 0b925978

0:009> dp poi(ecx)+4 L1
0b92597c 0b925527

0:009> dc 0b925527
0b925527 20202020 80202020 01010101 01010101 ………
0b925537 00010101 01010101 01010000 01000101 …………….
[…]

Since the data came from ModuleA function parameter it was passed from the previous call:

0:009> kL 4
# ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
00 0381f844 00df3d1e 0x10101
01 0381f860 00ca0a15 ModuleA!Bar+0×3e
02 0381f888 00ca07d4 ModuleB!Foo2+0×75
03 0381f8e4 00ca0ae3 ModuleB!Foo1+0xb4

0:009> ub 00ca0a15
ModuleB!Foo2+0×61:
00ca0a01 add esp,10h
00ca0a04 and edi,0FFFFFFF8h
00ca0a07 lea edx,[esp+20h]
00ca0a0b push edx
00ca0a0c push ebp
00ca0a0d push edi
00ca0a0e push esi
00ca0a0f call dword ptr [ModuleA!_imp__Bar (00cc32c0)]

The passed parameter looks like the second argument of Bar and ModuleB!Foo2, and the first argument of ModuleB!Foo1:

0:009> dps 0381f860
0381f860 064bf018
0381f864 00ca0a15 ModuleB!Foo2+0x75 ; return address when calling ModuleA!Bar
0381f868 064bf018
0381f86c 0b925970
0381f870 0c86a949
0381f874 0381f898
0381f878 0b925970
0381f87c 09584580
0381f880 064bf018
0381f884 0381f8c4
0381f888 0b925970
0381f88c 00ca07d4 ModuleB!Foo1+0xb4 ; return address when calling ModuleB!Foo2
0381f890 064bf018
0381f894 0b925970
0381f898 09584580
0381f89c 064bf018
0381f8a0 00ccd7d0
0381f8a4 0381f954
0381f8a8 00000000
0381f8ac 00000001
0381f8b0 00000000
0381f8b4 0b926d18
0381f8b8 00000000
0381f8bc 00000005
0381f8c0 00000000
0381f8c4 0b925970
0381f8c8 00000000
0381f8cc 00000000
0381f8d0 00000000
0381f8d4 00000000
0381f8d8 00000000
0381f8dc 00000000
0381f8e0 00000000
0381f8e4 00000000
0381f8e8 00ca0ae3 ModuleB!iFoo0+0×13 ; return address when calling ModuleB!Foo1
0381f8ec 0b925970
0381f8f0 00000000

We see Parameter Flow analysis pattern:

0:009> kvL 4
# ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
00 0381f844 00df3d1e 064bf018 0b925970 06501dd8 0×10101
01 0381f860 00ca0a15 064bf018 0b925970 0c86a949 ModuleA!Bar+0×3e
02 0381f888 00ca07d4 064bf018 0b925970 09584580 ModuleB!Foo2+0×75
03 0381f8e4 00ca0ae3 0b925970 00000000 09584008 ModuleB!Foo1+0xb4

The example is from x86 Windows where parameters are passed through stack, and, therefore, are seen in the verbose stack trace output (kv). For x64 Windows systems such parameters may be Hidden and what we see in verbose output can be False Function Parameters. However, we can still track in some cases certain values found in Execution Residue and associate them with particular stack trace frames (including Past Stack Traces).

Parameter Flow memory analysis pattern is similar to trace analysis Data Flow pattern.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 233)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

With the possibility of process cloning (reflection) starting from Windows 7 it is possible to get memory snapshots (Clone Dump) from a process clone (similar to fork API in Unix). Procdump tool has -r switch for that purpose. We checked this with x64 Windows 7 notepad.exe. We got two memory dumps: one is a clone with this stack trace:

Loading Dump File [C:\DebuggingTV\Procdump\notepad.exe_151117_000755.dbgcfg.dmp]
User Mini Dump File with Full Memory: Only application data is available

Comment: '
*** procdump -ma -r Notepad.exe
*** Manual dump'

0:000> ~*k

. 0 Id: 25ec.147c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`02c8fd38 00000000`7733aae7 ntdll!NtSuspendThread+0xa
01 00000000`02c8fd40 00000000`77165a4d ntdll!RtlpProcessReflectionStartup+0×2e7
02 00000000`02c8fe30 00000000`7729b831 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
03 00000000`02c8fe60 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

The process memory has all address space of the original process including module list and heap structure:

0:000> lmn
start end module name
00000000`77050000 00000000`7714a000 user32 user32.dll
00000000`77150000 00000000`77270000 kernel32 kernel32.dll
00000000`77270000 00000000`77419000 ntdll ntdll.dll
00000000`ff030000 00000000`ff065000 notepad notepad.exe
000007fe`f57d0000 000007fe`f5841000 winspool winspool.drv
000007fe`fb730000 000007fe`fb786000 uxtheme uxtheme.dll
000007fe`fb910000 000007fe`fbb04000 comctl32 comctl32.dll
000007fe`fbf00000 000007fe`fbf0c000 version version.dll
000007fe`fceb0000 000007fe`fcebf000 CRYPTBASE CRYPTBASE.dll
000007fe`fd310000 000007fe`fd37c000 KERNELBASE KERNELBASE.dll
000007fe`fd3d0000 000007fe`fd499000 usp10 usp10.dll
000007fe`fd4a0000 000007fe`fd511000 shlwapi shlwapi.dll
000007fe`fd520000 000007fe`fd64d000 rpcrt4 rpcrt4.dll
000007fe`fd650000 000007fe`fd66f000 sechost sechost.dll
000007fe`fd680000 000007fe`fd6ae000 imm32 imm32.dll
000007fe`fd6b0000 000007fe`fd78b000 advapi32 advapi32.dll
000007fe`fd810000 000007fe`fd8a7000 comdlg32 comdlg32.dll
000007fe`fdd60000 000007fe`fddff000 msvcrt msvcrt.dll
000007fe`fdfe0000 000007fe`fed69000 shell32 shell32.dll
000007fe`fed70000 000007fe`fedd7000 gdi32 gdi32.dll
000007fe`ff0b0000 000007fe`ff1b9000 msctf msctf.dll
000007fe`ff1c0000 000007fe`ff1ce000 lpk lpk.dll
000007fe`ff1d0000 000007fe`ff2a7000 oleaut32 oleaut32.dll
000007fe`ff2b0000 000007fe`ff349000 clbcatq clbcatq.dll
000007fe`ff350000 000007fe`ff553000 ole32 ole32.dll

0:000> !address -summary

Mapping file section regions...
Mapping module regions...
Mapping PEB regions...
Mapping TEB and stack regions...
Mapping heap regions...
Mapping page heap regions...
Mapping other regions...
Mapping stack trace database regions...
Mapping activation context regions...

--- Usage Summary ---------------- RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
Free 48 7ff`faa06000 ( 8.000 TB) 100.00%
Image 129 0`01e79000 ( 30.473 MB) 35.47% 0.00%
21 0`01d10000 ( 29.063 MB) 33.83% 0.00%
Other 9 0`016be000 ( 22.742 MB) 26.47% 0.00%
Heap 26 0`00320000 ( 3.125 MB) 3.64% 0.00%
Stack 3 0`00080000 ( 512.000 kB) 0.58% 0.00%
TEB 1 0`00002000 ( 8.000 kB) 0.01% 0.00%
PEB 1 0`00001000 ( 4.000 kB) 0.00% 0.00%

--- Type Summary (for busy) ------ RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
MEM_IMAGE 130 0`01e7a000 ( 30.477 MB) 35.47% 0.00%
MEM_PRIVATE 47 0`01449000 ( 20.285 MB) 23.61% 0.00%
MEM_MAPPED 11 0`00c97000 ( 12.590 MB) 14.65% 0.00%

--- State Summary ---------------- RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
MEM_FREE 50 7ff`fc096000 ( 8.000 TB) 100.00%
MEM_COMMIT 176 0`02c10000 ( 44.063 MB) 51.29% 0.00%
MEM_RESERVE 12 0`0134a000 ( 19.289 MB) 22.45% 0.00%

--- Protect Summary (for commit) - RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
PAGE_READONLY 83 0`01b46000 ( 27.273 MB) 31.75% 0.00%
PAGE_EXECUTE_READ 25 0`00f6d000 ( 15.426 MB) 17.95% 0.00%
PAGE_WRITECOPY 48 0`00126000 ( 1.148 MB) 1.34% 0.00%
PAGE_READWRITE 18 0`00032000 ( 200.000 kB) 0.23% 0.00%
PAGE_READWRITE|PAGE_GUARD 2 0`00005000 ( 20.000 kB) 0.02% 0.00%

--- Largest Region by Usage ----------- Base Address -------- Region Size ----------
Free 0`ff065000 7fd`f676b000 ( 7.992 TB)
Image 7fe`fe4cb000 0`0089e000 ( 8.617 MB)
0`7f0e0000 0`00f00000 ( 15.000 MB)
Other 0`00610000 0`01590000 ( 21.563 MB)
Heap 0`003b8000 0`000c8000 ( 800.000 kB)
Stack 0`02c10000 0`0006c000 ( 432.000 kB)
TEB 7ff`fffdb000 0`00002000 ( 8.000 kB)
PEB 7ff`fffdf000 0`00001000 ( 4.000 kB)

0:000> !heap -s

******************************************************
NT HEAP STATS BELOW
******************************************************
LFH Key : 0x000000381021167d
Termination on corruption : ENABLED
Heap Flags Reserv Commit Virt Free List UCR Virt Lock Fast
(k) (k) (k) (k) length blocks cont. heap
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0000000000280000 00000002 1024 412 1024 14 4 1 0 0 LFH
0000000000250000 00001002 1088 256 1088 5 2 2 0 0 LFH
0000000001cc0000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000001e60000 00001002 512 120 512 49 3 1 0 0
0000000001dc0000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The other dump saved is a minidump from which we can get thread information for Execution Residue (raw stack data) and reconstruct stack traces in Clone Dump:

Loading Dump File [C:\DebuggingTV\Procdump\notepad.exe_151117_000755.dmp]
Comment: '
*** procdump -ma -r Notepad.exe
*** Manual dump'
User Mini Dump File: Only registers, stack and portions of memory are available

0:000> ~
. 0 Id: 87c.27f4 Suspend: 0 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen

0:000> k
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`0016fac8 00000000`77069e9e 0x77069e6a
01 00000000`0016fad0 00000000`00000000 0x77069e9e

0:000> r
rax=0000000000000000 rbx=000000000016fb40 rcx=0000000000280000
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000001 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=0000000077069e6a rsp=000000000016fac8 rbp=00000000ff030000
r8=000000000016f8e8 r9=00000000000a0cdc r10=0000000000000000
r11=0000000000000000 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00000246
00000000`77069e6a c3 ret

Now we can see the original stack trace in Clone Dump:

0:000> k =000000000016fac8 ff
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`0016fac8 00000000`77069e9e ntdll!NtSuspendThread+0xa
01 00000000`0016fad0 00000000`ff031064 user32!GetMessageW+0x34
02 00000000`0016fb00 00000000`ff03133c notepad!WinMain+0x182
03 00000000`0016fb80 00000000`77165a4d notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker+0x2da
04 00000000`0016fc40 00000000`7729b831 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
05 00000000`0016fc70 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x1d

Since we know TEB address from the minidump we can get stack region boundaries in Clone Dump:

0:000> dt _NT_TIB 000007fffffdd000
ntdll!_NT_TIB
+0x000 ExceptionList : (null)
+0x008 StackBase : 0x00000000`00170000 Void
+0x010 StackLimit : 0x00000000`0015b000 Void
+0x018 SubSystemTib : (null)
+0x020 FiberData : 0x00000000`00001e00 Void
+0x020 Version : 0x1e00
+0x028 ArbitraryUserPointer : (null)
+0x030 Self : 0x000007ff`fffdd000 _NT_TIB

Now we can check Execution Residue (for example, for signs of Hidden Exceptions):

0:000> dpS 0x00000000`0015b000 0x00000000`00170000
[...]

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 232)

Saturday, October 31st, 2015

We already introduced Active Thread pattern variant for Mac OS X. Here we provide an example for Windows. Unless we have Evental Dumps, Active Threads in Windows are usually threads from Busy System or Spiking Threads, and, therefore, represent an abnormal behavior since most threads are waiting or calling some API. For Evental Dumps they may be just normal threads:

0:000> r
rax=0000000000000006 rbx=0000000000000003 rcx=0000000000000018
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=000000000028c601 rdi=0000000002bee25e
rip=000007feff1a5a09 rsp=000000000028c380 rbp=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000000000 r9=00000000001653a0 r10=000000000000000e
r11=000000000000000a r12=0000000000000006 r13=000000000028ca38
r14=0000000002bec888 r15=0000000000173630
iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz ac po nc
cs=0033 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00000216
usp10!otlChainingLookup::apply+0×2f9:
000007fe`ff1a5a09 498d0c06 lea rcx,[r14+rax]

