Need help for debugging libkse

[Daniel Eischen]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Andrew Belashov wrote:

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> Hello, All!
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> I'm debugging libkse library for FreeBSD/sparc64.
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> Please, explain for me this ktrace dump:
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> ~  7877 ss       CALL  kse_create(0x26a000,0)
> ~  7877 ss       RET   kse_create 0
> ~  7877 ss       CALL  write(0x1,0x7fdffffdc68,0x1)
> ~  7877 ss       RET   write 2531328/0x26a000
> ~                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That is an upcall.  The kse_mailbox is being returned (same as in
the first kse_create()).

> ~  7877 ss       CALL  kse_switchin(0x270440,0x1)

This resumes the thread after it has become unblocked.

> ~  7877 ss       RET   kse_switchin JUSTRETURN
> ~  7877 ss       CALL  write(0x1,0x7fdffffdc68,0x1)
> ~  7877 ss       RET   write 1
> ~  7877 ss       CALL  write(0x1,0x7fdffffdc68,0x1)
> ~  7877 ss       RET   write 1
> ========================================================
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> This is normal?
> writing one byte, but write(2) return 0x26a000.

It looks normal but it would be nice if "write 2531328/0x26a000"
were labeled "kse_create 0x26a000" or something more appropriate.

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Dan Eischen