177 lines
5.5 KiB
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177 lines
5.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: sigaltstack.2,v 1.14 2001/09/16 01:39:03 wiz Exp $
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.\" @(#)sigaltstack.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
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.\"
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.Dd May 1, 1995
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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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.Fd #include <signal.h>
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal
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typedef struct sigaltstack {
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void *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 *ss" "stack_t *oss"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn sigaltstack
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allows users to define an alternative stack on which signals
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are to be processed.
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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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and tells the system if the process is currently executing
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on that stack.
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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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call), the system checks to see
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if the process is currently executing on that stack.
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If the process 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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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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Trying to disable an active stack will cause
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.Nm
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to return -1 with
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.Va errno
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set to
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.Er EINVAL .
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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 alternative 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 process 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 alternative stack area.
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The following code fragment is typically used to allocate an alternative 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,0) < 0)
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perror("sigaltstack");
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.Ed
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.Pp
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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 alternative stack feature.
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In computing an alternative 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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Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
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Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn sigaltstack
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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 EINVAL
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An attempt was made to disable an active stack.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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Size of alternative 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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.Xr signal 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn sigaltstack
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function conforms to
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.St -xpg4.2 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The predecessor to
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.Nm 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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