0:000> k
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`0028c380 000007fe`ff19f4f2 usp10!otlChainingLookup::apply+0×2f9
01 00000000`0028c4b0 000007fe`ff19e777 usp10!ApplyLookup+0×592
02 00000000`0028c5a0 000007fe`ff19a634 usp10!ApplyFeatures+0×777
03 00000000`0028c860 000007fe`ff181800 usp10!SubstituteOtlGlyphs+0×224
04 00000000`0028c910 000007fe`ff174cc0 usp10!GenericEngineGetGlyphs+0×1000
05 00000000`0028ccb0 000007fe`ff1389c5 usp10!ShlShape+0×7a0
06 00000000`0028ced0 000007fe`ff147363 usp10!ScriptShape+0×205
07 00000000`0028cf70 000007fe`ff148ac9 usp10!RenderItemNoFallback+0×433
08 00000000`0028d030 000007fe`ff148d86 usp10!RenderItemWithFallback+0×129
09 00000000`0028d080 000007fe`ff14a5f7 usp10!RenderItem+0×36
0a 00000000`0028d0d0 000007fe`ff13b2c9 usp10!ScriptStringAnalyzeGlyphs+0×277
0b 00000000`0028d170 000007fe`fdd616bf usp10!ScriptStringAnalyse+0×399
0c 00000000`0028d1f0 000007fe`fdd614cc lpk!LpkCharsetDraw+0×4eb
0d 00000000`0028d3b0 00000000`774e85c5 lpk!LpkDrawTextEx+0×68
0e 00000000`0028d420 00000000`774e865c user32!DT_DrawStr+0xa6
0f 00000000`0028d4c0 00000000`774e826c user32!DT_DrawJustifiedLine+0xa6
10 00000000`0028d530 00000000`774e6cc8 user32!DrawTextExWorker+0×442
11 00000000`0028d640 000007fe`fbd840d1 user32!DrawTextW+0×57
12 00000000`0028d6b0 000007fe`fbd83e49 comctl32!CLVView::_ComputeLabelSizeWorker+0×1d1
13 00000000`0028da40 000007fe`fbd8cc48 comctl32!CLVView::v_RecomputeLabelSize+0×1f9
14 00000000`0028dd70 000007fe`fbda9d24 comctl32!CLVListView::v_DrawItem+0×284
15 00000000`0028e110 000007fe`fbd9773b comctl32!CLVDrawItemManager::DrawItem+0×4c0
16 00000000`0028e170 000007fe`fbd95f8e comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintItems+0×3df
17 00000000`0028e3b0 000007fe`fbd95e87 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintWorkArea+0xda
18 00000000`0028e430 000007fe`fbd95cff comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaintWorkAreas+0×147
19 00000000`0028e4c0 000007fe`fbd06f1b comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaint+0×14b
1a 00000000`0028e570 000007fe`fbd06011 comctl32!CListView::WndProc+0xebf
1b 00000000`0028e770 00000000`774e9bd1 comctl32!CListView::s_WndProc+0×6cd
1c 00000000`0028e7d0 00000000`774e3bfc user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow+0×1ad
1d 00000000`0028e890 00000000`774e3b78 user32!CallWindowProcAorW+0xdc
1e 00000000`0028e8e0 000007fe`fbca6215 user32!CallWindowProcW+0×18
1f 00000000`0028e920 000007fe`fbca69a0 comctl32!CallOriginalWndProc+0×1d
20 00000000`0028e960 000007fe`fbca6768 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc+0×8c
21 00000000`0028e9e0 000007fe`fde1096a comctl32!DefSubclassProc+0×7c
22 00000000`0028ea30 000007fe`fdde9df4 shell32!DefSubclassProc+0×56
23 00000000`0028ea60 000007fe`fbca69a0 shell32!CListViewHost::s_ListViewSubclassWndProc+0×267
24 00000000`0028eb40 000007fe`fbca6877 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc+0×8c
25 00000000`0028ebc0 00000000`774e9bd1 comctl32!MasterSubclassProc+0xe7
26 00000000`0028ec60 00000000`774e72cb user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow+0×1ad
27 00000000`0028ed20 00000000`774e6829 user32!DispatchClientMessage+0xc3
28 00000000`0028ed80 00000000`776211f5 user32!_fnDWORD+0×2d
29 00000000`0028ede0 00000000`774e6e5a ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcherContinue
2a 00000000`0028ee68 00000000`774e6e6c user32!NtUserDispatchMessage+0xa
2b 00000000`0028ee70 00000000`774e67c2 user32!DispatchMessageWorker+0×55b
2c 00000000`0028eef0 000007fe`fbcc34a4 user32!IsDialogMessageW+0×153
2d 00000000`0028ef80 000007fe`fbcc583f comctl32!Prop_IsDialogMessage+0×1f0
2e 00000000`0028eff0 000007fe`fbcc5c05 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet+0×31b
2f 00000000`0028f0c0 000007fe`ff214e68 comctl32!_PropertySheet+0×55
30 00000000`0028f100 000007fe`ff214bb1 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets+0×2c6
31 00000000`0028f660 000007fe`ff21499c comdlg32!PrintDlgExX+0×2be
32 00000000`0028f6c0 00000000`ffec250f comdlg32!PrintDlgExW+0×38
33 00000000`0028f730 00000000`ffec242b notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog+0xab
34 00000000`0028f7f0 00000000`ffec23e8 notepad!PrintIt+0×46
35 00000000`0028fb70 00000000`ffec14eb notepad!NPCommand+0xdb
36 00000000`0028fca0 00000000`774e9bd1 notepad!NPWndProc+0×540
37 00000000`0028fce0 00000000`774e98da user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow+0×1ad
38 00000000`0028fda0 00000000`ffec10bc user32!DispatchMessageWorker+0×3b5
39 00000000`0028fe20 00000000`ffec133c notepad!WinMain+0×16f
3a 00000000`0028fea0 00000000`773c59ed notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker+0×2da
3b 00000000`0028ff60 00000000`775fc541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
3c 00000000`0028ff90 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

We see the thread is active, in the middle of the function. For comparison, the next 2 threads are waiting and calling API respectively:

0:000> ~1k
# Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 00000000`02edf748 00000000`775eb037 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0xa
01 00000000`02edf750 00000000`773c59ed ntdll!TppWaiterpThread+0×14d
02 00000000`02edf9f0 00000000`775fc541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
03 00000000`02edfa20 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

0:000> ~2k
# Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 00000000`0344e048 000007fe`fd3f403e ntdll!NtUnmapViewOfSection+0xa
01 00000000`0344e050 00000000`774e2edf KERNELBASE!FreeLibrary+0xa4
02 00000000`0344e080 000007fe`fdddaab3 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW+0×34b
03 00000000`0344e5a0 000007fe`fdddac28 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons+0×50a
04 00000000`0344e870 000007fe`fdde34b4 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW+0×254
05 00000000`0344eb60 000007fe`fdde3435 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW+0xcd
06 00000000`0344ebe0 000007fe`fdf0d529 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract+0×21
07 00000000`0344ec20 000007fe`fdf0d2da shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract+0×43
08 00000000`0344ec60 000007fe`fdddfff0 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon+0×22e
09 00000000`0344f100 000007fe`fdde27a4 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem+0×87
0a 00000000`0344f1a0 000007fe`fddb6506 shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL+0×66
0b 00000000`0344f1d0 000007fe`fdedb186 shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex+0×52
0c 00000000`0344f250 000007fe`fdddc54c shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT+0×110
0d 00000000`0344f2e0 000007fe`fde0efcb shell32!CRunnableTask::Run+0xda
0e 00000000`0344f310 000007fe`fde12b56 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run+0×124
0f 00000000`0344f340 000007fe`fde12cb2 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc+0×1d2
10 00000000`0344f3e0 000007fe`ff2b3843 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc+0×22
11 00000000`0344f410 00000000`775f15db shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc+0xf
12 00000000`0344f440 00000000`775f0c56 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback+0×16b
13 00000000`0344f520 00000000`773c59ed ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0×5ff
14 00000000`0344f820 00000000`775fc541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
15 00000000`0344f850 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

0:000> ub ntdll!NtUnmapViewOfSection+0xa
ntdll!NtAccessCheckAndAuditAlarm:
00000000`77621540 4c8bd1          mov     r10,rcx
00000000`77621543 b826000000      mov     eax,26h
00000000`77621548 0f05            syscall
00000000`7762154a c3              ret
00000000`7762154b 0f1f440000      nop     dword ptr [rax+rax]
ntdll!NtUnmapViewOfSection:
00000000`77621550 4c8bd1          mov     r10,rcx
00000000`77621553 b827000000      mov     eax,27h
00000000`77621558 0f05            syscall

Our Active Thread is not Spiking Thread since CPU consumption is minimal:

0:000> !runaway f
User Mode Time
Thread       Time
0:1ca4      0 days 0:00:00.171
11:1fb0      0 days 0:00:00.000
10:f98       0 days 0:00:00.000
9:eb8       0 days 0:00:00.000
8:1b80      0 days 0:00:00.000
7:139c      0 days 0:00:00.000
6:1d9c      0 days 0:00:00.000
5:1b44      0 days 0:00:00.000
4:1edc      0 days 0:00:00.000
3:830       0 days 0:00:00.000
2:1638      0 days 0:00:00.000
1:1ab0      0 days 0:00:00.000
Kernel Mode Time
Thread       Time
0:1ca4      0 days 0:00:00.421
11:1fb0      0 days 0:00:00.000
10:f98       0 days 0:00:00.000
9:eb8       0 days 0:00:00.000
8:1b80      0 days 0:00:00.000
7:139c      0 days 0:00:00.000
6:1d9c      0 days 0:00:00.000
5:1b44      0 days 0:00:00.000
4:1edc      0 days 0:00:00.000
3:830       0 days 0:00:00.000
2:1638      0 days 0:00:00.000
1:1ab0      0 days 0:00:00.000
Elapsed Time
Thread       Time
11:1fb0      24692 days 13:29:46.335
0:1ca4      0 days 0:02:39.671
1:1ab0      0 days 0:01:48.239
2:1638      0 days 0:01:18.837
4:1edc      0 days 0:01:18.697
3:830       0 days 0:01:18.697
5:1b44      0 days 0:01:18.497
6:1d9c      0 days 0:01:18.387
7:139c      0 days 0:01:15.957
8:1b80      0 days 0:01:14.397
9:eb8       0 days 0:01:01.485
10:f98       0 days 0:00:39.849

However, the huge Elapsed Time for the thread #11 (most likely the value is uninitialized) and its stack trace suggest that the dump was saved on Create Thread debugging event by a debugger:

0:000> ~11k
# Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 00000000`0666fb08 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 231)

Monday, October 26th, 2015

One of the customers of Software Diagnostics Services submitted memory dumps saved by DebugDiag to accompany software logs for the analysis of sudden process exit. We didn’t request such memory dumps and initially dismissed them. However, during software log analysis we decided to look at Adjoint Spaces to see whether there was some additional information in stack traces. We found out that those dumps were saved on each thread exit event. Since other threads were either waiting or Active Threads their analysis gave clues of process behavior before process exit. For example, we found ALPC Wait Chain to Coupled Process. The latter prompted us to analyze Coupled Activities in the software log and diagnose the possible problem there. Since saving memory dumps on thread creation and exit can be useful technique we decided to add Evental Dumps memory analysis pattern to our pattern catalog.

To illustrate this pattern we show Stack Trace Collection from notepad.exe. This process usually has just one thread. But, if we try to open a Print dialog the number of threads increases up to 12.

We attach WinDbg to notepad.exe process and set up debugging event filter (Debug \ Event Filters… menu) for Create Thread event with a command line as shown in this picture:

We then resume execution using g command and switch to Notepad. There we first open File \ Page Setup… dialog. We observe that a memory dump is saved. Then we open File \ Print… dialog and notice the creation 11 more process memory dump:

We now show stack traces from these dumps where we use ~*kc WinDbg command to minimize the amount of inessential for our purposes output:

// 1st dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtAlertThread
01 ntdll!TppWaiterEnqueueTransition
02 ntdll!TppWaitpSet
03 ntdll!TpSetWait
04 ntdll!TppTimerpInitTimerQueueQueue
05 ntdll!TppTimerpAllocTimerQueue
06 ntdll!TppTimerpAcquirePoolTimerQueue
07 ntdll!TppTimerAlloc
08 ntdll!TpAllocTimer
09 KERNELBASE!CreateThreadpoolTimer
0a rpcrt4!RPC_THREAD_POOL::CreateTimer
0b rpcrt4!GarbageCollectionNeeded
0c rpcrt4!LRPC_CASSOCIATION::RemoveReference
0d rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::`vector deleting destructor'
0e rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::FreeBuffer
0f rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientFinally
10 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
11 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
12 sechost!LsaLookupClose
13 sechost!LookupAccountNameInternal
14 sechost!LookupAccountNameLocalW
15 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountNameDirect
16 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountName
17 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
18 rpcrt4!LRPC_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
19 rpcrt4!RpcBindingSetAuthInfoExW
1a winspool!STRING_HANDLE_bind
1b rpcrt4!GenericHandleMgr
1c rpcrt4!ExplicitBindHandleMgr
1d rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientSetupTransferSyntax
1e rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
1f rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
20 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
21 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
22 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
23 comdlg32!PrintOpenPrinter
24 comdlg32!PrintDlgX
25 comdlg32!PageSetupDlgX
26 comdlg32!PageSetupDlgW
27 notepad!NPCommand
28 notepad!NPWndProc
29 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
2a user32!DispatchMessageWorker
2b notepad!WinMain
2c notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
2d kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
2e ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 2nd dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwOpenKeyEx
01 kernel32!LocalBaseRegOpenKey
02 kernel32!RegOpenKeyExInternalW
03 kernel32!RegOpenKeyExW
04 rpcrt4!Server2003NegotiateDisable
05 rpcrt4!IsBindTimeFeatureNegotiationDisabled
06 rpcrt4!OSF_CCONNECTION::SendBindPacket
07 rpcrt4!OSF_CCONNECTION::ActuallyDoBinding
08 rpcrt4!OSF_CCONNECTION::OpenConnectionAndBind
09 rpcrt4!OSF_CCALL::BindToServer
0a rpcrt4!OSF_BINDING_HANDLE::InitCCallWithAssociation
0b rpcrt4!OSF_BINDING_HANDLE::AllocateCCall
0c rpcrt4!OSF_BINDING_HANDLE::NegotiateTransferSyntax
0d rpcrt4!I_RpcNegotiateTransferSyntax
0e rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientSetupTransferSyntax
0f rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
10 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
11 srvcli!NetShareEnum
12 ntshrui!CShareCache::RefreshNoCritSec
13 ntshrui!CShareCache::Refresh
14 ntshrui!DllMain
15 ntdll!RtlRunOnceExecuteOnce
16 kernel32!InitOnceExecuteOnce
17 ntshrui!DllGetClassObject
18 ole32!CClassCache::CDllPathEntry::DllGetClassObject
19 ole32!CClassCache::CDllFnPtrMoniker::BindToObjectNoSwitch
1a ole32!CClassCache::GetClassObject
1b ole32!CServerContextActivator::CreateInstance
1c ole32!ActivationPropertiesIn::DelegateCreateInstance
1d ole32!CApartmentActivator::CreateInstance
1e ole32!CProcessActivator::CCICallback
1f ole32!CProcessActivator::AttemptActivation
20 ole32!CProcessActivator::ActivateByContext
21 ole32!CProcessActivator::CreateInstance
22 ole32!ActivationPropertiesIn::DelegateCreateInstance
23 ole32!CClientContextActivator::CreateInstance
24 ole32!ActivationPropertiesIn::DelegateCreateInstance
25 ole32!ICoCreateInstanceEx
26 ole32!CoCreateInstance
27 shell32!_SHCoCreateInstance
28 shell32!SHExtCoCreateInstance
29 shell32!DCA_SHExtCoCreateInstance
2a shell32!CFSIconOverlayManager::_s_LoadIconOverlayIdentifiers
2b shell32!CFSIconOverlayManager::CreateInstance
2c shell32!IconOverlayManagerInit
2d shell32!GetIconOverlayManager
2e shell32!FileIconInit
2f shell32!Shell_GetImageLists
30 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CPrintDialog
31 comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
32 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
33 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
34 user32!InternalCreateDialog
35 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
36 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
37 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
38 comctl32!_CreatePage
39 comctl32!PageChange
3a comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
3b comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
3c user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
3d user32!DefDlgProcWorker
3e user32!InternalCreateDialog
3f user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
40 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
41 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
42 comctl32!_PropertySheet
43 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
44 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
45 comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
46 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
47 notepad!PrintIt
48 notepad!NPCommand
49 notepad!NPWndProc
4a user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
4b user32!DispatchMessageWorker
4c notepad!WinMain
4d notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
4e kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
4f ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 3rd dump: we see 2 threads start at the same time

