Debugging multithreaded applications [duplicate]

Question

I have an application written in C++ and MFC which is multithreaded running on windows. Occasionally I do get some complaints such as deadlocks or an unhandled exception which is caused because of these threads. Normally I use visual studio (if the problem is reproducible) or else use the WinDbg to analyse the dump files generated. Is there any better way of doing this? Can I use some other tools to do this?

Answer 1

I would recommend the Intel Thread Checker if you have enough budget for it. It does a great job of analysing running programs and alerting you to possible race conditions.

Check out the demonstration video for more info.