Re: [src] cvs commit: src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/sys readlink.2 src/sys/compat/freebsd32 syscalls.master src/sys/kern syscalls.master vfs_syscalls.c src/sys/sys syscallsubr.h

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:29:33 +0100
Kostik Belousov <kostikbel_at_gmail.com> writes:
> The slightly contrived example below works on RELENG_7 amd64, relevant
> output from the truss is
> 	readlink("/usr/X11R6","l",1)                     = 1 (0x1)
> on the CURRENT gives
> 	readlink("/usr/X11R6","l",1)                     = -4294967295 (0xffffffff00000001)
> [also please note wrong output for the third readlink arg; ktrace/kdump works
> ok].

The only advantage truss has is the ability to decode structs
(e.g. struct sockaddr in a connect() call).  Apart from that, ktrace /
kdump is superior in every respect.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Fri Feb 15 2008 - 08:29:38 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:27 UTC