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlCompareMemoryUlong
01 ntdll!RtlpAllocateHeap
02 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
03 ntdll!RtlDebugAllocateHeap
04 ntdll! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'
05 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
06 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetThreadWinstaDesktop
07 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetConnection
08 ole32!CoInitializeSecurity
09 ole32!InitializeSecurity
0a ole32!ChannelProcessInitialize
0b ole32!CComApartment::InitRemoting
0c ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
0d ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
0e shell32!MarshalToGIT
0f shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
10 shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
11 shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
12 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
13 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
14 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
15 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
16 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
17 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
18 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
19 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
1a comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
1b user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
1c user32!DefDlgProcWorker
1d user32!InternalCreateDialog
1e user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
1f user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
20 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
21 comctl32!_CreatePage
22 comctl32!PageChange
23 comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
24 comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
25 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
26 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
27 user32!InternalCreateDialog
28 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
29 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
2a comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
2b comctl32!_PropertySheet
2c comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
2d comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2e comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
2f notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
30 notepad!PrintIt
31 notepad!NPCommand
32 notepad!NPWndProc
33 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
34 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
35 notepad!WinMain
36 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
37 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
38 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 sechost!LsaLookupOpenLocalPolicy
05 sechost!LookupAccountNameInternal
06 sechost!LookupAccountNameLocalW
07 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountNameDirect
08 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountName
09 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0a rpcrt4!LRPC_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0b rpcrt4!RpcBindingSetAuthInfoExW
0c winspool!STRING_HANDLE_bind
0d rpcrt4!GenericHandleMgr
0e rpcrt4!ExplicitBindHandleMgr
0f rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientSetupTransferSyntax
10 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
11 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
12 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
13 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
14 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
15 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::Start
16 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::StartCB
17 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
18 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
19 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1a ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 0 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 4th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlCompareMemoryUlong
01 ntdll!RtlpAllocateHeap
02 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
03 ntdll!RtlDebugAllocateHeap
04 ntdll! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'
05 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
06 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetThreadWinstaDesktop
07 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetConnection
08 ole32!CoInitializeSecurity
09 ole32!InitializeSecurity
0a ole32!ChannelProcessInitialize
0b ole32!CComApartment::InitRemoting
0c ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
0d ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
0e shell32!MarshalToGIT
0f shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
10 shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
11 shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
12 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
13 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
14 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
15 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
16 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
17 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
18 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
19 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
1a comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
1b user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
1c user32!DefDlgProcWorker
1d user32!InternalCreateDialog
1e user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
1f user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
20 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
21 comctl32!_CreatePage
22 comctl32!PageChange
23 comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
24 comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
25 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
26 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
27 user32!InternalCreateDialog
28 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
29 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
2a comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
2b comctl32!_PropertySheet
2c comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
2d comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2e comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
2f notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
30 notepad!PrintIt
31 notepad!NPCommand
32 notepad!NPWndProc
33 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
34 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
35 notepad!WinMain
36 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
37 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
38 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 sechost!LsaLookupOpenLocalPolicy
05 sechost!LookupAccountNameInternal
06 sechost!LookupAccountNameLocalW
07 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountNameDirect
08 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountName
09 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0a rpcrt4!LRPC_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0b rpcrt4!RpcBindingSetAuthInfoExW
0c winspool!STRING_HANDLE_bind
0d rpcrt4!GenericHandleMgr
0e rpcrt4!ExplicitBindHandleMgr
0f rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientSetupTransferSyntax
10 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
11 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
12 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
13 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
14 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
15 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::Start
16 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::StartCB
17 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
18 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
19 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1a ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!LdrpInitializeThread
01 ntdll!LdrpInitialize
02 ntdll!LdrInitializeThunk

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 5th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 sechost!LsaLookupClose
05 sechost!LookupAccountNameInternal
06 sechost!LookupAccountNameLocalW
07 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountNameDirect
08 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountName
09 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0a rpcrt4!LRPC_FAST_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
0b rpcrt4!LRPC_FAST_BINDING_HANDLE::LRPC_FAST_BINDING_HANDLE
0c rpcrt4!LrpcCreateFastBindingHandle
0d rpcrt4!RpcBindingCreateW
0e ole32!CFastBH::CreateFromBindingString
0f ole32!CFastBH::GetOrCreate
10 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetConnection
11 ole32!CoInitializeSecurity
12 ole32!InitializeSecurity
13 ole32!ChannelProcessInitialize
14 ole32!CComApartment::InitRemoting
15 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
16 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
17 shell32!MarshalToGIT
18 shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
19 shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
1a shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
1b shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
1c shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
1d shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
1e shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
1f shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
20 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
21 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
22 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
23 comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
24 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
25 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
26 user32!InternalCreateDialog
27 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
28 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
29 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
2a comctl32!_CreatePage
2b comctl32!PageChange
2c comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
2d comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
2e user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
2f user32!DefDlgProcWorker
30 user32!InternalCreateDialog
31 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
32 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
33 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
34 comctl32!_PropertySheet
35 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
36 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
37 comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
38 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
39 notepad!PrintIt
3a notepad!NPCommand
3b notepad!NPWndProc
3c user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
3d user32!DispatchMessageWorker
3e notepad!WinMain
3f notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
40 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
41 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
05 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
06 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
07 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::Start
08 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::StartCB
09 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
0a ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 winspool!RpcEnumPrinters
05 winspool!EnumPrintersW
06 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::ConnectionListener::EnumConnectionsAndRegister
07 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::ConnectionListener::UpdateCB
08 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
09 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0a kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0b ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 6th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtAlpcConnectPort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CASSOCIATION::AlpcConnect
02 rpcrt4!LRPC_CASSOCIATION::Connect
03 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::DriveStateForward
04 rpcrt4!LRPC_FAST_BINDING_HANDLE::Bind
05 rpcrt4!RpcBindingBind
06 ole32!CFastBH::CreateFromBindingString
07 ole32!CFastBH::GetOrCreate
08 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetConnection
09 ole32!CoInitializeSecurity
0a ole32!InitializeSecurity
0b ole32!ChannelProcessInitialize
0c ole32!CComApartment::InitRemoting
0d ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
0e ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
0f shell32!MarshalToGIT
10 shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
11 shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
12 shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
13 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
14 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
15 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
16 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
17 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
18 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
19 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
1a comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
1b comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
1c user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
1d user32!DefDlgProcWorker
1e user32!InternalCreateDialog
1f user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
20 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
21 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
22 comctl32!_CreatePage
23 comctl32!PageChange
24 comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
25 comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
26 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
27 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
28 user32!InternalCreateDialog
29 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
2a user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
2b comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
2c comctl32!_PropertySheet
2d comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
2e comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2f comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
30 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
31 notepad!PrintIt
32 notepad!NPCommand
33 notepad!NPWndProc
34 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
35 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
36 notepad!WinMain
37 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
38 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
39 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection
01 ntdll!RtlDebugAllocateHeap
02 ntdll! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'
03 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap
04 rpcrt4!AllocWrapper
05 rpcrt4!SID_CACHE::Query
06 rpcrt4!RpcpLookupAccountName
07 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
08 rpcrt4!LRPC_BINDING_HANDLE::SetAuthInformation
09 rpcrt4!RpcBindingSetAuthInfoExW
0a winspool!STRING_HANDLE_bind
0b rpcrt4!GenericHandleMgr
0c rpcrt4!ExplicitBindHandleMgr
0d rpcrt4!Ndr64pClientSetupTransferSyntax
0e rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
0f rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
10 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
11 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
12 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
13 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::Start
14 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::StartCB
15 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
16 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
17 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
18 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 user32!NtUserAttachThreadInput
01 shell32!CWaitTask::s_WaitBeforeCursing
02 ntdll!RtlpTpWaitCallback
03 ntdll!TppWaitpExecuteCallback
04 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 7th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 rpcrt4!RpcStringFreeW
01 ole32!CFastBH::CreateFromBindingString
02 ole32!CFastBH::GetOrCreate
03 ole32!CRpcResolver::GetConnection
04 ole32!CoInitializeSecurity
05 ole32!InitializeSecurity
06 ole32!ChannelProcessInitialize
07 ole32!CComApartment::InitRemoting
08 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
09 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
0a shell32!MarshalToGIT
0b shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
0c shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
0d shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
0e shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
0f shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
10 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
11 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
12 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
13 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
14 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
15 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
16 comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
17 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
18 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
19 user32!InternalCreateDialog
1a user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
1b user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
1c comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
1d comctl32!_CreatePage
1e comctl32!PageChange
1f comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
20 comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
21 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
22 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
23 user32!InternalCreateDialog
24 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
25 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
26 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
27 comctl32!_PropertySheet
28 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
29 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2a comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
2b notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
2c notepad!PrintIt
2d notepad!NPCommand
2e notepad!NPWndProc
2f user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
30 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
31 notepad!WinMain
32 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
33 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
34 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 winspool!RpcSplOpenPrinter
05 winspool!OpenPrinterRPC
06 winspool!OpenPrinter2W
07 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::Start
08 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::StartCB
09 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback
0a ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!SHProcessMessagesUntilEventsEx
07 shell32!CWaitTask::s_WaitBeforeCursing
08 ntdll!RtlpTpWaitCallback
09 ntdll!TppWaitpExecuteCallback
0a ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 8th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 user32!NtUserSetWindowLongPtr
01 user32!SetWindowLongPtr
02 ole32!OXIDEntry::StartServer
03 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobalHlp
04 ole32!CGIPTable::RegisterInterfaceInGlobal
05 shell32!MarshalToGIT
06 shell32!CBrowserProgressAggregator::BeginSession
07 shell32!IUnknown_BeginBrowserProgressSession
08 shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
09 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
0a shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
0b shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
0c shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
0d shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
0e shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
0f comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
10 comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
11 comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
12 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
13 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
14 user32!InternalCreateDialog
15 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
16 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
17 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
18 comctl32!_CreatePage
19 comctl32!PageChange
1a comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
1b comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
1c user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
1d user32!DefDlgProcWorker
1e user32!InternalCreateDialog
1f user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
20 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
21 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
22 comctl32!_PropertySheet
23 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
24 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
25 comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
26 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
27 notepad!PrintIt
28 notepad!NPCommand
29 notepad!NPWndProc
2a user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
2b user32!DispatchMessageWorker
2c notepad!WinMain
2d notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
2e kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
2f ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!SHProcessMessagesUntilEventsEx
07 shell32!CWaitTask::s_WaitBeforeCursing
08 ntdll!RtlpTpWaitCallback
09 ntdll!TppWaitpExecuteCallback
0a ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

8 Id: 1344.1b80 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffaa000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 9th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 user32!NtUserPeekMessage
01 user32!PeekMessageW
02 shell32!PeekMessageWithWakeMask
03 shell32!SHProcessMessagesUntilEventsEx
04 shell32!CDefView::_SetItemCollection
05 shell32!CDefView::_CreateNewCollection
06 shell32!CDefView::CreateViewWindow3
07 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_CreateViewWindow
08 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_SwitchView
09 shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseToView
0a shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_BrowseObjectInternal
0b shell32!CExplorerBrowser::_OnBrowseObject
0c shell32!CExplorerBrowser::BrowseObject
0d comdlg32!CPrintDialog::CreatePrintBrowser
0e comdlg32!CPrintDialog::OnInitDialog
0f comdlg32!Print_GeneralDlgProc
10 user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
11 user32!DefDlgProcWorker
12 user32!InternalCreateDialog
13 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
14 user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
15 comctl32!_CreatePageDialog
16 comctl32!_CreatePage
17 comctl32!PageChange
18 comctl32!InitPropSheetDlg
19 comctl32!PropSheetDlgProc
1a user32!UserCallDlgProcCheckWow
1b user32!DefDlgProcWorker
1c user32!InternalCreateDialog
1d user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamAorW
1e user32!CreateDialogIndirectParamW
1f comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
20 comctl32!_PropertySheet
21 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
22 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
23 comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
24 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
25 notepad!PrintIt
26 notepad!NPCommand
27 notepad!NPWndProc
28 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
29 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
2a notepad!WinMain
2b notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
2c kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
2d ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForSingleObjectEx
02 shlwapi!CreateThreadWorker
03 shlwapi!SHCreateThread
04 shell32!CEnumThread::Run
05 shell32!CEnumTask::_StartEnumThread
06 shell32!CEnumTask::_IncrEnumFolder
07 shell32!CEnumTask::InternalResumeRT
08 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
09 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
0a shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
0b shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
0c shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
0d ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
0e ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0f kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
10 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!SHProcessMessagesUntilEventsEx
07 shell32!CWaitTask::s_WaitBeforeCursing
08 ntdll!RtlpTpWaitCallback
09 ntdll!TppWaitpExecuteCallback
0a ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

8 Id: 1344.1b80 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffaa000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwDelayExecution
01 KERNELBASE!SleepEx
02 ole32!CROIDTable::WorkerThreadLoop
03 ole32!CRpcThread::WorkerLoop
04 ole32!CRpcThreadCache::RpcWorkerThreadEntry
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

