SETJMP(2) SETJMP(2)
NAME
setjmp, longjmp, notejmp - non-local goto
SYNOPSIS
int setjmp(jmp_buf env)
void longjmp(jmp_buf env, int val)
void notejmp(void *uregs, jump_buf env, int val)
DESCRIPTION
These routines are useful for dealing with errors and inter-
rupts encountered in a low-level subroutine of a program.
Setjmp saves its stack environment in env for later use by
longjmp. It returns value 0.
Longjmp restores the environment saved by the last call of
setjmp. It then causes execution to continue as if the call
of setjmp had just returned with value val. The invoker of
setjmp must not itself have returned in the interim. All
accessible data have values as of the time longjmp was
called.
Notejmp is the same as longjmp except that it is to be
called from within a note handler (see notify(2)). The uregs
argument should be the first argument passed to the note
handler.
Setjmp and longjmp can also be used to switch stacks.
Defined in <u.h> are several macros that can be used to
build jmp_bufs by hand. The following code establishes a
jmp_buf that may be called by longjmp to begin execution in
a function f with 1024 bytes of stack:
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
jmp_buf label;
#define NSTACK 1024
char stack[NSTACK];
void
setlabel(void)
{
label[JMPBUFPC] = ((ulong)f+JMPBUFDPC);
/* -2 leaves room for old pc and new pc in frame */
label[JMPBUFSP] = (ulong)(&stack[NSTACK-2*sizeof(ulong*)]);
}
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BUGS
Notejmp cannot recover from an address trap or bus error
(page fault) on the 680x0 architectures.
SEE ALSO
notify(2)
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