122 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
122 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Packet Design, LLC.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Packet Design; provided, however, that:
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd September 10, 2002
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.Dt GETCONTEXT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getcontext , setcontext
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.Nd get and set user thread context
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In ucontext.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn getcontext "ucontext_t *ucp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn setcontext "const ucontext_t *ucp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getcontext
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function
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saves the current thread's execution context in the structure pointed to by
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.Fa ucp .
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This saved context may then later be restored by calling
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.Fn setcontext .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setcontext
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function
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makes a previously saved thread context the current thread context, i.e.,
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the current context is lost and
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.Fn setcontext
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does not return.
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Instead, execution continues in the context specified by
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.Fa ucp ,
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which must have been previously initialized by a call to
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.Fn setcontext ,
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.Xr makecontext 3 ,
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or by being passed as an argument to a signal handler (see
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.Xr sigaction 2 ) .
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa ucp
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was initialized by
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.Fn getcontext ,
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then execution continues as if the original
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.Fn getcontext
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call had just returned (again).
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa ucp
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was initialized by
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.Xr makecontext 3 ,
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execution continues with the invocation of the function specified to
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.Xr makecontext 3 .
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When that function returns,
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.Fa "ucp->uc_link"
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determines what happens next:
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if
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.Fa "ucp->uc_link"
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is
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.Dv NULL ,
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the process exits;
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otherwise,
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.Fn setcontext "ucp->uc_link"
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is implicitly invoked.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa ucp
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was initialized by the invocation of a signal handler, execution continues
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at the point the thread was interrupted by the signal.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful,
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.Fn getcontext
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returns zero and
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.Fn setcontext
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does not return; otherwise \-1 is returned.
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.Sh ERRORS
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No errors are defined for
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.Fn getcontext
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or
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.Fn setcontext .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr sigaltstack 2 ,
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.Xr makecontext 3 ,
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.Xr ucontext 3
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