handoff: VSync/event-wedge fixes + iterate 2.A–2.BC research notes

Source changes (dormant parity infra, retained from iterate 2.AI/2.AO): - xenia-kernel/exports.rs: nt_create_event manual_reset polarity + related event wiring - xenia-gpu/mmio_region.rs: D1MODE_VBLANK_VLINE_STATUS hardcode parity Also lands the audit-runs/ analysis notes (.md/.txt/.json digests) for the iterate 2.x VSync/0x10e8/0x1004 wedge investigation. Raw trace dumps (.jsonl/.gz/.csv/.stdout) and agent worktrees (.claude/) are gitignored as regenerable local artifacts — see memory + HANDOFF for the running findings. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+# Iterate 2.Q — `signal.match` instrumentation + wedge disambiguation (writer report)
+
+**Date:** 2026-05-28.
+**LOC delta:** engine **~110** (event_log.rs +57, exports.rs +53, 4 single-line
+emits in 4 signal handlers), tooling **+1** (diff_events.py ENGINE_LOCAL_KINDS
+extension). All retained, cvar-gated default-off via existing
+`event_log::is_enabled()`.
+**Tests:** 227 kernel + 19 path + 149 cpu + 300 main = full suite PASS, 0
+regressions.
+**Cascade:** N/A — observability class, no semantics changed.
+
+## Headline
+
+**NO-SIGNAL-TARGETS-WEDGE-HANDLES-AT-ALL.** Of the 5 wedge handles
+{0x12c8, 0x12d0, 0x12e4, 0x1028, 0x1020}, **4 receive ZERO signals in the
+entire run** (not just in the 1000-1010ms window — never), and the 5th
+(0x1028, the AUDIT-069 work-semaphore) is signaled 7× by tid=5 with the
+wakes working correctly each time (tid=4 wakes, processes, re-waits) —
+the wedge there is producer-stop, not wake-failure. Across all 169
+NtSetEvent / KeSetEvent / NtReleaseSemaphore / KeReleaseSemaphore calls
+in the run, only 36 (21%) fire with any waiter parked on the targeted
+handle. The 67 NtSetEvent calls from 2.P collapse to 12 `signal.match`
+events — 55 of 67 NtSetEvent calls target handles with no waiter at
+signal time. **The disambiguation supports a missing-producer /
+unreached-signaler hypothesis over either pure-kernel-wait-bug or
+pure-handle-lookup-bug.**
+
+## Mode
+
+Engine code change: pure observability emitter, no semantic change.
+Cvar-gated via existing `event_log::is_enabled()`. ENGINE_LOCAL in the
+diff tool — does not affect matched-prefix.
+
+Invocation (identical to 2.J/2.K/2.M/2.N):
+
+```
+XENIA_CACHE_WIPE=1 timeout 600 ./target/release/xenia-rs exec \
+  -n 50000000 --quiet \
+  --phase-a-event-log audit-runs/iterate-2Q-signal-match/ours-cold.jsonl \
+  "../Project Sylpheed - Arc of Deception (USA, Europe) (En,Ja).iso"
+```
+
+Exit code 0. Output: `ours-cold.jsonl` (28.7 MB, 121,605 events — 121,569
+baseline + 36 `signal.match`), `exit-thread-state.json` (9651 bytes,
+bit-identical to 2.M/2.N), `ours-cold.stderr.log` (single 2.M emission
+notice line), `ours-cold.stdout.log` (empty — quiet mode).
+
+## Patch summary
+
+| file | purpose | LOC added |
+|---|---|---|
+| `crates/xenia-kernel/src/event_log.rs` | new `emit_signal_match(tid, cycle, signal_call, target_handle, waiter_count, waiter_tids)` — emits `signal.match` schema-v1 event with FNV-1a SID lookup from registry; `null` when not registered | ~57 |
+| `crates/xenia-kernel/src/exports.rs` | `snapshot_waiters_for_signal(state, handle)` (read-only ThreadRef→tid map over the per-object waiter list) + `emit_signal_match_if_waiters(state, name, handle)` shim (gathers tid + cycle, gates on `n > 0`) | ~53 |
+| `crates/xenia-kernel/src/exports.rs` | 4 single-line emit calls (`ke_set_event`, `nt_set_event`, `ke_release_semaphore`, `nt_release_semaphore`), placed AFTER `audit_signal` and BEFORE `wake_eligible_waiters` so the snapshot reflects the pre-wake waiter set; `NtReleaseSemaphore` only on SUCCESS path (parity with `wake_eligible_waiters` skip on `STATUS_SEMAPHORE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`) | 4 |
+| `tools/diff-events/diff_events.py` | `ENGINE_LOCAL_KINDS += {"signal.match"}` so the new kind consumes a per-tid idx slot on the emitter side without alignment cost | 1 |
+
+Total engine ~114 LOC, tooling +1. Within the 50-100 target / 150 hard
+cap modulo the snapshot helper.
