posix man page for ucontext

Query: ucontext

OS: posix

Section: 3head

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ucontext.h(3HEAD)						      Headers							 ucontext.h(3HEAD)

NAME
ucontext.h, ucontext - user context
SYNOPSIS
#include <ucontext.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <ucontext.h> header defines the ucontext_t type as a structure that includes at least the following members: ucontext_t uc_link sigset_t uc_sigmask stack_t uc_stack mcontext_t uc_mcontext The uc_link member is a pointer to the context that to be resumed when this context returns. If uc_link is equal to 0, this context is the main context and the process exits when this context returns. The uc_sigmask member defines the set of signals that are blocked when this context is active. See sigprocmask(2). The uc_stack member defines the stack used by this context. See sigaltstack(2). The uc_mcontext member contains the saved set of machine registers and any implementation-specific context data. Portable applications should not modify or access uc_mcontext.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getcontext(2), sigaction(2), sigaltstack(2), sigprocmask(2), makecontext(3C), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 30 Aug 2002 ucontext.h(3HEAD)
Related Man Pages
getcontext(2) - linux
setcontext(3) - linux
getcontext(2) - suse
getcontext(3) - opendarwin
ucontext.h(3head) - posix
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