（莱昂氏unix源代码分析导读-34）You are not expected to understand this

 

                                                                  By cszhao1980

本章将探讨unix v6代码中最微妙的部分，即著名的注释：“ You are not expected to understand this”。

 

2178: swtch()

2179: {

2180:     static struct proc *p;

2181:     register i, n;

2182:     register struct proc *rp;

          ……

2228:     retu(rp->p_addr);

2229:     sureg();

2230: /*

2231: * If the new process paused because it was

2232: * swapped out, set the stack level to the last call

2233: * to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return

2234: * which is executed immediately after the call to aretu

2235: * actually returns from the last routine which did

2236: * the savu.

2237: *

2238: * You are not expected to understand this.

2239: */

2240:     if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) {

2241:         rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP;

2242:         aretu(u.u_ssav);

2243:     }

2244: /* The value returned here has many subtle implications.

2245: * See the newproc comments.

2246: */

2247:     return(1);

2248: }

 

相关代码仅有三行，逻辑非常简单：

（1）         在swtch()退出之前，会检查进程的<