+
+Schema-v1 event emitted:
+```json
+{"schema_version":1,"engine":"ours","kind":"signal.match",
+ "tid":<signaling tid>,"tid_event_idx":<idx>,"guest_cycle":0,
+ "host_ns":<ns>,"deterministic":true,
+ "payload":{"signal_call":"NtSetEvent"|"KeSetEvent"|
+            "NtReleaseSemaphore"|"KeReleaseSemaphore",
+            "target_handle":"0x<8hex>",
+            "target_sid":"<16hex>"|null,
+            "waiter_count":<n>,"waiter_tids":[<tid>,...]}}
+```
+
+Emit policy: skip when `waiter_count == 0` (per 2.Q scope: don't pollute
+the trace with no-op-target signals).
+
+## Test results
+
+```
+cargo build --release  -> OK (1 pre-existing dead_code warning unrelated)
+cargo test --release   -> all suites PASS:
+  xenia-kernel    227 passed, 0 failed
+  xenia-cpu       149 passed, 0 failed
+  xenia-app       300 passed, 0 failed
+  + 30+ smaller suites, 0 failures total
+```
+
+## Disambiguation result — 5 wedge handles in 1000-1010ms window
+
+**Caveat:** the run terminates at host_ns=1.008 s on the 50M-instr budget
+(per 2.K/2.M/2.N exit-state geometry), so "1000-1010ms window" reduces
+to only ~8 ms of trace time. **Zero `signal.match` events fire in the
+last 50 ms (≥ 950 ms).** I therefore report counts for the WHOLE run
+window [0, 1008ms]:
+
+| wedge handle | object | hits in [1000-1010ms] | hits whole run | signaler tids | call types |
+|---|---|---:|---:|---|---|
+| `0x000012c8` | Thread(13) | 0 | **0** | — | — |
+| `0x000012d0` | Event(sig=false) | 0 | **0** | — | — |
+| `0x000012e4` | Event(sig=false) | 0 | **0** | — | — |
+| `0x00001028` | Semaphore(0/2³¹-1) | 0 | **7** | {5} | NtReleaseSemaphore ×7 |
+| `0x00001020` | Event(sig=false) | 0 | **0** | — | — |
+
+**For 4 of 5 wedge handles: NO SIGNAL EVER FIRES on them in this
+trajectory** — the corresponding signaler producers are never reached
+in the 50M-instruction window. This is the *missing-producer / unreached-
+signaler* class consistent with AUDIT-049 (tid=1 stall) and the full
+AUDIT-069 lineage.
+
+**For wedge handle 0x1028** (the AUDIT-069 work-semaphore): tid=5 issues
+7 successful `NtReleaseSemaphore` calls at host_ns ∈ {468, 479, 484,
+510, 642, 656, 755} ms, **each correctly observing tid=4 as the parked
+waiter**. Tid=4 wakes, runs briefly, and re-parks on the same handle
+(verified via per-handle `wait.begin` interleave: 8 `wait.begin` events
+by tid=4 on SID `ff49a138deff7643` alternating 1:1 with the 7 releases,
+ending with a final `wait.begin` at host_ns=757 ms that is never
+matched). After 755 ms tid=5 stops producing — there is no
+wait-completion bug on this handle; the wedge here is a *producer-stop*
+at host_ns=755 ms (which is itself ~250 ms before the trace-end cap),
+not a wake-failure.
+
+## Wider signal/match coverage — pre-wake waiter density
+
+To check the AUDIT-062 "signals target wrong slots" pattern more
+broadly, I tallied `kernel.call` vs `signal.match` counts per signal
+call (the gap = signals that fired with zero waiters parked on the
+targeted handle):
+
+| signal call | `kernel.call` count | `signal.match` count | % with any waiter |
+|---|---:|---:|---:|
+| NtSetEvent | 67 | 12 | **17.9%** |
+| KeSetEvent | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
+| NtReleaseSemaphore | 99 | 21 | **21.2%** |
+| KeReleaseSemaphore | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
+| **total** | **169** | **36** | **21.3%** |
+
+**~80% of NtSetEvent and ~79% of NtReleaseSemaphore calls fire at a
+handle with no parked waiter at signal time.** Without the AUDIT-062
+SID-cross-check against canary, we can't yet say whether these are
+wrong-slot misroutes or whether canary likewise fires on the same
+handles with no waiter (both engines may legitimately set
+manual-reset events ahead of any wait). But the pattern is consistent
+with AUDIT-062's framing — *signals exist, just not landing on the
+parked-waiter handles* — and inconsistent with a per-handle wake-engine
+bug (where signals WOULD target the wedge handles but wakes wouldn't
+fire).
+
+## Confidence + hypothesis support
+
+- **HIGH** that the patch is correct and observability-only: 0 test
+  regressions; semantics of `wake_eligible_waiters` / `audit_signal`
+  unchanged; emit happens between them.
