NAME
sigstack - Sets and gets signal stack context
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int sigstack (
struct sigstack *instack,
struct sigstack *outstack );
PARAMETERS
instack
Specifies the stack pointer of the new signal stack.
If the value of the instack parameter is nonzero, it
points to a sigstack() structure, which has the follow-
ing members:
struct sigstack{
caddr_t ss_sp;
int ss_onstack;
}
The value of instack->ss_sp specifies the stack pointer
of the new signal stack. The value of instack-
>ss_onstack should be set to 1 if the process is
currently running on that stack; otherwise, it should
be 0 (zero).
If the value of the instack parameter is 0 (that is, a
null pointer), the signal stack state is not set.
outstack
Points to the structure where the current signal stack
state is stored. If the value of the outstack parame-
ter is nonzero, it points to a sigstack() structure
into which the sigstack() function stores the current
signal stack state. If the value of the outstack
parameter is 0 (zero), the previous signal stack state
is not reported.
DESCRIPTION
The sigstack() function defines an alternate stack on which
signals are to be processed.
When a signal occurs and its handler is to run on the signal
stack, the system checks to see if the process is already
running on that stack. If so, the process continues to run
even after the handler returns. If not, the signal handler
runs on the signal stack, and the original stack is restored
when the handler returns.
Use the sigaction() function to specify whether a given
signal handler routine is to run on the signal stack.
CAUTION
A signal stack does not automatically increase in size as a
normal stack does. If the stack overflows, unpredictable
results can occur.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned.
Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to
indicate the error.
ERRORS
If the sigstack() function fails, errno may be set to the
following value:
[EFAULT] The instack or outstack parameter points outside
of the address space of the process.
RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: setjmp(3), sigaction(2), sigvec(2)
Acknowledgement and Disclaimer