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==Swappable per-process data== | ==Swappable per-process data== | ||
| − | The [[swapping|swappable]] per-process data is kept in a 'user' [[structure]], | + | The [[swapping|swappable]] per-process data is kept in a 'user' [[structure]], contiguous with the per-process kernel stack. In a process core dump (where they are found at the start of the 'core' file), as well as a system dump (where runnable processes can be located via their entries in the process table), the data in this structure may be of relevance and interest. |
The offsets of the various fields in the structure are: | The offsets of the various fields in the structure are: | ||
Revision as of 00:51, 31 January 2019
There are two kinds of dump analysis on UNIX V6, with some overlap between the two.
The first is of the 'core dump' of an individual process into a file, created either by a user's request (typing '^\' in standard V6), or by any of the error conditions (odd address, etc) which cause a process abort and core dump.
The second is of a dump of the complete main memory of a PDP-11 running Unix; the system as distributed only supports doing such dumps to magnetic tape. This can be done either after the OS does a 'panic', which it does when something happens it can't recover from; or after halting the CPU.
Kernel stack top
For both process core dumps, and for system dumps after a panic, since all traps and interrupts come in through basically the same code, the base of the kernel stack will have the same format:
| Offset | Contents |
|---|---|
| 0 | Old PS |
| 2 | Old PC |
| 4 | R0 |
| 6 | New PS |
| 10 | R1 |
| 12 | User SP |
| 14 | Index (trap type, or device number) |
| 16 | R5 |
| 20 | R4 |
| 22 | R3 |
| 24 | R2 |
The offset is from the top of the karnel stack, and is negative from there. In a process core dump, this starts at 01776 in the core dump file; in a dump of main memory, it is necessary to know the contents of kernel segment 6's address register, and the kernel stack top is 01776 above that.
Swappable per-process data
The swappable per-process data is kept in a 'user' structure, contiguous with the per-process kernel stack. In a process core dump (where they are found at the start of the 'core' file), as well as a system dump (where runnable processes can be located via their entries in the process table), the data in this structure may be of relevance and interest.
The offsets of the various fields in the structure are:
| Offset | Contents |
|---|---|
| 0000 | rsav |
| 0004 | fsav |
| 0066 | segflg |
| 0067 | error |
| 0070 | uid |
| 0071 | gid |
| 0072 | ruid |
| 0073 | rgid |
| 0074 | procp |
| 0076 | base |
| 0100 | count |
| 0102 | offset |
| 0106 | cdir |
| 0110 | dbuf |
| 0126 | dirp |
| 0130 | ino |
| 0132 | name |
| 0150 | pdir |
| 0152 | uisa |
| 0212 | uisd |
| 0252 | ofile |
| 0310 | arg |
| 0322 | tsize |
| 0324 | dsize |
| 0326 | ssize |
| 0330 | sep |
| 0332 | qsav |
| 0336 | ssav |
| 0342 | signal |
| 0412 | utime |
| 0414 | stime |
| 0416 | cutime |
| 0422 | cstime |
| 0426 | ar0 |
| 0430 | prof |
| 0440 | intflg |
(See the file 'user.h' for the meanings/contents of the various fields.)