9 Id: 1344.1310 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa8000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 10th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 kernel32!TlsGetValue
01 usp10!UspFreeMem
02 usp10!ScriptApplyDigitSubstitution
03 lpk!LpkCharsetDraw
04 lpk!LpkDrawTextEx
05 user32!DT_GetExtentMinusPrefixes
06 user32!NeedsEndEllipsis
07 user32!AddEllipsisAndDrawLine
08 user32!DrawTextExWorker
09 user32!DrawTextW
0a comctl32!CLVView::_ComputeLabelSizeWorker
0b comctl32!CLVView::v_RecomputeLabelSize
0c comctl32!CLVListView::v_DrawItem
0d comctl32!CLVDrawItemManager::DrawItem
0e comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintItems
0f comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintWorkArea
10 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaintWorkAreas
11 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaint
12 comctl32!CListView::WndProc
13 comctl32!CListView::s_WndProc
14 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
15 user32!CallWindowProcAorW
16 user32!CallWindowProcW
17 comctl32!CallOriginalWndProc
18 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
19 comctl32!DefSubclassProc
1a shell32!DefSubclassProc
1b shell32!CListViewHost::s_ListViewSubclassWndProc
1c comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
1d comctl32!MasterSubclassProc
1e user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
1f user32!DispatchClientMessage
20 user32!_fnDWORD
21 ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcherContinue
22 user32!NtUserDispatchMessage
23 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
24 user32!IsDialogMessageW
25 comctl32!Prop_IsDialogMessage
26 comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
27 comctl32!_PropertySheet
28 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
29 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2a comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
2b notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
2c notepad!PrintIt
2d notepad!NPCommand
2e notepad!NPWndProc
2f user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
30 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
31 notepad!WinMain
32 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
33 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
34 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwCreateSection
01 KERNELBASE!BasepLoadLibraryAsDataFileInternal
02 KERNELBASE!LoadLibraryExW
03 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
04 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
05 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
06 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
07 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
08 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
09 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0a shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0b shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0c shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0d shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0e shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0f shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
12 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
13 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
14 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
15 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
16 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwCreateSection
01 KERNELBASE!BasepLoadLibraryAsDataFileInternal
02 KERNELBASE!LoadLibraryExW
03 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
04 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
05 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
06 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
07 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
08 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
09 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0a shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0b shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0c shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0d shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0e shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0f shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
12 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
13 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
14 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
15 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
16 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwCreateSection
01 KERNELBASE!BasepLoadLibraryAsDataFileInternal
02 KERNELBASE!LoadLibraryExW
03 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
04 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
05 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
06 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
07 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
08 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
09 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0a shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0b shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0c shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0d shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0e shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0f shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
12 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
13 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
14 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
15 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
16 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwCreateSection
01 KERNELBASE!BasepLoadLibraryAsDataFileInternal
02 KERNELBASE!LoadLibraryExW
03 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
04 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
05 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
06 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
07 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
08 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
09 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0a shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0b shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0c shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0d shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0e shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0f shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
12 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
13 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
14 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
15 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
16 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtQueryKey
01 kernel32!BaseRegGetKeySemantics
02 kernel32!BaseRegGetUserAndMachineClass
03 kernel32!LocalBaseRegQueryValue
04 kernel32!RegQueryValueExW
05 shlwapi!SHRegQueryValueW
06 shlwapi!SHRegGetValueW
07 shlwapi!SHQueryValueExW
08 shell32!_GetServerInfo
09 shell32!_SHCoCreateInstance
0a shell32!CRegFolder::_CreateCachedRegFolder
0b shell32!CRegFolder::_BindToItem
0c shell32!CRegFolder::BindToObject
0d shell32!CRegFolder::_BindToItem
0e shell32!CRegFolder::BindToObject
0f shell32!SHBindToObject
10 shell32!CIconOverlayTask::InternalResumeRT
11 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
12 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
13 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
14 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
15 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
16 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
17 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
18 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
19 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

8 Id: 1344.1b80 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffaa000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwDelayExecution
01 KERNELBASE!SleepEx
02 ole32!CROIDTable::WorkerThreadLoop
03 ole32!CRpcThread::WorkerLoop
04 ole32!CRpcThreadCache::RpcWorkerThreadEntry
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

9 Id: 1344.eb8 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa8000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 11th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 usp10!GenericEngineGetGlyphs
01 usp10!ShlShape
02 usp10!ScriptShape
03 usp10!RenderItemNoFallback
04 usp10!RenderItemWithFallback
05 usp10!RenderItem
06 usp10!ScriptStringAnalyzeGlyphs
07 usp10!ScriptStringAnalyse
08 lpk!LpkCharsetDraw
09 lpk!LpkDrawTextEx
0a user32!DT_GetExtentMinusPrefixes
0b user32!NeedsEndEllipsis
0c user32!AddEllipsisAndDrawLine
0d user32!DrawTextExWorker
0e user32!DrawTextW
0f comctl32!CLVView::_ComputeLabelSizeWorker
10 comctl32!CLVView::v_RecomputeLabelSize
11 comctl32!CLVListView::v_DrawItem
12 comctl32!CLVDrawItemManager::DrawItem
13 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintItems
14 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintWorkArea
15 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaintWorkAreas
16 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaint
17 comctl32!CListView::WndProc
18 comctl32!CListView::s_WndProc
19 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
1a user32!CallWindowProcAorW
1b user32!CallWindowProcW
1c comctl32!CallOriginalWndProc
1d comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
1e comctl32!DefSubclassProc
1f shell32!DefSubclassProc
20 shell32!CListViewHost::s_ListViewSubclassWndProc
21 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
22 comctl32!MasterSubclassProc
23 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
24 user32!DispatchClientMessage
25 user32!_fnDWORD
26 ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcherContinue
27 user32!NtUserDispatchMessage
28 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
29 user32!IsDialogMessageW
2a comctl32!Prop_IsDialogMessage
2b comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
2c comctl32!_PropertySheet
2d comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
2e comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
2f comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
30 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
31 notepad!PrintIt
32 notepad!NPCommand
33 notepad!NPWndProc
34 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
35 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
36 notepad!WinMain
37 notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
38 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
39 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject
01 ntdll!RtlpWaitOnCriticalSection
02 ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection
03 user32!BitmapFromDIB
04 user32!ConvertDIBBitmap
05 user32!ConvertDIBIcon
06 user32!CreateIconFromResourceEx
07 user32!PrivateEnumProc
08 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesInternal
09 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesExW
0a user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
0b shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
0c shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
0d shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
0e shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
0f shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
10 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
11 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
12 shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
13 shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
14 shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
15 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
16 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
17 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
18 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
19 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
1a ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
1b ntdll!TppWorkerThread
1c kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1d ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForSingleObject
01 ntdll!RtlpWaitOnCriticalSection
02 ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection
03 user32!BitmapFromDIB
04 user32!ConvertDIBBitmap
05 user32!ConvertDIBIcon
06 user32!CreateIconFromResourceEx
07 user32!PrivateEnumProc
08 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesInternal
09 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesExW
0a user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
0b shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
0c shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
0d shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
0e shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
0f shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
10 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
11 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
12 shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
13 shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
14 shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
15 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
16 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
17 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
18 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
19 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
1a ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
1b ntdll!TppWorkerThread
1c kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1d ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 user32!NtUserGetIconInfo
01 user32!CopyIcoCur
02 user32!InternalCopyImage
03 user32!CopyImage
04 comctl32!CImageList::_ReplaceIcon
05 comctl32!CImageList::ReplaceIcon
06 comctl32!CSparseImageList::ReplaceIcon
07 shell32!CIconCache::AddToBackIconTable
08 shell32!AddToBackIconTable
09 shell32!SHAddIconsToCache
0a shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0b shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0c shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0d shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0e shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0f shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
10 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
12 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
13 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
14 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
15 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
16 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
17 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 gdi32!NtUserSelectPalette
01 gdi32!SelectPalette
02 gdi32!SetDIBits
03 user32!BitmapFromDIB
04 user32!ConvertDIBBitmap
05 user32!ConvertDIBIcon
06 user32!CreateIconFromResourceEx
07 user32!PrivateEnumProc
08 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesInternal
09 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesExW
0a user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
0b shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
0c shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
0d shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
0e shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
0f shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
10 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
11 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
12 shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
13 shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
14 shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
15 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
16 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
17 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
18 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
19 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
1a ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
1b ntdll!TppWorkerThread
1c kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1d ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::_TT_MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
07 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::TT_TransitionThreadToRunningOrTerminating
08 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
09 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
0a shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
0b ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
0c ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0d kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0e ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

8 Id: 1344.1b80 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffaa000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwDelayExecution
01 KERNELBASE!SleepEx
02 ole32!CROIDTable::WorkerThreadLoop
03 ole32!CRpcThread::WorkerLoop
04 ole32!CRpcThreadCache::RpcWorkerThreadEntry
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

9 Id: 1344.eb8 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa8000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CCALL::SendReceive
02 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall3
03 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall3
04 winspool!RpcFindNextPrinterChangeNotification
05 winspool!FindNextPrinterChangeNotification
06 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::ProcessWait
07 prncache!PrintCache::Listeners::Listener::ProcessWaitCB
08 ntdll!TppWaitpExecuteCallback
09 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0a kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0b ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

10 Id: 1344.f98 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa6000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

// 12th dump

. 0 Id: 1344.1ca4 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdd000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 usp10!otlChainingLookup::apply
01 usp10!ApplyLookup
02 usp10!ApplyFeatures
03 usp10!SubstituteOtlGlyphs
04 usp10!GenericEngineGetGlyphs
05 usp10!ShlShape
06 usp10!ScriptShape
07 usp10!RenderItemNoFallback
08 usp10!RenderItemWithFallback
09 usp10!RenderItem
0a usp10!ScriptStringAnalyzeGlyphs
0b usp10!ScriptStringAnalyse
0c lpk!LpkCharsetDraw
0d lpk!LpkDrawTextEx
0e user32!DT_DrawStr
0f user32!DT_DrawJustifiedLine
10 user32!DrawTextExWorker
11 user32!DrawTextW
12 comctl32!CLVView::_ComputeLabelSizeWorker
13 comctl32!CLVView::v_RecomputeLabelSize
14 comctl32!CLVListView::v_DrawItem
15 comctl32!CLVDrawItemManager::DrawItem
16 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintItems
17 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_PaintWorkArea
18 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaintWorkAreas
19 comctl32!CLVDrawManager::_OnPaint
1a comctl32!CListView::WndProc
1b comctl32!CListView::s_WndProc
1c user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
1d user32!CallWindowProcAorW
1e user32!CallWindowProcW
1f comctl32!CallOriginalWndProc
20 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
21 comctl32!DefSubclassProc
22 shell32!DefSubclassProc
23 shell32!CListViewHost::s_ListViewSubclassWndProc
24 comctl32!CallNextSubclassProc
25 comctl32!MasterSubclassProc
26 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
27 user32!DispatchClientMessage
28 user32!_fnDWORD
29 ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcherContinue
2a user32!NtUserDispatchMessage
2b user32!DispatchMessageWorker
2c user32!IsDialogMessageW
2d comctl32!Prop_IsDialogMessage
2e comctl32!_RealPropertySheet
2f comctl32!_PropertySheet
30 comdlg32!Print_InvokePropertySheets
31 comdlg32!PrintDlgExX
32 comdlg32!PrintDlgExW
33 notepad!GetPrinterDCviaDialog
34 notepad!PrintIt
35 notepad!NPCommand
36 notepad!NPWndProc
37 user32!UserCallWinProcCheckWow
38 user32!DispatchMessageWorker
39 notepad!WinMain
3a notepad!DisplayNonGenuineDlgWorker
3b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
3c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

1 Id: 1344.1ab0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffdb000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 ntdll!TppWaiterpThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

2 Id: 1344.1638 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd9000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtUnmapViewOfSection
01 KERNELBASE!FreeLibrary
02 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
03 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
04 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
05 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
06 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
07 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
08 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
09 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0a shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0b shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0c shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0d shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0e shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
0f shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
11 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
12 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
13 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
14 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
15 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

3 Id: 1344.830 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd7000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
03 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChanges
04 prncache!PrintCache::Store::CacheStore::RegistryMonitor::MonitorRegistryChangesThreadProc
05 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
06 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

4 Id: 1344.1edc Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd5000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::_TT_MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
07 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::TT_TransitionThreadToRunningOrTerminating
08 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
09 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
0a shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
0b ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
0c ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0d kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0e ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

5 Id: 1344.1b44 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffd3000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
01 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
02 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjectsExImplementation
03 user32!RealMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
04 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx
05 user32!MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
06 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::_TT_MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
07 shell32!CShellTaskScheduler::TT_TransitionThreadToRunningOrTerminating
08 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
09 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
0a shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
0b ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
0c ntdll!TppWorkerThread
0d kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0e ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

6 Id: 1344.1d9c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffae000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 gdi32!ZwGdiSetDIBitsToDeviceInternal
01 gdi32!SetDIBitsToDevice
02 gdi32!SetDIBits
03 user32!BitmapFromDIB
04 user32!ConvertDIBBitmap
05 user32!ConvertDIBIcon
06 user32!CreateIconFromResourceEx
07 user32!PrivateEnumProc
08 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesInternal
09 kernel32!EnumResourceNamesExW
0a user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
0b shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
0c shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
0d shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
0e shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
0f shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
10 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
11 shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
12 shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
13 shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
14 shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
15 shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
16 shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
17 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
18 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
19 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
1a ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
1b ntdll!TppWorkerThread
1c kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
1d ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

