stdlib/ucontext.h

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  17
  18 /* System V ABI compliant user-level context switching support.  */
  19
  20 #ifndef _UCONTEXT_H
  21 #define _UCONTEXT_H     1
  22
  23 #include <features.h>
  24
  25 /* Get machine dependent definition of data structures.  */
  26 #include <sys/ucontext.h>
  27
  28 __BEGIN_DECLS
  29
  30 /* Get user context and store it in variable pointed to by UCP.  */
  31 extern int getcontext (ucontext_t *__ucp) __THROWNL;
  32
  33 /* Set user context from information of variable pointed to by UCP.  */
  34 extern int setcontext (const ucontext_t *__ucp) __THROWNL;
  35
  36 /* Save current context in context variable pointed to by OUCP and set
  37    context from variable pointed to by UCP.  */
  38 extern int swapcontext (ucontext_t *__restrict __oucp,
  39                         const ucontext_t *__restrict __ucp) __THROWNL;
  40
  41 /* Manipulate user context UCP to continue with calling functions FUNC
  42    and the ARGC-1 parameters following ARGC when the context is used
  43    the next time in `setcontext' or `swapcontext'.
  44
  45    We cannot say anything about the parameters FUNC takes; `void'
  46    is as good as any other choice.  */
  47 extern void makecontext (ucontext_t *__ucp, void (*__func) (void),
  48                          int __argc, ...) __THROW;
  49
  50 __END_DECLS
  51
  52 #endif /* ucontext.h */