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39 .Dd September 10, 2002
43 .Nm getcontext , setcontext
44 .Nd get and set user thread context
50 .Fn getcontext "ucontext_t *ucp"
52 .Fn setcontext "const ucontext_t *ucp"
57 saves the current thread's execution context in the structure pointed to by
59 This saved context may then later be restored by calling
65 makes a previously saved thread context the current thread context, i.e.,
66 the current context is lost and
69 Instead, execution continues in the context specified by
71 which must have been previously initialized by a call to
74 or by being passed as an argument to a signal handler (see
81 then execution continues as if the original
83 call had just returned (again).
89 execution continues with the invocation of the function specified to
91 When that function returns,
93 determines what happens next:
100 .Fn setcontext "ucp->uc_link"
101 is implicitly invoked.
105 was initialized by the invocation of a signal handler, execution continues
106 at the point the thread was interrupted by the signal.
112 does not return; otherwise \-1 is returned.
114 No errors are defined for