Diagnosing a loop
The purpose of this section is to guide you through the diagnosis of a loop with these topics:
Overview of a loop
includes different types of loops and the associated symptoms
Steps for diagnosing a loop
contains a flowchart and these steps to guide the diagnosis of an loop:
Gathering additional data for a loop
Analyzing the dump to determine the type of loop
Diagnosing a disabled loop
Diagnosing an enabled loop
Diagnosing an excessive spin (spin loop)
Analyzing a logrec error record
Searching the problem reporting databases
Note:
Use Runtime Diagnostics to diagnose and possibly solve the loop condition before continuing these steps. See
CPU analysis
in
Runtime Diagnostics
.
Overview of a loop
Gathering additional data for a loop
Analyzing the dump to determine the type of loop
Diagnosing a disabled loop
Diagnosing an enabled loop
Diagnosing an excessive spin (spin loop)
Analyzing a logrec error record
Searching the problem reporting databases
Parent topic:
Diagnosing by problem type