rr-debugger / rr-debugger/rr

Crash on replay (`SYSCALLBUF_FLUSH: expecting tracee signal or trap, but instead at 'fork'`)

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Description

The project is awesome. Unfortunately, it crashes when I try to replay the recorded dump of our system (we have all sorts of syscalls, heavy disk and network I/O, shared memory, parallelism and stuff). I wish I could debug the problem and contribute to the project, but I lack the knowledge of the Linux kernel stuff needed to do that.

What books/blogs/otherwise literature on Linux system programming you could suggest to make sense of the internals of rr-debugger for newcomers?

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; begin by reviewing the request for newcomer-oriented Linux system-programming resources and rr internals. A useful outcome would need a defined documentation scope and a curated set of resources that helps newcomers understand rr. The long-unanswered thread should be checked before starting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
documentation, operating-systems
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
15/100

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