NetBSD Problem Report #59921
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From: campbell+netbsd@mumble.net
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Subject: kdump(1) doesn't decode sigprocmask
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>Number: 59921
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: kdump(1) doesn't decode sigprocmask
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 15 02:05:00 +0000 2026
>Last-Modified: Sun Feb 01 19:45:01 +0000 2026
>Originator: Taylor R Campbell
>Release: current, 11, 10, 9, ...
>Organization:
The NetBSDump 0xffff01nd4t10n
>Environment:
>Description:
ktrace/kdump doesn't show what operation is being done to a signal set in sigprocmask (i.e., __sigprocmask14, or any of the older compat syscalls), and what the signal set is. For example:
12720 12720 python3.12 CALL __sigprocmask14(1,0x7f7fff114c10,0x7f7fff114c50)
12720 12720 python3.12 RET __sigprocmask14 0
12720 12720 python3.12 CALL __sigprocmask14(3,0x7f7fff114c50,0)
12720 12720 python3.12 RET __sigprocmask14 0
It would be nice if it showed a meaningful name like SIG_BLOCK and the set of signals being blocked. (Likewise for pthread_sigmask. Would also be nice if sigaction, i.e., __sigaction_sigtramp, decomposed the struct sigaction.)
>How-To-Repeat:
ktrace/kdump a program that uses sigprocmask
>Fix:
Yes, please!
>Audit-Trail:
From: "Christos Zoulas" <christos@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: PR/59921 CVS commit: src
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 14:41:47 -0500
Module Name: src
Committed By: christos
Date: Sun Feb 1 19:41:47 UTC 2026
Modified Files:
src/sys/kern: kern_ktrace.c kern_stub.c sys_sig.c
src/sys/sys: ktrace.h
src/usr.bin/kdump: kdump.c
src/usr.bin/ktrace: ktrace.h
Log Message:
PR/59921: Show sigprogmask bits when tracing.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.187 -r1.188 src/sys/kern/kern_ktrace.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.52 -r1.53 src/sys/kern/kern_stub.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.61 -r1.62 src/sys/kern/sys_sig.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.71 -r1.72 src/sys/sys/ktrace.h
cvs rdiff -u -r1.149 -r1.150 src/usr.bin/kdump/kdump.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.21 -r1.22 src/usr.bin/ktrace/ktrace.h
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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