wchan for multithreaded process is now ~0ull or "*"

NEWS

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ avoid truncating long usernames
 avoid warning about -lncurses when not linking (more)
 new names for shared libraries (packagers: watch out!)
 "make install" no longer rebuilds everything
+wchan now '*' for multi-threaded processes
 
 procps-3.2.1 --> procps-3.2.2
 

proc/ksym.c

@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ typedef struct symb {
   unsigned KLONG addr;
 } symb;
 
-static const symb fail = { "?", 0 };
-static const char dash[] = "-";
-
 /* These mostly rely on POSIX to make them zero. */
 
 static symb hashtable[256];
@@ -602,10 +599,14 @@ static const char * read_wchan_file(unsigned pid){
 
 /***************************************/
 
+static const symb fail = { .name = "?" };
+static const char dash[] = "-";
+static const char star[] = "*";
+
 #define MAX_OFFSET (0x1000*sizeof(long))  /* past this is generally junk */
 
 /* return pointer to temporary static buffer with function name */
-const char * wchan(unsigned KLONG address, unsigned pid) {
+const char * lookup_wchan(unsigned KLONG address, unsigned pid) {
   const symb *mod_symb;
   const symb *map_symb;
   const symb *good_symb;
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ const char * wchan(unsigned KLONG address, unsigned pid) {
   if(use_wchan_file) return read_wchan_file(pid);
 
   if(!address)  return dash;
+  if(!~address) return star;
 
   read_and_parse();
   hash = (address >> 4) & 0xff;  /* got 56/63 hits & 7/63 misses */

proc/library.map

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# for --version-script
+# WTF is the syntax for this file?
+# Give me a BNF, man!
 _3_1_14 {
 global:
   __cyg_profile_func_enter; __cyg_profile_func_exit; main;
@@ -5,7 +8,7 @@ global:
   readproc; readtask; readproctab; readproctab2; look_up_our_self; escape_command;
   escape_str; escape_strlist;
   openproc; closeproc;
-  tty_to_dev; dev_to_tty; open_psdb_message; open_psdb; wchan;
+  tty_to_dev; dev_to_tty; open_psdb_message; open_psdb; lookup_wchan;
   display_version; procps_version; linux_version_code;
   Hertz; smp_num_cpus;
   sprint_uptime; uptime; user_from_uid; print_uptime; loadavg;

proc/readproc.c

@@ -521,7 +521,12 @@ static proc_t* simple_readproc(PROCTAB *restrict const PT, proc_t *restrict cons
        }
     }
 
-    /* some number->text resolving which is time consuming */
+    // if multithreaded, some values are crap
+    if(p->nlwp > 1){
+      p->wchan = (KLONG)~0ull;
+    }
+
+    /* some number->text resolving which is time consuming and kind of insane */
     if (flags & PROC_FILLUSR){
 	memcpy(p->euser,   user_from_uid(p->euid), sizeof p->euser);
         if(flags & PROC_FILLSTATUS) {
@@ -531,7 +536,7 @@ static proc_t* simple_readproc(PROCTAB *restrict const PT, proc_t *restrict cons
         }
     }
 
-    /* some number->text resolving which is time consuming */
+    /* some number->text resolving which is time consuming and kind of insane */
     if (flags & PROC_FILLGRP){
         memcpy(p->egroup, group_from_gid(p->egid), sizeof p->egroup);
         if(flags & PROC_FILLSTATUS) {

proc/wchan.h

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 EXTERN_C_BEGIN
 
-extern const char * wchan(unsigned KLONG address, unsigned pid);
+extern const char * lookup_wchan(unsigned KLONG address, unsigned pid);
 extern int   open_psdb(const char *restrict override);
 extern int   open_psdb_message(const char *restrict override, void (*message)(const char *, ...));
 

ps/output.c

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int pr_wchan(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const pp
  */
     if(!(pp->wchan & 0xffffff)) return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", "-");
     if(wchan_is_number) return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%x", (unsigned)(pp->wchan) & 0xffffffu);
-    return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", wchan(pp->wchan, pp->XXXID));
+    return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", lookup_wchan(pp->wchan, pp->XXXID));
 }
 
 /* Terrible trunctuation, like BSD crap uses: I999 J999 K999 */
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static int pr_wname(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const pp
  * more than one thread waiting in the kernel.
  */
     if(!(pp->wchan & 0xffffff)) return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", "-");
-    return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", wchan(pp->wchan, pp->XXXID));
+    return snprintf(outbuf, COLWID, "%s", lookup_wchan(pp->wchan, pp->XXXID));
 }
 
 static int pr_nwchan(char *restrict const outbuf, const proc_t *restrict const pp){

top.c

@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ static void task_show (const WIN_t *q, const proc_t *p)
                f = " %08lx ";
                MKCOL((long)p->wchan);
             } else {
-               MKCOL(wchan(p->wchan, p->XXXID));
+               MKCOL(lookup_wchan(p->wchan, p->XXXID));
             }
             break;