Here is the code for swap context: int swapcontext(ucontext_t *oucp, const ucontext_t *ucp) { int ret;
if ((oucp == NULL) || (ucp == NULL)) { errno = EINVAL; return (-1); } oucp->uc_flags &= ~UCF_SWAPPED; ret = getcontext(oucp); if ((ret == 0) && !(oucp->uc_flags & UCF_SWAPPED)) { oucp->uc_flags |= UCF_SWAPPED; ret = setcontext(ucp); } return (ret); } On the OS X port of libc, this gets compiled as: 0x00007fff901e86b2 <swapcontext+0>: push %r14 0x00007fff901e86b4 <swapcontext+2>: push %rbx 0x00007fff901e86b5 <swapcontext+3>: sub $0x8,%rsp 0x00007fff901e86b9 <swapcontext+7>: test %rdi,%rdi 0x00007fff901e86bc <swapcontext+10>: je 0x7fff901e86c6 <swapcontext+20> 0x00007fff901e86be <swapcontext+12>: mov %rsi,%rbx 0x00007fff901e86c1 <swapcontext+15>: test %rbx,%rbx 0x00007fff901e86c4 <swapcontext+18>: jne 0x7fff901e86d8 <swapcontext+38> 0x00007fff901e86c6 <swapcontext+20>: callq 0x7fff90262c88 <__error> 0x00007fff901e86cb <swapcontext+25>: movl $0x16,(%rax) 0x00007fff901e86d1 <swapcontext+31>: mov $0xffffffff,%eax 0x00007fff901e86d6 <swapcontext+36>: jmp 0x7fff901e86f3 <swapcontext+65> 0x00007fff901e86d8 <swapcontext+38>: mov %rdi,%r14 0x00007fff901e86db <swapcontext+41>: andb $0x7f,0x3(%r14) 0x00007fff901e86e0 <swapcontext+46>: mov %r14,%rdi 0x00007fff901e86e3 <swapcontext+49>: callq 0x7fff901e87af <getcontext> 0x00007fff901e86e8 <swapcontext+54>: test %eax,%eax 0x00007fff901e86ea <swapcontext+56>: jne 0x7fff901e86f3 <swapcontext+65> 0x00007fff901e86ec <swapcontext+58>: mov (%r14),%ecx 0x00007fff901e86ef <swapcontext+61>: test %ecx,%ecx 0x00007fff901e86f1 <swapcontext+63>: jns 0x7fff901e86fb <swapcontext+73> 0x00007fff901e86f3 <swapcontext+65>: add $0x8,%rsp 0x00007fff901e86f7 <swapcontext+69>: pop %rbx 0x00007fff901e86f8 <swapcontext+70>: pop %r14 0x00007fff901e86fa <swapcontext+72>: retq 0x00007fff901e86fb <swapcontext+73>: or $0x80000000,%ecx 0x00007fff901e8701 <swapcontext+79>: mov %ecx,(%r14) 0x00007fff901e8704 <swapcontext+82>: mov %rbx,%rdi 0x00007fff901e8707 <swapcontext+85>: add $0x8,%rsp 0x00007fff901e870b <swapcontext+89>: pop %rbx 0x00007fff901e870c <swapcontext+90>: pop %r14 0x00007fff901e870e <swapcontext+92>: jmpq 0x7fff90262855 <setcontext> The problem is that rbx is callee saved by compiled version of swapcontext and then reused before getcontext is called. Getcontext then stores the wrong value for rbx and setcontext later restores the wrong value for rbx. If the caller had any value in rbx, it has been trashed at this point. Brian _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"