Process Dump Formatter

PMDF provides a Process Dump Formatter facility which is invoked automatically when the Open option of the File pull-down menu is selected against a Process Dump.

The Process Dump Formatter offers a limited subset of the full Dump Formatter command set. These are:

• D
  Display storage in Bytes, Words or Double-Words.
  DL
  Disply LDT entries.
  L
  List, Symbols, Maps and Symbol Groups
  .LM and .LMO
  Display Module Table Entries and Object Tables
  .MA
  Display Arena Records for storage dumped.
  .MO
  Display Object Records for storage dumped.
  .ML
  Display Information on Dumped Memory.

  Note:

  This command does not perform the same function as the similarly named Kernel Debugger .ML command, which formats VM Alias Records.

  .P
  Display threads.

  Note:

  Unlike the Dump Formatter and Kernel Debugger version of this command, .P is used to select the thread ordinal within the dumped process. Thus for single thread processes .P 1 is the only valid combination.

  .PB
  Display thread Block IDs.

  Note:

  Unlike the Dump Formatter and Kernel Debugger version of this command, .PB is used to select the thread ordinal within the dumped process. Thus for single thread processes .PB 1 is the only valid combination.

  R
  Display registers for each thread.
  .S
  Set default thread slot.

  Note:

  Unlike the Dump Formatter and Kernel Debugger version of this command, .S is used to select the thread ordinal within the dumped process. Thus for single thread processes .S 1 is the only valid combination.

  W
  Load and Unload Symbol files
  ?
  Syntax help for internal commands
  .?
  Syntax help for external (dot) commands.

  Note:

  Except where noted above, the command set for the Process Dump Formatter does not support any of the optional parameters supported by their equivalent Kernel Debugger commands.

  When a Process Dump is loaded PMDF displays the following screen:

  Note:

  The data and time of the dump are displayed.

  If the dump was created because of a trap then the trap number is displayed otherwise the trap number is shown as ffffffff.

  The current thread slot and register are shown last.

  The Analyze pull-down menu differs from the standard PMDF Analyze facility. This offers the following choices:

  Registers

  This performs the R command for each thread dumped.
  Task Summary
  This performs a .P command followed by an R command for each thread dumped.
  Local Descriptors
  This performs a DL command.
  Virtual Memory Control Blocks
  This performs a .MA and .MO command.
  Module Table
  This is a much more extensive version of the .LMO command. The entire MTE and SMTE for each module dumped is formatted.
  Process Synopsis
  This formats the entire Process Dump, including dumping all memory in Byte format.

  The Analyze option menu appears as follows:

  For information on taking and controlling Process Dumps see:

  The CONFIG.SYS DUMPPROCESS command.

  The DosProcessDump API.

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