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diff --git a/src/third_party/unwind/dist/doc/unw_resume.tex b/src/third_party/unwind/dist/doc/unw_resume.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..38b18248ab6 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/third_party/unwind/dist/doc/unw_resume.tex @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +\documentclass{article} +\usepackage[fancyhdr,pdf]{latex2man} + +\input{common.tex} + +\begin{document} + +\begin{Name}{3}{unw\_resume}{David Mosberger-Tang}{Programming Library}{unw\_resume}unw\_resume -- resume execution in a particular stack frame +\end{Name} + +\section{Synopsis} + +\File{\#include $<$libunwind.h$>$}\\ + +\Type{int} \Func{unw\_resume}(\Type{unw\_cursor\_t~*}\Var{cp});\\ + +\section{Description} + +The \Func{unw\_resume}() routine resumes execution at the stack frame +identified by \Var{cp}. The behavior of this routine differs +slightly for local and remote unwinding. + +For local unwinding, \Func{unw\_resume}() restores the machine state +and then directly resumes execution in the target stack frame. Thus +\Func{unw\_resume}() does not return in this case. Restoring the +machine state normally involves restoring the ``preserved'' +(callee-saved) registers. However, if execution in any of the stack +frames younger (more deeply nested) than the one identified by +\Var{cp} was interrupted by a signal, then \Func{unw\_resume}() will +restore all registers as well as the signal mask. Attempting to call +\Func{unw\_resume}() on a cursor which identifies the stack frame of +another thread results in undefined behavior (e.g., the program may +crash). + +For remote unwinding, \Func{unw\_resume}() installs the machine state +identified by the cursor by calling the \Func{access\_reg} and +\Func{access\_fpreg} accessor callbacks as needed. Once that is +accomplished, the \Func{resume} accessor callback is invoked. The +\Func{unw\_resume} routine then returns normally (that is, unlikely +for local unwinding, \Func{unw\_resume} will always return for remote +unwinding). + +Most platforms reserve some registers to pass arguments to exception +handlers (e.g., IA-64 uses \texttt{r15}-\texttt{r18} for this +purpose). These registers are normally treated like ``scratch'' +registers. However, if \Prog{libunwind} is used to set an exception +argument register to a particular value (e.g., via +\Func{unw\_set\_reg}()), then \Func{unw\_resume}() will install this +value as the contents of the register. In other words, the exception +handling arguments are installed even in cases where normally only the +``preserved'' registers are restored. + +Note that \Func{unw\_resume}() does \emph{not} invoke any unwind +handlers (aka, ``personality routines''). If a program needs this, it +will have to do so on its own by obtaining the \Type{unw\_proc\_info\_t} +of each unwound frame and appropriately processing its unwind handler +and language-specific data area (lsda). These steps are generally +dependent on the target-platform and are regulated by the +processor-specific ABI (application-binary interface). + +\section{Return Value} + +For local unwinding, \Func{unw\_resume}() does not return on success. +For remote unwinding, it returns 0 on success. On failure, the +negative value of one of the errors below is returned. + +\section{Thread and Signal Safety} + +\Func{unw\_resume}() is thread-safe. If cursor \Var{cp} is in the +local address-space, this routine is also safe to use from a signal +handler. + +\section{Errors} + +\begin{Description} +\item[\Const{UNW\_EUNSPEC}] An unspecified error occurred. +\item[\Const{UNW\_EBADREG}] A register needed by \Func{unw\_resume}() wasn't + accessible. +\item[\Const{UNW\_EINVALIDIP}] The instruction pointer identified by + \Var{cp} is not valid. +\item[\Const{UNW\_BADFRAME}] The stack frame identified by + \Var{cp} is not valid. +\end{Description} + +\section{See Also} + +\SeeAlso{libunwind(3)}, +\SeeAlso{unw\_set\_reg(3)}, +sigprocmask(2) + +\section{Author} + +\noindent +David Mosberger-Tang\\ +Email: \Email{dmosberger@gmail.com}\\ +WWW: \URL{http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/}. +\LatexManEnd + +\end{document} |