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_stack_grow(3C) 					   Standard C Library Functions 					   _stack_grow(3C)

NAME

       _stack_grow - express an intention to extend the stack

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ucontext.h>

       void *_stack_grow(void *addr);

DESCRIPTION

       The  _stack_grow()  function indicates to the system that the stack is  about to be extended to the address specified by addr. If extending
       the stack to this address would violate the stack boundaries as retreived by stack_getbounds(3C), a SIGSEGV is raised.

       If the disposition of SIGSEGV is SIG_DFL, the process is terminated and a core dump is generated.  If the application has installed its own
       SIGSEGV handler to run on the alternate signal stack, the signal information passed to the handler will be such that a call to stack_viola-
       tion(3C) with these parameters returns 1.

       The addr argument is a biased stack pointer value. See the Solaris 64-bit Developer's Guide.

       This function has no effect if the specified address, addr, is within the bounds of the current stack.

RETURN VALUES

       If the _stack_grow() function  succeeds and does not detect a stack violation, it returns addr.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

USAGE

       The _stack_grow() function does not actually adjust the stack pointer register. The  caller  is	responsible  for  manipulating	the  stack
       pointer register once _stack_grow() returns.

       The  _stack_grow()  function  is typically invoked by code created by the compilation environment prior to executing code that modifies the
       stack pointer. It can also be used by hand-written assembly routines to allocate stack-based storage safely.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Async-Signal-Safe 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       stack_getbounds(3C), stack_inbounds(3C), stack_violation(3C), attributes(5)

       Solaris 64-bit Developer's Guide

SunOS 5.10							    18 Jul 2002 						   _stack_grow(3C)

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stack_setbounds(3C)					   Standard C Library Functions 				       stack_setbounds(3C)

NAME

       stack_setbounds - update stack boundaries

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ucontext.h>

       int stack_setbounds(const stack_t *sp);

DESCRIPTION

       The  stack_setbounds()  function  updates  the  current	base and bounds of the stack for the current thread to the bounds specified by the
       stack_t structure pointed to by sp. The ss_sp member refers to the virtual address of the base of the  stack  memory.  The  ss_size  member
       refers to the size of the stack in bytes. The ss_flags member must be set to 0.

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, stack_setbounds() returns 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The stack_setbounds() function will fail if:

       EFAULT	 The  sp  argument  does  not  refer to a valid address or the ss_sp member of the stack_t structure pointed to by sp points to an
		 illegal address.

       EINVAL	 The ss_sp member of the stack_t structure pointed to by sp is not properly aligned, the ss_size member is too	small  or  is  not
		 properly aligned, or the ss_flags member is non-zero.

USAGE

       The stack_setbounds() function is intended for use by applications that are managing their own alternate stacks.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Async-Signal-Safe 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getustack(2), _stack_grow(3C), stack_getbounds(3C), stack_inbounds(3C), stack_violation(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    18 Jul 2002 					       stack_setbounds(3C)

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