7 Id: 1344.139c Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffac000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwMapViewOfSection
01 KERNELBASE!BasepLoadLibraryAsDataFileInternal
02 KERNELBASE!LoadLibraryExW
03 user32!PrivateExtractIconsW
04 shell32!SHPrivateExtractIcons
05 shell32!SHDefExtractIconW
06 shell32!CExtractIcon::_ExtractW
07 shell32!CExtractIconBase::Extract
08 shell32!IExtractIcon_Extract
09 shell32!_GetILIndexGivenPXIcon
0a shell32!_GetILIndexFromItem
0b shell32!SHGetIconIndexFromPIDL
0c shell32!MapIDListToIconILIndex
0d shell32!CLoadSystemIconTask::InternalResumeRT
0e shell32!CRunnableTask::Run
0f shell32!CShellTask::TT_Run
10 shell32!CShellTaskThread::ThreadProc
11 shell32!CShellTaskThread::s_ThreadProc
12 shlwapi!ExecuteWorkItemThreadProc
13 ntdll!RtlpTpWorkCallback
14 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
15 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
16 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

8 Id: 1344.1b80 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffaa000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort
01 rpcrt4!LRPC_CASSOCIATION::AlpcSendWaitReceivePort
02 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_CCALL::DoSendReceive
03 rpcrt4!LRPC_BASE_CCALL::SendReceive
04 rpcrt4!NdrpClientCall2
05 rpcrt4!NdrClientCall2
06 ole32!CRpcResolver::BulkUpdateOIDs
07 ole32!CROIDTable::ClientBulkUpdateOIDWithPingServer
08 ole32!CROIDTable::WorkerThreadLoop
09 ole32!CRpcThread::WorkerLoop
0a ole32!CRpcThreadCache::RpcWorkerThreadEntry
0b kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
0c ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

9 Id: 1344.eb8 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa8000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

10 Id: 1344.f98 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa6000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!NtWaitForWorkViaWorkerFactory
01 ntdll!TppWorkerThread
02 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
03 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

11 Id: 1344.1fb0 Suspend: 1 Teb: 000007ff`fffa4000 Unfrozen
# Call Site
00 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Spiking Thread, Top Module, Module Hint, and Memory Fluctuation: pattern cooperation

Saturday, October 24th, 2015

We noticed that after restarting Windows 7 system on one of our notebooks it becomes very sluggish. Task Manager showed 25% CPU usage in one of svchost.exe processes and very high usage of physical memory. So we immediately dumped it using procdump. The resulted process memory dump was almost 1.5 GB. Although the analysis case is very simple and straightforward we decided to publish to show the value of crash and hang dump analysis in understanding abnormal software behavior in “user” context.

When we open the memory dump and run !runaway WinDbg command we immediately recognize Spiking Thread pattern:

0:000> !runaway f
User Mode Time
Thread Time
38:14a0 0 days 0:04:59.911
36:a88 0 days 0:00:00.187
2:41c 0 days 0:00:00.187
39:19f8 0 days 0:00:00.046
34:fa8 0 days 0:00:00.046
21:12b4 0 days 0:00:00.031
43:8f0 0 days 0:00:00.015
42:1504 0 days 0:00:00.015
41:1a20 0 days 0:00:00.015
40:978 0 days 0:00:00.015
33:e0c 0 days 0:00:00.015
32:ff8 0 days 0:00:00.015
22:1304 0 days 0:00:00.015
19:f68 0 days 0:00:00.015
9:664 0 days 0:00:00.015
8:660 0 days 0:00:00.015
6:518 0 days 0:00:00.015
4:4a4 0 days 0:00:00.015
51:160c 0 days 0:00:00.000
50:1590 0 days 0:00:00.000
49:15d8 0 days 0:00:00.000
48:ac8 0 days 0:00:00.000
47:14d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
46:1bfc 0 days 0:00:00.000
45:18e8 0 days 0:00:00.000
44:1448 0 days 0:00:00.000
37:1910 0 days 0:00:00.000
35:558 0 days 0:00:00.000
31:14b8 0 days 0:00:00.000
30:14b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
29:14ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
28:13d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
27:13c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
26:13b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
25:13b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
24:13a8 0 days 0:00:00.000
23:1328 0 days 0:00:00.000
20:12b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
18:e20 0 days 0:00:00.000
17:e10 0 days 0:00:00.000
16:dd0 0 days 0:00:00.000
15:ce0 0 days 0:00:00.000
14:754 0 days 0:00:00.000
13:718 0 days 0:00:00.000
12:678 0 days 0:00:00.000
11:674 0 days 0:00:00.000
10:668 0 days 0:00:00.000
7:548 0 days 0:00:00.000
5:4ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
3:4a0 0 days 0:00:00.000
1:418 0 days 0:00:00.000
0:410 0 days 0:00:00.000
Kernel Mode Time
Thread Time
38:14a0 0 days 0:00:55.707
36:a88 0 days 0:00:01.778
2:41c 0 days 0:00:00.405
34:fa8 0 days 0:00:00.109
9:664 0 days 0:00:00.062
43:8f0 0 days 0:00:00.046
42:1504 0 days 0:00:00.046
21:12b4 0 days 0:00:00.046
32:ff8 0 days 0:00:00.031
22:1304 0 days 0:00:00.031
18:e20 0 days 0:00:00.031
39:19f8 0 days 0:00:00.015
19:f68 0 days 0:00:00.015
6:518 0 days 0:00:00.015
3:4a0 0 days 0:00:00.015
1:418 0 days 0:00:00.015
51:160c 0 days 0:00:00.000
50:1590 0 days 0:00:00.000
49:15d8 0 days 0:00:00.000
48:ac8 0 days 0:00:00.000
47:14d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
46:1bfc 0 days 0:00:00.000
45:18e8 0 days 0:00:00.000
44:1448 0 days 0:00:00.000
41:1a20 0 days 0:00:00.000
40:978 0 days 0:00:00.000
37:1910 0 days 0:00:00.000
35:558 0 days 0:00:00.000
33:e0c 0 days 0:00:00.000
31:14b8 0 days 0:00:00.000
30:14b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
29:14ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
28:13d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
27:13c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
26:13b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
25:13b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
24:13a8 0 days 0:00:00.000
23:1328 0 days 0:00:00.000
20:12b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
17:e10 0 days 0:00:00.000
16:dd0 0 days 0:00:00.000
15:ce0 0 days 0:00:00.000
14:754 0 days 0:00:00.000
13:718 0 days 0:00:00.000
12:678 0 days 0:00:00.000
11:674 0 days 0:00:00.000
10:668 0 days 0:00:00.000
8:660 0 days 0:00:00.000
7:548 0 days 0:00:00.000
5:4ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
4:4a4 0 days 0:00:00.000
0:410 0 days 0:00:00.000
Elapsed Time
Thread Time
0:410 0 days 0:10:24.550
2:41c 0 days 0:10:24.534
1:418 0 days 0:10:24.534
4:4a4 0 days 0:10:24.331
3:4a0 0 days 0:10:24.331
5:4ac 0 days 0:10:24.269
6:518 0 days 0:10:23.957
7:548 0 days 0:10:23.817
8:660 0 days 0:10:22.176
9:664 0 days 0:10:22.156
10:668 0 days 0:10:22.126
11:674 0 days 0:10:22.026
12:678 0 days 0:10:21.986
13:718 0 days 0:10:20.066
14:754 0 days 0:10:20.056
15:ce0 0 days 0:10:15.131
16:dd0 0 days 0:10:14.641
17:e10 0 days 0:10:14.551
18:e20 0 days 0:10:14.531
19:f68 0 days 0:10:13.611
21:12b4 0 days 0:10:10.647
20:12b0 0 days 0:10:10.647
22:1304 0 days 0:10:10.553
23:1328 0 days 0:10:10.381
24:13a8 0 days 0:10:09.024
26:13b4 0 days 0:10:08.931
25:13b0 0 days 0:10:08.931
28:13d0 0 days 0:10:08.899
27:13c8 0 days 0:10:08.899
31:14b8 0 days 0:10:07.932
30:14b4 0 days 0:10:07.932
29:14ac 0 days 0:10:07.932
32:ff8 0 days 0:08:11.785
33:e0c 0 days 0:08:11.644
34:fa8 0 days 0:08:06.750
35:558 0 days 0:08:05.765
36:a88 0 days 0:08:05.127
37:1910 0 days 0:08:02.608
38:14a0 0 days 0:07:19.276
42:1504 0 days 0:04:55.634
41:1a20 0 days 0:04:55.634
40:978 0 days 0:04:55.634
39:19f8 0 days 0:04:55.634
43:8f0 0 days 0:04:55.618
44:1448 0 days 0:04:42.634
46:1bfc 0 days 0:04:20.945
45:18e8 0 days 0:04:20.945
47:14d0 0 days 0:02:42.515
48:ac8 0 days 0:01:27.434
50:1590 0 days 0:00:04.917
49:15d8 0 days 0:00:04.917
51:160c 0 days 0:00:03.387

We see that most of the time the thread was consuming CPU in user mode and less in kernel mode.

We then examine that thread stack trace:

0:000> ~38k
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`0414ddd8 00000000`7769cf66 ntdll!ZwQueryPerformanceCounter+0xa
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for wuaueng.dll -
01 00000000`0414dde0 000007fe`ee7ee7aa ntdll!RtlQueryPerformanceFrequency+0x16
02 00000000`0414de10 000007fe`ee7ee53f wuaueng!DllInstall+0×153da
03 00000000`0414de40 000007fe`ee7e0d99 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×1516f
04 00000000`0414e190 000007fe`ee7df542 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×79c9
05 00000000`0414e1f0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×6172
06 00000000`0414e2b0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
07 00000000`0414e370 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
08 00000000`0414e430 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
09 00000000`0414e4f0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0a 00000000`0414e5b0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0b 00000000`0414e670 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0c 00000000`0414e730 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0d 00000000`0414e7f0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0e 00000000`0414e8b0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
0f 00000000`0414e970 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
10 00000000`0414ea30 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
11 00000000`0414eaf0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
12 00000000`0414ebb0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
13 00000000`0414ec70 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
14 00000000`0414ed30 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
15 00000000`0414edf0 000007fe`ee7df57c wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
16 00000000`0414eeb0 000007fe`ee7df2d7 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×61ac
17 00000000`0414ef70 000007fe`ee7e9b4f wuaueng!DllInstall+0×5f07
18 00000000`0414f020 000007fe`ee7eb7e8 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×1077f
19 00000000`0414f370 000007fe`ee8010b2 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×12418
1a 00000000`0414f5b0 000007fe`ee7fe53e wuaueng!DllInstall+0×27ce2
1b 00000000`0414f610 000007fe`ee7fccac wuaueng!DllInstall+0×2516e
1c 00000000`0414f660 000007fe`ee7dec19 wuaueng!DllInstall+0×238dc
1d 00000000`0414f690 000007fe`ee7de30f wuaueng!DllInstall+0×5849
1e 00000000`0414f6f0 00000000`775759ed wuaueng!DllInstall+0×4f3f
1f 00000000`0414f770 00000000`776ac541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
20 00000000`0414f7a0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

We see that Top Module is from Windows Update Agent:

0:000> lmv m wuaueng
Browse full module list
start end module name
000007fe`ee740000 000007fe`ee9a0000 wuaueng (export symbols) wuaueng.dll
Loaded symbol image file: wuaueng.dll
Image path: c:\Windows\System32\wuaueng.dll
Image name: wuaueng.dll
Browse all global symbols functions data
Timestamp: Wed May 14 17:21:24 2014 (53739804)
CheckSum: 00265DEA
ImageSize: 00260000
File version: 7.6.7600.320
Product version: 7.6.7600.320
File flags: 8 (Mask 3F) Private
File OS: 40004 NT Win32
File type: 2.0 Dll
File date: 00000000.00000000
Translations: 0409.04b0
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
InternalName: wuaueng.dll
OriginalFilename: wuaueng.dll
ProductVersion: 7.6.7600.320
FileVersion: 7.6.7600.320 (winmain_wtr_wsus3sp2(oobla).140514-0916)
FileDescription: Windows Update Agent
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

We also examine process address space:

0:000> !address -summary

Mapping file section regions...
Mapping module regions...
Mapping PEB regions...
Mapping TEB and stack regions...
Mapping heap regions...
Mapping page heap regions...
Mapping other regions...
Mapping stack trace database regions...
Mapping activation context regions...

--- Usage Summary ---------------- RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
Free 507 7ff`9373b000 ( 7.998 TB) 99.98%
Heap 574 0`3e2ad000 ( 994.676 MB) 57.27% 0.01%
9786 0`2803e000 ( 640.242 MB) 36.87% 0.01%
Image 874 0`049a6000 ( 73.648 MB) 4.24% 0.00%
Stack 156 0`01a00000 ( 26.000 MB) 1.50% 0.00%
Other 13 0`001bb000 ( 1.730 MB) 0.10% 0.00%
TEB 52 0`00068000 ( 416.000 kB) 0.02% 0.00%
PEB 1 0`00001000 ( 4.000 kB) 0.00% 0.00%

--- Type Summary (for busy) ------ RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
MEM_PRIVATE 834 0`5345e000 ( 1.301 GB) 76.72% 0.02%
MEM_MAPPED 9747 0`14ab0000 ( 330.688 MB) 19.04% 0.00%
MEM_IMAGE 875 0`049a7000 ( 73.652 MB) 4.24% 0.00%

--- State Summary ---------------- RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
MEM_FREE 507 7ff`9373b000 ( 7.998 TB) 99.98%
MEM_COMMIT 11164 0`513d8000 ( 1.269 GB) 74.85% 0.02%
MEM_RESERVE 292 0`1b4dd000 ( 436.863 MB) 25.15% 0.01%

--- Protect Summary (for commit) - RgnCount ----------- Total Size -------- %ofBusy %ofTotal
PAGE_READWRITE 5533 0`41d6c000 ( 1.029 GB) 60.66% 0.01%
PAGE_WRITECOPY 4911 0`098b9000 ( 152.723 MB) 8.79% 0.00%
PAGE_READONLY 504 0`03204000 ( 50.016 MB) 2.88% 0.00%
PAGE_EXECUTE_READ 164 0`02b29000 ( 43.160 MB) 2.49% 0.00%
PAGE_READWRITE|PAGE_GUARD 52 0`00086000 ( 536.000 kB) 0.03% 0.00%

