NAME
sigstack - set and/or get signal stack context
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
struct sigstack {
caddr_t ss_sp;
int ss_onstack;
};
sigstack(ss, oss);
struct sigstack *ss, *oss;
DESCRIPTION
Sigstack allows users to define an alternate stack on which
signals
are to be processed. If ss is non-zero, it specifies a
signal
stack on which to deliver signals and tells the system if
the
process is currently executing on that stack. When a
signal’s
action indicates its handler should execute on the signal
stack
(specified with a sigvec(2) call), the system checks to see
if the
process is currently executing on that stack. If the process
is
not currently executing on the signal stack, the system
arranges a
switch to the signal stack for the duration of the signal
handler’s
execution. If oss is non-zero, the current signal stack
state is
returned.
NOTES
Signal stacks are not "grown" automatically, as is
done for the
normal stack. If the stack overflows unpredictable results
may
occur.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
Otherwise, a
value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
Sigstack will fail and the signal stack context will remain
unchanged if one of the following occurs.
[EFAULT] Either ss or oss points
to memory that is not a
valid part of the process address space.
SEE ALSO
sigvec(2), setjmp(3)