Effective Debugging英文版：调试软件与系统的66个有效方法

目录
前言 v
致谢 x
作者简介 xiv
Figures xix
Listings xx
Item 11： Minimize the Turnaround Time from Your Changes to Their Result 28
Item 12： Automate Complex Testing Scenarios 29
Item 13： Enable a Comprehensive Overview of Your Debugging Data 32
Item 14： Consider Updating Your Software 33
Item 15： Consult Third-Party Source Code for Insights on Its Use 34
Item 16： Use Specialized Monitoring and Test Equipment 36
Item 17： Increase the Prominence of a Failure’s Effects 40
Item 18： Enable the Debugging of Unwieldy Systems from Your Desk 42
Item 19： Automate Debugging Tasks 44
Item 20： Houseclean Before and After Debugging 45
Item 21： Fix All Instances of a Problem Class 46
Chapter 3： General-Purpose Tools and Techniques 49
Item 22： Analyze Debug Data with Unix Command-Line Tools 49
Item 23： Utilize Command-Line Tool Options and Idioms 55
Item 24： Explore Debug Data with Your Editor 57
Item 25： Optimize Your Work Environment 59
Item 26： Hunt the Causes and History of Bugs with the
Revision Control System 64
Item 27： Use Monitoring Tools on Systems Composed
of Independent Processes 67
Chapter 4： Debugger Techniques 71
Item 28： Use Code Compiled for Symbolic Debugging 71
Item 29： Step through the Code 76
Item 30： Use Code and Data Breakpoints 77
Item 31： Familiarize Yourself with Reverse Debugging 80
Item 32： Navigate along the Calls between Routines 82
Item 33： Look for Errors by Examining the Values
of Variables and Expressions 84
Item 34： Know How to Attach a Debugger to a Running Process 87
Item 35： Know How to Work with Core Dumps 89
Item 36： Tune Your Debugging Tools 92
Item 37： Know How to View Assembly Code and Raw Memory 95
Chapter 5： Programming Techniques 101
Item 38： Review and Manually Execute Suspect Code 101
Item 39： Go Over Your Code and Reasoning with a Colleague 103
Item 40： Add Debugging Functionality 104
Item 41： Add Logging Statements 108
Item 42： Use Unit Tests 112
Item 43： Use Assertions 116
Item 44： Verify Your Reasoning by Perturbing the
Debugged Program 119
Item 45： Minimize the Differences between a Working Example
and the Failing Code 120
Item 46： Simplify the Suspect Code 121
Item 47： Consider Rewriting the Suspect Code
in Another Language 124
Item 48： Improve the Suspect Code’s Readability and Structure 126
Item 49： Fix the Bug’s Cause， Rather Than Its Symptom 129
Chapter 6： Compile-Time Techniques 133
Item 50： Examine Generated Code 133
Item 51： Use Static Program Analysis 136
Item 52： Configure Deterministic Builds and Executions 141
Item 53： Configure the Use of Debugging Libraries and Checks 143
Chapter 7： Runtime Techniques 149
Item 54： Find the Fault by Constructing a Test Case 149
Item 55： Fail Fast 153
Item 56： Examine Application Log Files 154
Item 57： Profile the Operation of Systems and Processes 158
Item 58： Trace the Code’s Execution 162
Item 59： Use Dynamic Program Analysis Tools 168
Chapter 8： Debugging Multi-threaded Code 171
Item 60： Analyze Deadlocks with Postmortem Debugging 171
Item 61： Capture and Replicate 178
Item 62： Uncover Deadlocks and Race Conditions with
Specialized Tools 183
Item 63： Isolate and Remove Nondeterminism 188
Item 64： Investigate Scalability Issues by Looking at Contention 190
Item 65： Locate False Sharing by Using Performance Counters 193
Item 66： Consider Rewriting the Code Using Higher-Level
Abstractions 197
Web Resources 207
Index 211