SIGALTSTACK (2)
get or set alternate signal stack content
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int sigaltstack(const stack_t * ss, stack_t * oss );
where:
ss
points to a signalstack structure defined in <signal.h> containing stack
content after the call.
oss
if not NULL, points to a signalstack structure containing stack content before
the call.
DESCRIPTION
void *ss_sp /* SVID3 uses caddr_t ss_sp
int ss_flags
size_t ss_size
where:
ss_sp
points to the stack structure.
ss_flags
specifies the stack state to SS_DISABLE or SS_ONSTACK as follows:
If ss is not NULL,the new state may be set to SS_DISABLE, which
specifies that the stack is to be disabled and ss_sp and ss_size
are ignored. If SS_DISABLE is not set, the stack will be enabled.
If oss is not NULL, the stack state may be either SS_ONSTACK or
SS_DISABLE. The value SS_ONSTACK indicates that the process is
currently executing on the alternate stack and that any attempt
to modify it during execution will fail. The value SS_DISABLE
indicates that the current signal stack is disabled.
ss_size
specifies the size of the stack.
The value SIGSTKSZ defines the average number of bytes used when allocating
an alternate stack area. The value MINSIGSTKSZ defines the minimum stack
size for a signal handler. When processing an alternate stack size, your
program should include these values in the stack requirement to plan for
the overhead of the operating system.
RETURN VALUES
sigaltstack(2) returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
ERRORS
sigaltstack(2) sets errno for the following conditions:
EINVAL
ss is not a null pointer the ss_flags member
pointed to by ss contains flags other than SS_DISABLE.
ENOMEM
The size of the alternate stack area is less than MINSIGSTKSZ.
EPERM
An attempt was made to modify an active stack.
STANDARDS
This function comforms to: XPG4-UNIX.
SEE ALSO
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