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1. The Illumos Syscall Handler
   3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-05-06
2. A Posix Queue Implementation
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-09-11
3. How the Illumos AMD64 FBT Provider Intercepts Function Calls
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-15
4. Debugging SmartOS #1 – Finding Lock Inversions with DTrace
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-06-19

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1. bcantrill · 2015-07-15Recommends

   illumos actually has the advantage of a rich set of tooling designed for kernel development (DTrace, mdb, etc.) as well as an ethos of detailed comments -- and it tends to be a bit of a self-selecting community in that it attracts people who value the same. As an example of the adventures of a relative newcomer to illumos, see the excellent writings of Ryan Zezeski, e.g. [1][2][3]. [1] http://zinascii.com/2015/illum…

   Comment linking /2014/a-posix-queue-implementation.html

   on “Getting into Linux Kernel Development”
2. aberoham · 2020-02-13

   Submitted Goodbye Joyent as a story · 260 points

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3. rzezeski · 2024-01-30

   I wrote a detailed walk-through of the illumos syscall handler back in 2016. It's missing the updates around KPTI (meltdown mitigation), but other than that the mechanisms should be unchanged. https://zinascii.com/2016/the-illumos-syscall-handler.html

   Comment linking /2016/the-illumos-syscall-handler.html

   on “On the Costs of Syscalls (2021)”
4. rzezeski · 2014-11-03

   Submitted Most operating systems have implemented realtime signals incorrectly as a story · 105 points

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5. nkurz · 2016-05-24

   Are you familiar with the joke where the patient says about some awkward improbable activity, "Doctor, it hurts every time I do it" and the doctor responds "Then don't do that!" The principle here is the same: then don't do that! I will mention though that although pointers occupy 64 bits, the virtual address space on current x64 machines is limited to 48-bit (256 TB). This means that if you are careful, you can get…

   Comment linking /2016/the-illumos-syscall-handler.html

   on “Double-ended vector – is it useful?”
6. bcantrill · 2016-05-20

   Submitted The Illumos Syscall Handler as a story · 93 points

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7. hardwaresofton · 2014-09-20Recommends

   Another great article from that site: http://zinascii.com/2014/a-posix-queue-implementation.html

   Comment linking /2014/a-posix-queue-implementation.html

   on “The 8-Byte Two-Step”
8. rzezeski · 2014-11-06

   Submitted How My Printer Caused Excessive Syscalls and UDP Traffic as a story · 90 points

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9. rzezeski · 2014-09-11

   Submitted A Posix Queue Implementation as a story · 88 points

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10. profquail · 2015-04-12

    Submitted More Efficient TLB shootdowns as a story · 52 points

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11. rzezeski · 2014-09-20

    Submitted The 8-Byte Two-Step as a story · 48 points

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12. moks · 2020-10-28

    Submitted Tracing Kernel Functions: FBT stack() and arg as a story · 26 points

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13. pharkmillups · 2013-02-26

    Submitted Solr Distributed Search and the Stale Check as a story · 6 points

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14. bcantrill · 2016-05-06

    Submitted The Illumos Syscall Handler as a story · 5 points

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15. jen20 · 2017-06-19

    Submitted Debugging SmartOS #1 – Finding Lock Inversions with DTrace as a story · 4 points

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16. jsnell · 2016-05-13

    Submitted The Illumos Syscall Handler as a story · 4 points

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17. gbrown_ · 2020-06-15

    Submitted How the Illumos AMD64 FBT Provider Intercepts Function Calls as a story · 3 points

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18. dmpk2k · 2017-06-21

    Submitted Debugging SmartOS: Finding Lock Inversions with DTrace as a story · 3 points

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19. ingve · 2020-06-16

    Submitted Tracing Kernel Functions: How the Illumos AMD64 FBT Provider Intercepts Calls as a story · 2 points

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20. ingve · 2023-09-25

    Submitted Debugging a Zig Test Failure as a story · 1 points

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