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39 .Dd September 10, 2002
44 .Nd user thread context
52 type is a structure type suitable for holding the context for a user
54 A thread's context includes its stack, saved registers, and list of
59 structure contains at least these fields:
61 .Bl -tag -width ".Va mcontext_t\ \ uc_mcontext" -offset 3n -compact
62 .It Va "ucontext_t *uc_link"
63 context to assume when this one returns
64 .It Va "sigset_t uc_sigmask"
66 .It Va "stack_t uc_stack"
68 .It Va "mcontext_t uc_mcontext"
74 field points to the context to resume when this context's entry point
80 then the process exits when this context returns.
84 field is machine-dependent and should be treated as opaque by
85 portable applications.
87 The following functions are defined to manipulate
91 .Bl -item -offset 3n -compact
94 .Fn getcontext "ucontext_t *" ;
97 .Fn setcontext "const ucontext_t *" ;
100 .Fn makecontext "ucontext_t *" "void \*[lp]*\*[rp]\*[lp]void\*[rp]" int ... ;
103 .Fn swapcontext "ucontext_t *" "const ucontext_t *" ;