--- Largest Region by Usage ----------- Base Address -------- Region Size ----------
Free 0`ff84b000 7fd`eed65000 ( 7.992 TB)
Heap 0`83eb0000 0`01c17000 ( 28.090 MB)
0`93070000 0`0ffbd000 ( 255.738 MB)
Image 7fe`fe18a000 0`0089e000 ( 8.617 MB)
Stack 0`07140000 0`0007b000 ( 492.000 kB)
Other 0`00760000 0`00181000 ( 1.504 MB)
TEB 7ff`fff0a000 0`00002000 ( 8.000 kB)
PEB 7ff`fffdf000 0`00001000 ( 4.000 kB)

We see that process heap occupies almost 1 GB. Let’s see its statistics:

0:000> !heap -s

******************************
NT HEAP STATS BELOW
******************************
LFH Key : 0x000000a57ddeb5ed
Termination on corruption : ENABLED
Heap Flags Reserv Commit Virt Free List UCR Virt Lock Fast
(k) (k) (k) (k) length blocks cont. heap
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virtual block: 0000000051eb0000 - 0000000051eb0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000052930000 - 0000000052930000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000026ba0000 - 0000000026ba0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000053e50000 - 0000000053e50000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000054490000 - 0000000054490000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000547a0000 - 00000000547a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000003bda0000 - 000000003bda0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000056030000 - 0000000056030000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000567c0000 - 00000000567c0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000572a0000 - 00000000572a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000057870000 - 0000000057870000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000045a10000 - 0000000045a10000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000058fb0000 - 0000000058fb0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000045c10000 - 0000000045c10000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000599c0000 - 00000000599c0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000059ff0000 - 0000000059ff0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005ae20000 - 000000005ae20000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005c5d0000 - 000000005c5d0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000054b90000 - 0000000054b90000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005d070000 - 000000005d070000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006e370000 - 000000006e370000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006f8e0000 - 000000006f8e0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006ed20000 - 000000006ed20000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000070890000 - 0000000070890000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005e370000 - 000000005e370000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005f5a0000 - 000000005f5a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005fa60000 - 000000005fa60000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000005ffe0000 - 000000005ffe0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000060770000 - 0000000060770000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000060aa0000 - 0000000060aa0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000061810000 - 0000000061810000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000061a30000 - 0000000061a30000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000061f00000 - 0000000061f00000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000064470000 - 0000000064470000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000064c00000 - 0000000064c00000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000656d0000 - 00000000656d0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000660f0000 - 00000000660f0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000066530000 - 0000000066530000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000669d0000 - 00000000669d0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000676a0000 - 00000000676a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000067a70000 - 0000000067a70000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000068a20000 - 0000000068a20000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000069f10000 - 0000000069f10000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006a6c0000 - 000000006a6c0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006ad80000 - 000000006ad80000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006b9a0000 - 000000006b9a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006bb40000 - 000000006bb40000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006c4f0000 - 000000006c4f0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006dc30000 - 000000006dc30000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006de10000 - 000000006de10000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000006ef80000 - 000000006ef80000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000728f0000 - 00000000728f0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000071270000 - 0000000071270000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000074030000 - 0000000074030000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000746c0000 - 00000000746c0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000749d0000 - 00000000749d0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000074e50000 - 0000000074e50000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000071730000 - 0000000071730000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000075c30000 - 0000000075c30000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000075e00000 - 0000000075e00000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000075fe0000 - 0000000075fe0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000761a0000 - 00000000761a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000076460000 - 0000000076460000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000076620000 - 0000000076620000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000077850000 - 0000000077850000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000076c60000 - 0000000076c60000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000078ec0000 - 0000000078ec0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000062b30000 - 0000000062b30000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007a520000 - 000000007a520000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007ab50000 - 000000007ab50000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000770e0000 - 00000000770e0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007af00000 - 000000007af00000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007c6b0000 - 000000007c6b0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007de50000 - 000000007de50000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007e2d0000 - 000000007e2d0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007fff0000 - 000000007fff0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000628c0000 - 00000000628c0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000809b0000 - 00000000809b0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000080d80000 - 0000000080d80000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000081310000 - 0000000081310000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000631a0000 - 00000000631a0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000062c70000 - 0000000062c70000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000092ca0000 - 0000000092ca0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000003940000 - 0000000003940000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000081cd0000 - 0000000081cd0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000082260000 - 0000000082260000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000077200000 - 0000000077200000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007ec90000 - 000000007ec90000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007edb0000 - 000000007edb0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 000000007eec0000 - 000000007eec0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 00000000829f0000 - 00000000829f0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000003770000 - 0000000003770000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000082fc0000 - 0000000082fc0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000083210000 - 0000000083210000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000083320000 - 0000000083320000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000083760000 - 0000000083760000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000083870000 - 0000000083870000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000083eb0000 - 0000000083eb0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000085ad0000 - 0000000085ad0000 (size 0000000000000000)
Virtual block: 0000000086290000 - 0000000086290000 (size 0000000000000000)

0000000000340000 00000002 210688 174796 210688 60711 775 45 100 1 LFH
External fragmentation 34 % (775 free blocks)
0000000000010000 00008000 64 4 64 1 1 1 0 0
00000000005c0000 00001002 3136 1256 3136 278 39 3 0 0 LFH
External fragmentation 22 % (39 free blocks)
0000000000960000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
0000000001520000 00001002 512 276 512 2 10 1 0 0 LFH
00000000013f0000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
0000000001790000 00001002 512 248 512 0 6 1 0 0 LFH
00000000010b0000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
00000000019b0000 00001002 512 308 512 5 8 1 0 0 LFH
0000000001220000 00001002 512 380 512 63 21 1 0 0 LFH
00000000021e0000 00001002 512 256 512 11 3 1 0 0 LFH
0000000001900000 00001002 512 156 512 133 1 1 0 0
00000000024b0000 00001002 1536 792 1536 27 4 2 0 0 LFH
0000000002e00000 00001002 48256 16656 48256 9836 98 13 0 1 LFH
External fragmentation 59 % (98 free blocks)
0000000002f10000 00001002 3584 3280 3584 1773 79 3 0 5 LFH
External fragmentation 54 % (79 free blocks)
00000000035c0000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003200000 00001002 512 388 512 2 3 1 0 0 LFH
00000000038c0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003ad0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003d40000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
00000000005b0000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000004280000 00011002 512 64 512 59 2 1 0 0
00000000040c0000 00001002 1088 296 1088 14 6 2 0 0 LFH
0000000004270000 00001002 1088 304 1088 21 5 2 0 0 LFH
0000000006650000 00000002 1088 80 1088 10 2 2 0 0
0000000007050000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000007cc0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000000be0000 00001002 64 24 64 17 2 1 0 0
0000000006540000 00001002 1536 544 1536 259 4 2 0 0 LFH
0000000000b40000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000004950000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
————————————————————————————-

We see many large virtual blocks allocated with less than 200 KB of normal blocks committed. We suspect possible Memory Leak. Let’s check a few such virtual blocks:

0:000> !address 0000000062b30000

Usage: Heap
Base Address: 00000000`62b30000
End Address: 00000000`62c65000
Region Size: 00000000`00135000 ( 1.207 MB)
State: 00001000 MEM_COMMIT
Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
Type: 00020000 MEM_PRIVATE
Allocation Base: 00000000`62b30000
Allocation Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
More info: heap owning the address: !heap 0×340000
More info: heap large/virtual block
More info: heap entry containing the address: !heap -x 0×62b30000

Content source: 1 (target), length: 135000

0:000> !address 0000000003770000

Usage: Heap
Base Address: 00000000`03770000
End Address: 00000000`03870000
Region Size: 00000000`00100000 ( 1.000 MB)
State: 00001000 MEM_COMMIT
Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
Type: 00020000 MEM_PRIVATE
Allocation Base: 00000000`03770000
Allocation Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
More info: heap owning the address: !heap 0×340000
More info: heap large/virtual block
More info: heap entry containing the address: !heap -x 0×3770000

Content source: 1 (target), length: 100000

0:000> !address 0000000085ad0000

Usage: Heap
Base Address: 00000000`85ad0000
End Address: 00000000`8628d000
Region Size: 00000000`007bd000 ( 7.738 MB)
State: 00001000 MEM_COMMIT
Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
Type: 00020000 MEM_PRIVATE
Allocation Base: 00000000`85ad0000
Allocation Protect: 00000004 PAGE_READWRITE
More info: heap owning the address: !heap 0×340000
More info: heap large/virtual block
More info: heap entry containing the address: !heap -x 0×85ad0000

Content source: 1 (target), length: 7bd000

We see they all contain assembly packages for KB articles for various updates (Module Hints):

0:000> dc 00000000`85ad0000
00000000`85ad0000 86290000 00000000 83eb0000 00000000 ..)………….
00000000`85ad0010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 …………….
00000000`85ad0020 007bd000 00000000 007bd000 00000000 ..{…….{…..
00000000`85ad0030 00000000 00000000 f333297f 04000000 ………)3…..
00000000`85ad0040 00000001 007bc51a 00000004 00000000 ……{………
00000000`85ad0050 0061003c 00730073 006d0065 006c0062 <.a.s.s.e.m.b.l.
00000000`85ad0060 00200079 006d0078 006e006c 003d0073 y. .x.m.l.n.s.=.
00000000`85ad0070 00750022 006e0072 0073003a 00680063 “.u.r.n.:.s.c.h.

0:000> du 00000000`85ad0050
00000000`85ad0050 “<assembly xmlns=”urn:schemas-mic”
00000000`85ad0090 “rosoft-com:asm.v3″ manifestVersi”
00000000`85ad00d0 “on=”1.0″ description=”Fix for KB”
00000000`85ad0110 “2798162″ displayName=”default” c”
00000000`85ad0150 “ompany=”Microsoft Corporation” c”
00000000`85ad0190 “opyright=”Microsoft Corporation”"
00000000`85ad01d0 ” supportInformation=”http://supp”
00000000`85ad0210 “ort.microsoft.com/?kbid=2798162″”
00000000`85ad0250 ” creationTimeStamp=”2013-04-15T0″
00000000`85ad0290 “4:10:39Z” lastUpdateTimeStamp=”2″
00000000`85ad02d0 “013-04-15T04:10:39Z”><assemblyid”
00000000`85ad0310 “entity name=”Package_for_KB27981″

However, in less than 20 minutes CPU and memory consumption normalized and the new saved process memory dump was less than 150 KB. We open it and see that CPU consumption happened for about 15 minutes (in the past) with the consuming thread now #32 instead of #38:

0:000> !runaway f
User Mode Time
Thread Time
32:14a0 0 days 0:13:24.029
33:b6c 0 days 0:00:00.078
41:174c 0 days 0:00:00.062
40:1bd8 0 days 0:00:00.062
30:fa8 0 days 0:00:00.046
45:650 0 days 0:00:00.015
42:4ac 0 days 0:00:00.015
39:990 0 days 0:00:00.015
29:e0c 0 days 0:00:00.015
28:ff8 0 days 0:00:00.015
18:1304 0 days 0:00:00.015
17:f68 0 days 0:00:00.015
7:664 0 days 0:00:00.015
6:660 0 days 0:00:00.015
4:518 0 days 0:00:00.015
3:4a4 0 days 0:00:00.015
47:9c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
46:f20 0 days 0:00:00.000
44:1440 0 days 0:00:00.000
43:11d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
38:db4 0 days 0:00:00.000
37:6ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
36:c4c 0 days 0:00:00.000
35:ff4 0 days 0:00:00.000
34:1950 0 days 0:00:00.000
31:1910 0 days 0:00:00.000
27:14b8 0 days 0:00:00.000
26:14b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
25:14ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
24:13d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
23:13c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
22:13b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
21:13b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
20:13a8 0 days 0:00:00.000
19:1328 0 days 0:00:00.000
16:e20 0 days 0:00:00.000
15:e10 0 days 0:00:00.000
14:dd0 0 days 0:00:00.000
13:ce0 0 days 0:00:00.000
12:754 0 days 0:00:00.000
11:718 0 days 0:00:00.000
10:678 0 days 0:00:00.000
9:674 0 days 0:00:00.000
8:668 0 days 0:00:00.000
5:548 0 days 0:00:00.000
2:4a0 0 days 0:00:00.000
1:418 0 days 0:00:00.000
0:410 0 days 0:00:00.000
Kernel Mode Time
Thread Time
32:14a0 0 days 0:02:24.878
33:b6c 0 days 0:00:00.171
30:fa8 0 days 0:00:00.109
40:1bd8 0 days 0:00:00.093
43:11d0 0 days 0:00:00.078
42:4ac 0 days 0:00:00.062
34:1950 0 days 0:00:00.062
7:664 0 days 0:00:00.062
41:174c 0 days 0:00:00.046
28:ff8 0 days 0:00:00.031
18:1304 0 days 0:00:00.031
16:e20 0 days 0:00:00.031
1:418 0 days 0:00:00.031
45:650 0 days 0:00:00.015
17:f68 0 days 0:00:00.015
6:660 0 days 0:00:00.015
4:518 0 days 0:00:00.015
2:4a0 0 days 0:00:00.015
47:9c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
46:f20 0 days 0:00:00.000
44:1440 0 days 0:00:00.000
39:990 0 days 0:00:00.000
38:db4 0 days 0:00:00.000
37:6ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
36:c4c 0 days 0:00:00.000
35:ff4 0 days 0:00:00.000
31:1910 0 days 0:00:00.000
29:e0c 0 days 0:00:00.000
27:14b8 0 days 0:00:00.000
26:14b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
25:14ac 0 days 0:00:00.000
24:13d0 0 days 0:00:00.000
23:13c8 0 days 0:00:00.000
22:13b4 0 days 0:00:00.000
21:13b0 0 days 0:00:00.000
20:13a8 0 days 0:00:00.000
19:1328 0 days 0:00:00.000
15:e10 0 days 0:00:00.000
14:dd0 0 days 0:00:00.000
13:ce0 0 days 0:00:00.000
12:754 0 days 0:00:00.000
11:718 0 days 0:00:00.000
10:678 0 days 0:00:00.000
9:674 0 days 0:00:00.000
8:668 0 days 0:00:00.000
5:548 0 days 0:00:00.000
3:4a4 0 days 0:00:00.000
0:410 0 days 0:00:00.000
Elapsed Time
Thread Time
0:410 0 days 0:35:17.550
1:418 0 days 0:35:17.534
3:4a4 0 days 0:35:17.331
2:4a0 0 days 0:35:17.331
4:518 0 days 0:35:16.957
5:548 0 days 0:35:16.817
6:660 0 days 0:35:15.176
7:664 0 days 0:35:15.156
8:668 0 days 0:35:15.126
9:674 0 days 0:35:15.026
10:678 0 days 0:35:14.986
11:718 0 days 0:35:13.066
12:754 0 days 0:35:13.056
13:ce0 0 days 0:35:08.131
14:dd0 0 days 0:35:07.641
15:e10 0 days 0:35:07.551
16:e20 0 days 0:35:07.531
17:f68 0 days 0:35:06.611
18:1304 0 days 0:35:03.553
19:1328 0 days 0:35:03.381
20:13a8 0 days 0:35:02.024
22:13b4 0 days 0:35:01.931
21:13b0 0 days 0:35:01.931
24:13d0 0 days 0:35:01.899
23:13c8 0 days 0:35:01.899
27:14b8 0 days 0:35:00.932
26:14b4 0 days 0:35:00.932
25:14ac 0 days 0:35:00.932
28:ff8 0 days 0:33:04.785
29:e0c 0 days 0:33:04.644
30:fa8 0 days 0:32:59.750
31:1910 0 days 0:32:55.608
32:14a0 0 days 0:32:12.276
34:1950 0 days 0:18:39.607
33:b6c 0 days 0:18:39.607
35:ff4 0 days 0:17:43.530
36:c4c 0 days 0:08:45.458
38:db4 0 days 0:07:41.551
37:6ac 0 days 0:07:41.551
39:990 0 days 0:06:54.877
40:1bd8 0 days 0:06:54.867
41:174c 0 days 0:05:38.282
42:4ac 0 days 0:03:54.627
43:11d0 0 days 0:03:53.122
44:1440 0 days 0:03:51.627
45:650 0 days 0:02:15.536
47:9c8 0 days 0:00:11.100
46:f20 0 days 0:00:11.100

