Chuck,
They are just C sub-routines called by different modules for some specific atomic actions. You can decode them easily with first three letters. That will tell which layer they work. For example KC components work at Cache Layer. KG works at Generic Layers (most of the KG are Library Cache routines, so mostly you see KGL (Library Cache objects are exposed in X$KGLOB). Most of the buffer cache related stuffs are in KC%.KCB is buffer cache management and KCR is Cache Recovery related and so on.
I will leave the kcrrwwkx to your interpretation !!!
Have a nice day !!
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K Gopalakrishnan,
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Author: Oracle Database 10g RAC Handbook, Oracle Press 2006
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From: Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@gmail.com>
To: oracle-l <oracle-l@freelists.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 28 November, 2006 3:51:02 PM
Subject: Secret Decoder Ring for kernel stubs?
Curious, is there a good resource to "unabiguify" kernel stub names? Granted, they are undocumented because Oracle does not want anyone to hack their software, but surely somebody knows what all those names translate to, or what they are used for. I have a very curious streak, so while I would not be able to do anything the knowledge, I simply want to know.
For example, what is kcrrwkx, and what is it used for? For context, see bug 4883174
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