stdlib/ucontext.h

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