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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-18 09:22:32 +0000 |
| commit | a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062 (patch) | |
| tree | cb18f664ed0ee63bee30f6af9b148510b6e9663b /lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 | |
| parent | e7e659d1cc574138f455ed70d58a07294211ff5a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.zip FreeBSD-src-a4b155d7a2170a500eb79b46959eef4018441062.tar.gz | |
mdoc(7) police: Tidy up the syscall language.
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 index b44db94..fe8fda5 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigaltstack.2 @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ typedef struct sigaltstack { .Ft int .Fn sigaltstack "const stack_t * restrict ss" "stack_t * restrict oss" .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Fn Sigaltstack +The +.Fn sigaltstack +system call allows users to define an alternate stack on which signals are to be processed. If @@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ on that stack. When a signal's action indicates its handler should execute on the signal stack (specified with a .Xr sigaction 2 -call), the system checks to see +system call), the system checks to see if the process is currently executing on that stack. If the process is not currently executing on the signal stack, the system arranges a switch to the signal stack for the @@ -135,7 +137,9 @@ unpredictable results may occur. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std sigaltstack .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Sigaltstack +The +.Fn sigaltstack +system call will fail and the signal stack context will remain unchanged if one of the following occurs. .Bl -tag -width Er |
