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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-11-17 13:16:22 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2020-11-17 13:16:22 +0100
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signal.7: Mention 'ucontext_t' in the discussion of signal handler execution
Linking up the info presented on this page with the discussion in getcontext(3) helps the reader. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man7/signal.74
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diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
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--- a/man7/signal.7
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@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ the thread's alternate signal stack settings.
.BR sigaction (2)
.B SA_SIGINFO
flag, then the above information is accessible via the
-.I ucontext
-pointer that is passed as the third argument of the signal handler.)
+.I ucontext_t
+object that is pointed to by the third argument of the signal handler.)
.IP d)
Any signals specified in
.I act\->sa_mask