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Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point. Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu> Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96
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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)sigaltstack.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 6, 2010
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.Dt SIGALTSTACK 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sigaltstack
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.Nd set and/or get signal stack context
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In signal.h
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.Bd -literal
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typedef struct {
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char *ss_sp;
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size_t ss_size;
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int ss_flags;
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} stack_t;
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.Ed
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.Ft int
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.Fn sigaltstack "const stack_t * restrict ss" "stack_t * restrict oss"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn sigaltstack
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system call
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allows defining an alternate stack on which signals
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are to be processed for the current thread.
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If
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.Fa ss
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is non-zero,
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it specifies a pointer to and the size of a
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.Em "signal stack"
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on which to deliver signals.
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When a signal's action indicates its handler
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should execute on the signal stack (specified with a
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.Xr sigaction 2
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system call), the system checks to see
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if the thread is currently executing on that stack.
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If the thread is not currently executing on the signal stack,
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the system arranges a switch to the signal stack for the
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duration of the signal handler's execution.
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.Pp
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An active stack cannot be modified.
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.Pp
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If
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.Dv SS_DISABLE
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is set in
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.Fa ss_flags ,
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.Fa ss_sp
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and
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.Fa ss_size
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are ignored and the signal stack will be disabled.
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A disabled stack will cause all signals to be
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taken on the regular user stack.
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If the stack is later re-enabled then all signals that were specified
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to be processed on an alternate stack will resume doing so.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa oss
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is non-zero, the current signal stack state is returned.
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The
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.Fa ss_flags
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field will contain the value
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.Dv SS_ONSTACK
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if the thread is currently on a signal stack and
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.Dv SS_DISABLE
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if the signal stack is currently disabled.
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.Sh NOTES
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The value
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.Dv SIGSTKSZ
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is defined to be the number of bytes/chars that would be used to cover
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the usual case when allocating an alternate stack area.
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The following code fragment is typically used to allocate an alternate stack.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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if ((sigstk.ss_sp = malloc(SIGSTKSZ)) == NULL)
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/* error return */
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sigstk.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
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sigstk.ss_flags = 0;
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if (sigaltstack(&sigstk, NULL) < 0)
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perror("sigaltstack");
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.Ed
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An alternative approach is provided for programs with signal handlers
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that require a specific amount of stack space other than the default size.
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The value
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.Dv MINSIGSTKSZ
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is defined to be the number of bytes/chars that is required by
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the operating system to implement the alternate stack feature.
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In computing an alternate stack size,
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programs should add
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.Dv MINSIGSTKSZ
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to their stack requirements to allow for the operating system overhead.
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.Pp
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Signal stacks are automatically adjusted for the direction of stack
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growth and alignment requirements.
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Signal stacks may or may not be protected by the hardware and
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are not ``grown'' automatically as is done for the normal stack.
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If the stack overflows and this space is not protected
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unpredictable results may occur.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std sigaltstack
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn sigaltstack
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system call
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will fail and the signal stack context will remain unchanged
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if one of the following occurs.
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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Either
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.Fa ss
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or
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.Fa oss
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points to memory that is not a valid part of the process
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address space.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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An attempt was made to modify an active stack.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The
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.Fa ss_flags
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field was invalid.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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Size of alternate stack area is less than or equal to
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.Dv MINSIGSTKSZ .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr setjmp 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The predecessor to
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.Fn sigaltstack ,
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the
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.Fn sigstack
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system call, appeared in
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.Bx 4.2 .
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