0:000> ~32k
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`0414f558 000007fe`fd4f1430 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0xa
01 00000000`0414f560 00000000`775706e0 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0xe8
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for wuaueng.dll -
02 00000000`0414f660 000007fe`ee7de250 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0xb0
03 00000000`0414f6f0 00000000`775759ed wuaueng!DllInstall+0x4e80
04 00000000`0414f770 00000000`776ac541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
05 00000000`0414f7a0 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x1d

Process heap doesn’t have any large allocated virtual block with only almost 100 KB committed normal blocks:

0:000> !heap -s

******************************
NT HEAP STATS BELOW
******************************
LFH Key : 0x000000a57ddeb5ed
Termination on corruption : ENABLED
Heap Flags Reserv Commit Virt Free List UCR Virt Lock Fast
(k) (k) (k) (k) length blocks cont. heap
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0000000000340000 00000002 210688 94444 210688 85646 752 86 0 1 LFH
External fragmentation 90 % (752 free blocks)
0000000000010000 00008000 64 4 64 1 1 1 0 0
00000000005c0000 00001002 3136 1256 3136 282 39 3 0 0 LFH
External fragmentation 22 % (39 free blocks)
0000000000960000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
0000000001520000 00001002 512 280 512 3 10 1 0 0 LFH
00000000013f0000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
0000000001790000 00001002 512 248 512 0 6 1 0 0 LFH
00000000010b0000 00001002 512 8 512 2 1 1 0 0
00000000019b0000 00001002 512 320 512 6 12 1 0 0 LFH
0000000001220000 00001002 512 380 512 63 22 1 0 0 LFH
00000000021e0000 00001002 512 256 512 11 3 1 0 0 LFH
0000000001900000 00001002 512 156 512 133 1 1 0 0
00000000024b0000 00001002 1536 792 1536 27 4 2 0 0 LFH
0000000002e00000 00001002 48256 16656 48256 9870 101 13 0 1 LFH
External fragmentation 59 % (101 free blocks)
0000000002f10000 00001002 3584 3280 3584 1805 73 3 0 5 LFH
External fragmentation 55 % (73 free blocks)
00000000035c0000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003200000 00001002 512 388 512 2 3 1 0 0 LFH
00000000038c0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003ad0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000003d40000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
00000000005b0000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000004280000 00011002 512 64 512 59 2 1 0 0
00000000040c0000 00001002 1088 296 1088 14 6 2 0 0 LFH
0000000004270000 00001002 1088 304 1088 22 6 2 0 0 LFH
0000000007050000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000007cc0000 00001002 512 8 512 3 1 1 0 0
0000000000be0000 00001002 64 24 64 17 2 1 0 0
Virtual block: 0000000009b90000 - 0000000009b90000 (size 0000000000000000)
0000000006540000 00001002 1536 1064 1536 775 11 2 1 0 LFH
External fragmentation 72 % (11 free blocks)
0000000000b40000 00001002 64 8 64 3 1 1 0 0
0000000004950000 00001002 512 312 512 55 12 1 0 0 LFH
————————————————————————————-

So we consider the dump set as an instance of Memory Fluctuation.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -

Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 230)

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

Sometimes, a stack trace from Stack Trace Collection may look well-formed at the first sight like having an expected start frames, for example:

0:000> ~*k

[...]

# 19 Id: 16a4.21f4 Suspend: 0 Teb: 7e95b000 Unfrozen
ChildEBP RetAddr
0c2de6b0 74eb112f ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0xc
0c2de83c 76ca7b89 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0xcc
0c2de858 76d007bf kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0x19
0c2dec98 76d00295 kernel32!WerpReportFaultInternal+0x50b
0c2deca8 76ce1709 kernel32!WerpReportFault+0x74
0c2decb0 74f5f705 kernel32!BasepReportFault+0x19
0c2ded3c 76fb4f84 KERNELBASE!UnhandledExceptionFilter+0x1f4
0c2ded54 76fb5728 ntdll!TppExceptionFilter+0x30
0c2ded64 76f5c95a ntdll!TppWorkerpInnerExceptionFilter+0xe
0c2df914 76ca7c04 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0×87f5a
0c2df928 76f1ad1f kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0×24
0c2df970 76f1acea ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0×2f
0c2df980 00000000 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0×1b

[...]

So, we may think something wrong happened in ntdll!TppWorkerThread code (although 0×87f5a offset looks suspicious). However, in reality, in this case due to exception filter logic (or some other reason in different cases) we have Hidden Stack Trace. When looking at UnhandledExceptionFilter parameters (or raw stack as in the case of Hidden Exceptions) we find an exception context:

0:019> kv
ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child
0c2de6b0 74eb112f 00000003 0c2de880 00000001 ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0xc
0c2de83c 76ca7b89 00000003 0c2de880 00000000 KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0xcc
0c2de858 76d007bf 00000003 0c2de880 00000000 kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects+0x19
0c2dec98 76d00295 00000000 00000001 00000000 kernel32!WerpReportFaultInternal+0x50b
0c2deca8 76ce1709 0c2ded3c 74f5f705 0c2ded94 kernel32!WerpReportFault+0x74
0c2decb0 74f5f705 0c2ded94 00000001 a79b7895 kernel32!BasepReportFault+0x19
0c2ded3c 76fb4f84 0c2ded94 0c2ded94 00000000 KERNELBASE!UnhandledExceptionFilter+0×1f4
0c2ded54 76fb5728 00000000 00000000 0c2df914 ntdll!TppExceptionFilter+0×30
0c2ded64 76f5c95a 0c2df8d0 76f00a70 0c2df914 ntdll!TppWorkerpInnerExceptionFilter+0xe
0c2df914 76ca7c04 0f79e380 76ca7be0 a5b45024 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0×87f5a
0c2df928 76f1ad1f 0f79e380 a59141d7 00000000 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0×24
0c2df970 76f1acea ffffffff 76f00233 00000000 ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0×2f
0c2df980 00000000 76ed4a00 0f79e380 00000000 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0×1b

0:019> dd 0c2ded94 L2
0c2ded94 0c2deef8 0c2def48

0:019> .cxr 0c2def48
eax=15f237e5 ebx=15f235e9 ecx=15f237e1 edx=7e95b000 esi=15f237e1 edi=09724b10
eip=76f00fb2 esp=0c2df3ac ebp=0c2df3ac iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010202
ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0×12:
76f00fb2 f00fba3000 lock btr dword ptr [eax],0 ds:002b:15f237e5=????????

0:019> k
*** Stack trace for last set context - .thread/.cxr resets it
ChildEBP RetAddr
0c2df3ac 7407999c ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0x12
0c2df3cc 7407acd6 ModuleA!DoWork+0x1b
[...]
0c2df73c 76ee3aa7 ModuleA!ThreadPoolWorkCallback+0xa9
0c2df77c 76ee1291 ntdll!TppWorkpExecuteCallback+0x137
0c2df914 76ca7c04 ntdll!TppWorkerThread+0x48e
0c2df928 76f1ad1f kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x24
0c2df970 76f1acea ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x2f
0c2df980 00000000 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b

We consider this a different pattern than Hidden Call because an entire stack (sub)trace is missing between UnhandledExceptionFilter and thread start frames:

ntdll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects
KERNELBASE!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx
kernel32!WaitForMultipleObjects
kernel32!WerpReportFaultInternal
kernel32!WerpReportFault
kernel32!BasepReportFault
KERNELBASE!UnhandledExceptionFilter
[...]
ntdll!TppWorkerThread
kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk
ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart
ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart

This pattern is also different from Past Stack Trace pattern because Hidden Stack Trace belongs to PRESENT time zone. Our example is also different from Hidden Exception analysis pattern and its recovered stack trace because exception processing is not hidden and shows Exception Stack Trace albeit with a hidden part.

We were also fortunate to have Stored Exception (accessible by !analyze -v command):

0:019> .exr -1
ExceptionAddress: 76f00fb2 (ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0x00000012)
ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000001
Parameter[1]: 15f237e5
Attempt to write to address 15f237e5

0:019> .ecxr
eax=15f237e5 ebx=15f235e9 ecx=15f237e1 edx=7e95b000 esi=15f237e1 edi=09724b10
eip=76f00fb2 esp=0c2df3ac ebp=0c2df3ac iopl=0 nv up ei pl nz na po nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010202
ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0x12:
76f00fb2 f00fba3000 lock btr dword ptr [eax],0 ds:002b:15f237e5=????????

So this Hidden Stack Trace is detected straightforwardly. But in other cases, such as when we have Multiple Exceptions in a process dump or Stack Trace Collection from a complete memory dump, we need to pay attention to such a possibility.

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Workaround Patterns (Part 5)

Saturday, September 26th, 2015

We resume our workaround patterns for common reusable solutions to common software execution problems. In the past we proposed a general pattern of Axed Code for removing problem software behavior. The Shadow File blog post about fixing free() crashes by introducing heap metadata header with a data length set to zero led me to generalize and introduce a complementary Axed Data pattern. Such a pattern suggests cutting the data size specified in metadata memory plane (which may be separate from the data plane). In some cases, it may avoid buffer overwrites including Local and Shared in addition to Dynamic Memory Corruption (process heap and kernel pool). The following picture illustrates this general pattern approach.

Sometimes, it may even be possible to provide a workaround by cutting real file data, for example, by changing its file or database record size. But this is also done conceptually by changing file or database system metadata.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 229)

Sunday, September 13th, 2015

The advent of virtual machines, the possibility of saving complete memory snapshots without interruption, and the ability to quickly convert such snapshots into a debugger readable memory dump format such as in the case of VMware allows to study how Stack Trace Collections and Wait Chains change over time in complex problem scenarios. Such Stack Trace Surface may also show service restarts if PID changes for processes of interest. We call this pattern by analogy with a memory dump surface where each line corresponds to an individual memory snapshot with coordinates from 0 to the highest address:

In case of orbifold memory space we have a case of a 3D volume (we may call 3D orbifold).

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Trace Analysis Patterns (Part 113)

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

Recently we analyzed a few logs which ended with a specialized Activity Region from a subsystem that sets operational parameters. The problem description stated that the system became unresponsive after changing parameters in a certain sequence. Usually, for that system, when we stop logging (even after setting parameters) we end up with messages from some Background Components since some time passes between the end of setting parameters activity and the time the operator sends stop logging request:

However, in the problem case we see message flow stops right in the middle of parameter setting activity:

So we advised to check for any crashes or hangs, and, indeed, it was found that the system was actually experiencing system crashes, and we got memory dumps for analysis where we found Top Module from a 3rd-party vendor related to parameter setting activity.

Please also note an analogy here between normal thread stack traces from threads that are waiting most of the time and Spiking Thread stack trace caught up in the middle of some function.

We call this pattern Ruptured Trace after a ruptured computation.

Note, that if it is possible to restart the system and resume the same tracing we may get an instance of Blackout analysis pattern.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 35b)

Saturday, September 12th, 2015

Sometimes we notice the anomalies in object distribution in heaps and pools. Memory consumption may be high in case of big objects. Such anomalies may point to possible memory, handle, and object leaks. But it may also be a temporary condition (Memory Fluctuation) due to the large amount of queued or postponed work that can be solved by proper software configuration. Diagnosed anomalies may also direction troubleshooting efforts if they cluster around certain component(s) or specific functionality. The distribution can be assessed by both the total memory consumption and the total number of objects of a particular class.

