1999-01-07 Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
[glibc.git] / stdlib / ucontext.h
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1 /* Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 /* System V ABI compliant user-level context switching support. */
21 #ifndef _UCONTEXT_H
22 #define _UCONTEXT_H 1
24 #include <features.h>
26 /* Get machine dependent definition of data structures. */
27 #include <sys/ucontext.h>
29 __BEGIN_DECLS
31 /* Get user context and store it in variable pointed to by UCP. */
32 extern int getcontext __P ((ucontext_t *__ucp));
34 /* Set user context from information of variable pointed to by UCP. */
35 extern int setcontext __P ((__const ucontext_t *__ucp));
37 /* Save current context in context variable pointed to by OUCP and set
38 context from variable pointed to by UCP. */
39 extern int swapcontext __P ((ucontext_t *__oucp, __const ucontext_t *__ucp));
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'.
45 We cannot say anything about the parameters FUNC takes; `void'
46 is as good as any other choice. */
47 extern void makecontext __P ((ucontext_t *__ucp, void (*__func) (void),
48 int __argc, ...));
50 __END_DECLS
52 #endif /* ucontext.h */