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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getcontext.3')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man3/getcontext.3 b/man3/getcontext.3 index 6af4da8664..0a9981a84c 100644 --- a/man3/getcontext.3 +++ b/man3/getcontext.3 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ and .BR swapcontext (3) that allow user-level context switching between multiple threads of control within a process. -.LP +.PP The .I mcontext_t type is machine-dependent and opaque. @@ -91,14 +91,14 @@ and is the machine-specific representation of the saved context, that includes the calling thread's machine registers. -.LP +.PP The function .BR getcontext () initializes the structure pointed at by .I ucp to the currently active context. -.LP +.PP The function .BR setcontext () restores the user context @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ or .BR makecontext (3), or passed as third argument to a signal handler. -.LP +.PP If the context was obtained by a call of .BR getcontext (), program execution continues as if this call just returned. -.LP +.PP If the context was obtained by a call of .BR makecontext (3), program execution continues by a call to the function @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ specified as the first argument of that call to .BR makecontext (3). When this member is NULL, the thread exits. -.LP +.PP If the context was obtained by a call to a signal handler, then old standard text says that "program execution continues with the program instruction following the instruction interrupted @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ is from the first call, or via a call. The user has to invent her own bookkeeping device, and a register variable won't do since registers are restored. -.LP +.PP When a signal occurs, the current user context is saved and a new context is created by the kernel for the signal handler. Do not leave the handler using |