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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/getcontext.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/getcontext.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ac3f638d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/getcontext.2 @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: getcontext.2,v 1.7 2010/04/29 06:07:35 jruoho Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Klaus Klein. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 28, 2010 +.Dt GETCONTEXT 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm getcontext , +.Nm setcontext +.Nd get and set current user context +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In ucontext.h +.Ft int +.Fn getcontext "ucontext_t *ucp" +.Ft int +.Fn setcontext "const ucontext_t *ucp" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn getcontext +function initializes the object pointed to by +.Fa ucp +to the current user context of the calling thread. +The user context defines a thread's execution environment and includes +the contents of its machine registers, +its signal mask, +and its current execution stack. +.Pp +The +.Fn setcontext +function restores the user context defined in the object pointed to by +.Fa ucp +as most recently initialized by a previous call to either +.Fn getcontext +or +.Xr makecontext 3 . +.\" TODO: signal handler +If successful, execution of the program resumes as defined in the +.Fa ucp +argument, and +.Fn setcontext +will not return. +If +.Fa ucp +was initialized by the +.Fn getcontext +function, program execution continues as if the corresponding invocation of +.Fn getcontext +had just returned (successfully). +If +.Fa ucp +was initialized by the +.Xr makecontext 3 +function, program execution continues with the function (and function +arguments) passed to +.Xr makecontext 3 . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +On successful completion, +.Fn getcontext +returns 0 and +.Fn setcontext +does not return. +Otherwise a value of \-1 is returned and +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn getcontext +and +.Fn setcontext +functions will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The +.Fa ucp +argument points to an invalid address. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn setcontext +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The contents of the datum pointed to by +.Fa ucp +are invalid. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigprocmask 2 , +.Xr longjmp 3 , +.Xr makecontext 3 , +.Xr setjmp 3 , +.Xr swapcontext 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn getcontext +and +.Fn setcontext +functions conform to +.St -xsh5 +and +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +The +.Va errno +indications are an extension to the standard. +.Pp +The +.St -p1003.1-2004 +revision marked the functions +.Fn getcontext +and +.Fn setcontext +as obsolete, citing portability issues and recommending the use of +.Tn POSIX +threads instead. +The +.St -p1003.1-2008 +revision removed the functions from the specification. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn getcontext +and +.Fn setcontext +functions first appeared in +.At V.4 . |