Here’s an example of Object Distribution Anomaly analysis pattern from .NET heap. The output of !DumpHeap -stat WinDbg SOS extension command shows the abnormal distribution of objects related to SQL data queries:

Count TotalSize
[…]
2342 281040 System.Reflection.RuntimeParameterInfo
3868 309440 System.Data.Metadata.Edm.TypeUsage
13218 317232 System.Object
3484 390208 System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo
6092 508044 System.Int32[]
2756 617344 System.Data.SqlClient._SqlMetaData
2770 822870 System.Char[]
24560 1375360 System.RuntimeType
18 4195296 System.Int64[]
449691 10792584 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlGen.SqlBuilder
449961 10799064 System.Int64
449691 14390112 System.Data.Query.InternalTrees.ComparisonOp
449695 14390240 System.Data.Query.InternalTrees.ConditionalOp
6360 15509435 System.Byte[]
449690 17987600 System.Data.Query.InternalTrees.ConstantOp
449938 17997520 System.Data.Query.InternalTrees.VarRefOp
450898 21643104 System.Data.Common.CommandTrees.DbPropertyExpression
[…]

The anomalous character of the distribution is also illustrated in the following diagrams:

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 27e)

Monday, August 24th, 2015

This is another variant of Stack Trace Collection pattern that shows stack traces from threads currently execution on all CPUs. Although we can see the non-idle running threads from the stack traces corresponding to all processes and their threads we may also want to see idle thread stack traces too. Also, the corresponding WinDbg command (!running -t -i) is faster if we want to double check the output of !analyze -v command in case of BSOD. The latter command may show the stack trace from the current CPU instead of the stack trace from the thread running on a different CPU that caused a bugcheck. Here’s an example from one of the memory dumps for which !analyze -v command shows an incorrect stack trace in the output when we open the dump file. It reports the stack trace from CPU 0 but the bugcheck  happened on CPU 1:

0: kd> !running -t -i

System Processors:  (00000000000000ff)
Idle Processors:  (00000000000000fd)

Prcbs             Current         (pri) Next            (pri) Idle
0    fffff801e5d85180  fffff801e5ddea00 ( 0)                       fffff801e5ddea00  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
fffff801`e8c9eb60 fffff801`e5c69b74 hal!KeQueryPerformanceCounter+0x75
fffff801`e8c9eba0 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0x2c
fffff801`e8c9ebd0 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
fffff801`e8c9ece0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
fffff801`e8c9ed30 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
fffff801`e8c9ee70 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
fffff801`e8c8c8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
fffff801`e8c8c8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
fffff801`e8c8c920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
fffff801`e8c8cb10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
fffff801`e8c8cc60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

1    ffffd000f0975180  ffffe0000d726880 (12)                       ffffd000f09813c0  …………….

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`202cb618 fffff801`e5a1cc3c hal!HalpAcpiPmRegisterReadPort+0x1b
ffffd000`202cb620 fffff801`e5a417e7 hal!HalpAcpiPmRegisterRead+0x30
ffffd000`202cb650 fffff801`e5c66af5 hal!HaliHaltSystem+0x53
ffffd000`202cb690 fffff801`e5c66741 nt!KiBugCheckDebugBreak+0×99
ffffd000`202cb6f0 fffff801`e5bd2aa4 nt!KeBugCheck2+0xc6d
ffffd000`202cbe00 fffff801`e5bde4e9 nt!KeBugCheckEx+0×104
ffffd000`202cbe40 fffff801`e5bdcd3a nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0×69
ffffd000`202cbf80 fffff800`913601da nt!KiPageFault+0×23a
ffffd000`202cc118 fffff800`91363710 DriverA!memcpy+0×21a

[…]

2    ffffd000f09ee180  ffffd000f09fa3c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000f09fa3c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`f09f9f88 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0xa
ffffd000`f09f9f90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
ffffd000`f09fa0a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`f09fa0f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`f09fa230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb5938e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb5938f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb593920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb593b10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb593c60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

3    ffffd000eb5e5180  ffffd000eb5f13c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000eb5f13c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`eb5f0f60 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0x5f
ffffd000`eb5f0f90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
ffffd000`eb5f10a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`eb5f10f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`eb5f1230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb5fa8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb5fa8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb5fa920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb5fab10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb5fac60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

4    ffffd000f08d1180  ffffd000f08dd3c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000f08dd3c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`f08dcf90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x227
ffffd000`f08dd0a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`f08dd0f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`f08dd230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb85b8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb85b8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb85b920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb85bb10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb85bc60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

5    ffffd000eb8ad180  ffffd000eb8b93c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000eb8b93c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`eb8b8f60 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0x75
ffffd000`eb8b8f90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
ffffd000`eb8b90a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`eb8b90f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`eb8b9230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb8db8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb8db8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb8db920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb8dbb10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb8dbc60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

6    ffffd000eb92a180  ffffd000eb9363c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000eb9363c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`eb935f60 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0x75
ffffd000`eb935f90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
ffffd000`eb9360a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`eb9360f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`eb936230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb93f8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb93f8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb93f920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb93fb10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb93fc60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

7    ffffd000eb967180  ffffd000eb9733c0 ( 0)                       ffffd000eb9733c0  ................

Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
ffffd000`eb972f60 fffff801`e5c69e01 nt!KiCheckStall+0x75
ffffd000`eb972f90 fffff801`e5c6aa8f nt!KiFreezeTargetExecution+0x231
ffffd000`eb9730a0 fffff801`e5bdbec2 nt!KiProcessNMI+0x3b
ffffd000`eb9730f0 fffff801`e5bdbd36 nt!KxNmiInterrupt+0x82
ffffd000`eb973230 fffff801`e5a2d82f nt!KiNmiInterrupt+0x176
ffffd000`eb97c8e8 fffff801`e5bb91a2 hal!HalProcessorIdle+0xf
ffffd000`eb97c8f0 fffff801`e5ad7848 nt!PpmIdleDefaultExecute+0xa
ffffd000`eb97c920 fffff801`e5ad72a6 nt!PpmIdleExecuteTransition+0x3e8
ffffd000`eb97cb10 fffff801`e5bd64bc nt!PoIdle+0x2f6
ffffd000`eb97cc60 00000000`00000000 nt!KiIdleLoop+0x2c

This command is obviously faster than repeatedly switching to subsequent CPUs using ~s command and then checking the corresponding stack trace (k). It also helps in diagnosing Spiking Threads in kernel and complete memory dumps.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 228)

Sunday, June 28th, 2015

Predicate Stack Trace Collections allow you to get a subset of stack traces, for example, by showing only stack traces where a specific module is used (for example, !stacks 2 module WinDbg command). From diagnostic analysis perspective, the order in which threads from the subset appear is also important, especially when the output is sorted by thread creation time or simply the order is given by a global thread linked list. We call this analysis pattern Thread Poset by analogy with a mathematical concept of poset (partially ordered set):

Such an analysis pattern is mostly useful when we compare stack traces for differences or when we don’t have symbols for some problem version and want to map threads to some other previous normal run where symbol files are available. Any discrepancies may point in the direction of further diagnostic analysis. For example, we got this fragment of Stack Trace Collection:

4.000188 fffffa800d3d3b50 ffd0780f Blocked ModuleA+0x1ac1
4.00018c fffffa800d3f9950 ffd07b53 Blocked ModuleA+0xd802
4.000190 fffffa800d4161b0 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0x9ce4
4.000194 fffffa800d418b50 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0x9ce4
4.000198 fffffa800d418660 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0x9ce4
4.0001ac fffffa800d41eb50 ffd078d2 Blocked ModuleA+0xa7cf
4.0001b0 fffffa800d41e660 ffd0780f Blocked ModuleA+0x9ce4
4.0001c0 fffffa800d48f300 ffd0e5c0 Blocked ModuleA+0x7ee5

We didn’t have symbols, and, therefore, didn’t know whether there was anything wrong with those threads. Fortunately, we had Thread Poset from an earlier 32-bit version with available symbol files:

4.0000ec 85d8dc58 000068c Blocked ModuleA!FuncA+0x9b
4.0000f0 85d9fc78 001375a Blocked ModuleA!FuncB+0x67
4.0000fc 85db8a58 000068c Blocked ModuleA!WorkerThread+0xa2
4.000104 85cdbd48 000ff44 Blocked ModuleA!WorkerThread+0xa2
4.000108 85da2788 000ff47 Blocked ModuleA!WorkerThread+0xa2

4.000110 857862e0 0013758 Blocked ModuleA!FuncC+0xe4
4.000114 85dda250 000ff44 Blocked ModuleA!FuncD+0xf2

If we map worker threads to the middle section of x64 version we see just one more worker thread but the overall order is the same:

4.000188 fffffa800d3d3b50 ffd0780f Blocked ModuleA+0x1ac1
4.00018c fffffa800d3f9950 ffd07b53 Blocked ModuleA+0xd802
4.000190 fffffa800d4161b0 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0×9ce4
4.000194 fffffa800d418b50 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0×9ce4
4.000198 fffffa800d418660 fffffda6 Blocked ModuleA+0×9ce4

4.0001ac fffffa800d41eb50 ffd078d2 Blocked ModuleA+0xa7cf
4.0001b0 fffffa800d41e660 ffd0780f Blocked ModuleA+0×9ce4
4.0001c0 fffffa800d48f300 ffd0e5c0 Blocked ModuleA+0×7ee5

So we may think of x64 Thread Poset as normal if x86 Thread Poset is normal too. Of course, only initially, then to continue looking for other patterns of abnormal behavior. If necessary, we may need to inspect stack traces deeper, because individual threads from two Thread Posets may differ in their stack trace depth, subtraces, and in usage of other components. Despite the same order, some threads may actually be abnormal.

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 227)

Sunday, May 17th, 2015

Managed code Nested Exceptions give us process virtual space bound stack traces. However, exception objects may be marshaled across processes and even computers. The remote stack trace return addresses don’t have the same validity in different process contexts. Fortunately, there is _remoteStackTraceString field in exception objects that contains the original stack trace. Default analysis command sometimes uses it:

0:013> !analyze -v

[...]

EXCEPTION_OBJECT: !pe 25203b0
Exception object: 00000000025203b0
Exception type: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
Message: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
InnerException: System.Management.Instrumentation.WmiProviderInstallationException, Use !PrintException 0000000002522cf0 to see more.
StackTrace (generated):
SP IP Function
000000001D39E720 0000000000000001 Component!Proxy.Start()+0x20
000000001D39E720 000007FEF503D0B6 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)+0x286
000000001D39E880 000007FEF503CE1A mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)+0xa
000000001D39E8B0 000007FEF503CDD8 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)+0x58
000000001D39E900 000007FEF4FB0302 mscorlib_ni!System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()+0x52

[...]

MANAGED_STACK_COMMAND: ** Check field _remoteStackTraceString **;!do 2522cf0;!do 2521900

[...]

0:013> !DumpObj 2522cf0
[...]
000007fef51b77f0 4000054 2c System.String 0 instance 2521900 _remoteStackTraceString
[…]

0:013> !DumpObj 2521900
Name: System.String
[…]
String: at System.Management.Instrumentation.InstrumentationManager.RegisterType(Type managementType)
at Component.Provider..ctor()
at Component.Start()

Checking this field may also be necessary for exceptions of interest from managed space Execution Residue. We call this pattern Distributed Exception. The basic idea is illustrated in the following diagram using the borrowed UML notation (not limited to just two computers):

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Crash Dump Analysis Patterns (Part 226)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Occasionally, we look at Stack Trace Collection and notice Internal Stack Trace. This is a stack trace that is shouldn’t be seen in a normal crash dump because statistically it is rare (we planned to name this pattern Rare Stack Trace initially). This stack trace is also not Special Stack Trace because it is not associated with the special system events or problems. It is also not a stack trace that belongs to various Wait Chains or Spiking Threads. This is also a real stack trace and not a reconstructed or hypothetical stack trace such as Rough Stack Trace or Past Stack Trace. This is simply a thread stack trace that shows some internal operation, for example, where it suggests that message hooking was involved:

THREAD fffffa8123702b00 Cid 11cc.0448 Teb: 000007fffffda000 Win32Thread: fffff900c1e6ec20 WAIT: (WrUserRequest) UserMode Non-Alertable
fffffa81230cf4e0 SynchronizationEvent
Not impersonating
DeviceMap fffff8a0058745e0
Owning Process fffffa81237a8b30 Image: ProcessA.exe
Attached Process N/A Image: N/A
Wait Start TickCount 1258266 Ticks: 18 (0:00:00:00.280)
Context Switch Count 13752 IdealProcessor: 1 NoStackSwap LargeStack
UserTime 00:00:00.468
KernelTime 00:00:00.187

Win32 Start Address ProcessA!ThreadProc (0×000007feff17c608)
Stack Init fffff8800878c700 Current fffff8800878ba10
Base fffff8800878d000 Limit fffff88008781000 Call fffff8800878c750
Priority 12 BasePriority 8 UnusualBoost 0 ForegroundBoost 2 IoPriority 2 PagePriority 5
Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
fffff880`0878ba50 fffff800`01a6c8f2 nt!KiSwapContext+0×7a
fffff880`0878bb90 fffff800`01a7dc9f nt!KiCommitThreadWait+0×1d2
fffff880`0878bc20 fffff960`0010dbd7 nt!KeWaitForSingleObject+0×19f
fffff880`0878bcc0 fffff960`0010dc71 win32k!xxxRealSleepThread+0×257
fffff880`0878bd60 fffff960`000c4bf7 win32k!xxxSleepThread+0×59
fffff880`0878bd90 fffff960`000d07a5 win32k!xxxInterSendMsgEx+0×112a
fffff880`0878bea0 fffff960`00151bf8 win32k!xxxCallHook2+0×62d
fffff880`0878c010 fffff960`000d2454 win32k!xxxCallMouseHook+0×40
fffff880`0878c050 fffff960`0010bf23 win32k!xxxScanSysQueue+0×1828

fffff880`0878c390 fffff960`00118fae win32k!xxxRealInternalGetMessage+0×453
fffff880`0878c470 fffff800`01a76113 win32k!NtUserRealInternalGetMessage+0×7e
fffff880`0878c500 00000000`771b913a nt!KiSystemServiceCopyEnd+0×13 (TrapFrame @ fffff880`0878c570)
00000000`053ff258 000007fe`fac910f4 USER32!NtUserRealInternalGetMessage+0xa
00000000`053ff260 000007fe`fac911fa DUser!CoreSC::xwProcessNL+0×173
00000000`053ff2d0 00000000`771b9181 DUser!MphProcessMessage+0xbd
00000000`053ff330 00000000`774111f5 USER32!_ClientGetMessageMPH+0×3d
00000000`053ff3c0 00000000`771b908a ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcherContinue (TrapFrame @ 00000000`053ff288)
00000000`053ff438 00000000`771b9055 USER32!NtUserPeekMessage+0xa
00000000`053ff440 000007fe`ebae03fa USER32!PeekMessageW+0×105
00000000`053ff490 000007fe`ebae4925 ProcessA+0×5a
[…]
00000000`053ff820 00000000`773ec541 kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
00000000`053ff850 00000000`00000000 ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0×1d

We see that this thread was neither waiting for significant time nor consuming CPU. It was reported that ProcessA.exe was very slow responding. So perhaps this was slowly punctuated thread execution with periodic small waits. In fact, Execution Residue analysis revealed Non-Coincidental Symbolic Information of the 3rd-party Message Hook and its Module Product Process was identified. Its removal resolved the problem.

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org + TraceAnalysis.org -