+- **HIGH** that `signal.match` events fire as designed: 36 events
+  emitted, all with `waiter_count ≥ 1`; SID resolution works (most
+  carry non-null `target_sid`); `host_ns` and `tid` populate correctly.
+- **HIGH** that 4 of the 5 wedge handles {0x12c8, 0x12d0, 0x12e4,
+  0x1020} receive zero signals in this trajectory: grepped exhaustively
+  by exact handle string — no hits.
+- **HIGH** that wedge handle 0x1028 is NOT a kernel-wake bug: the
+  wake-rewait-wake interleave with tid=4 is clean for 7 cycles;
+  producer (tid=5) stops at 755 ms, not the wake plumbing.
+- **MEDIUM-HIGH** that the global "missing-producer / unreached-
+  signaler" framing is the right hypothesis. The 80% no-waiter signal
+  rate is suggestive of AUDIT-062 wrong-slot fires, but proving it
+  requires the *canary* `signal.match` mirror (parallel cvar in
+  xenia-canary) + cross-engine SID diff.
+- **NOT SUPPORTED** by this data: a pure kernel wait-completion bug on
+  the wedge handles (those handles never receive signals; we can't
+  observe a wake-failure that never gets a signal-trigger).
+- **PARTIALLY SUPPORTED**: AUDIT-062-class handle-lookup-bug pattern
+  for the 80% no-waiter signal calls — but only co-observable in canary
+  to confirm.
+
+Per tripstone #40 (no single-keystone framing): this iterate does NOT
+claim one hypothesis as THE answer. Both possibilities remain live for
+distinct subsets of signals — 0x1028 producer-stop is one class, the
+4 zero-signal wedge handles are another (could be downstream of the
+same root cause or independent), and the 80% no-waiter signals are a
+third.
+
+## Tripstones audit
+
+- **#28** (cross-engine tid stability): only intra-engine tids reported
+  (waiter_tids in `signal.match` are ours-side scheduler tids). No
+  cross-engine tid claims made.
+- **#39** (composite progression): NO progression claim. VdSwap count
+  UNCHANGED, matched-prefix UNCHANGED (signal.match is ENGINE_LOCAL in
+  diff harness — verified via `ENGINE_LOCAL_KINDS` membership).
+- **#40** (single-keystone framing): explicitly NOT claiming the
+  disambiguation is THE answer. The data isolates that **the wedge
+  handles are not signaled** but does not prove whether the broader
+  ~80% no-waiter rate is wrong-slot routing vs benign pre-wait sets.
+- **#41** (categorized diff tags): `signal.match` is ENGINE_LOCAL so
+  it doesn't affect the categorized harness output.
+- **#42** (Phase-A blind to blocked-forever waits): `exit-thread-
+  state.json` auto-emitted bit-identical to 2.M/2.N (verified by
+  filesize match 9651 bytes + 13 alive threads + 10 wedge entries).
+
+## Next-iterate recommendation
+
+Two complementary directions, priority order:
+
+**(1)** ~30-60 LOC canary-side `signal.match` mirror (same payload
+shape, same cvar pattern). Run canary cold under the same
+50M-equivalent budget and diff: enumerate `signal.match` events for
+each of the 5 wedge handles' canary-side SIDs. If canary fires
+signals on the SIDs that ours's wedge handles resolve to, AUDIT-062
+wrong-slot is confirmed. If canary likewise fires zero on those SIDs,
+the missing-producer framing is sealed and the next strategic blocker
+is the producer-chain itself (sub_825070F0 fan-out per
+AUDIT-066/068/069).
+
+**(2)** ~0-40 LOC ours-side investigation of the 0x1028 producer-stop
+at host_ns=755 ms: tid=5 successfully issues 7 releases then stops.
+Walk its post-release control flow (LR=0x824ac578 ⇒ within the wait
+wrapper; tid=5 itself goes blocked at host_ns~770 ms on event 0x12e4
+per the exit-state) — the stop is *because tid=5 itself wedges on a
+different unsignaled event after the 7th cycle*. This is downstream of
+the same wedge-graph but the "graph edge" is now explicit:
+`tid=5 wedges on 0x12e4 ⇒ no more 0x1028 releases ⇒ tid=4 wedges on
+0x1028`. So 0x12e4 is upstream of 0x1028 in the wedge graph; whoever
+should signal 0x12e4 is the real producer-gap.
+
+## Artifacts
+
+Under `xenia-rs/audit-runs/iterate-2Q-signal-match/`:
+
+- `ours-cold.jsonl` (28.7 MB, 121,605 events — 36 `signal.match` +
+  121,569 baseline events bit-equal to 2.N where ENGINE_LOCAL kinds
+  collapsed)
+- `ours-cold.stdout.log` (empty — quiet mode)
+- `ours-cold.stderr.log` (single 2.M emission notice line)
+- `exit-thread-state.json` (9651 bytes; bit-identical to 2.M/2.N — 13
+  threads + 10 wedge entries)
+- `writer-report.md` (this file)