Thread Validator Tutorials
The Tutorials
Getting Started
User Interface Mode
How to interpret the thread validator displays
Analysing an Application
Good Lock Strategy
Deadlock using two threads
Potential deadlock caused by incorrect locking strategy.
Potential deadlock caused by an infinite wait.
Leaving an unlocked critical section.
Deleting a locked critical section.
Leaving a critical section in the wrong order.
Identifying deadlock objects when not collecting callstacks.
Analysing an existing deadlocked application.
Getting information about a threading error.
Detecting deadlocks in a child process
Detecting deadlocks in a service
Detecting deadlocks in a service child process
Detecting deadlocks in an IIS ISAPI DLL
Command Line Deadlock Detection in a Child Process
User Interface Mode
Thread Validator provides two styles of user interface for launching applications, for injecting into applications and for waiting for applications to start. These styles are:
- Novice.
In Wizard mode multi-page wizards are used to guide you through the process of starting Thread Validator monitoring an application. The wizards offer explanation and are designed to be easy to use rather than quick to use. The settings dialog is also displayed as a wizard in Novice mode.Once you are familiar with the options involved with using the Wizards you may wish to move on to using the more terse, but rapid, Intermediate Mode and Expert Mode. - Intermediate.
In Intermediate mode multi-page wizards are used to guide you through the process of starting Thread Validator monitoring an application. The wizards offer explanation and are designed to be easy to use rather than quick to use. The settings dialog is displayed as a dialog in Intermediate mode.Once you are familiar with the options involved with using the Wizards you may wish to move on to using the more terse, but rapid, Expert Mode. - Expert.
In Dialog mode single page dialogs are used to quickly start Coverage Validator monitoring an application.
The User Interface Mode can be changed from the Configure menu, User Interface Mode… option.
Choosing this menu option displays the User Interface Mode dialog.
For the purposes of the tutorial, leave the user interface mode as Wizard Mode. Later tutorials will demonstrate changing the user interface mode as appropriate.