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author | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2013-12-31 04:43:43 -0500 |
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committer | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2014-02-08 07:59:36 -0500 |
commit | 6349768c8b052e1ebdc1b9dcd2333decde6d80ff (patch) | |
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manual: setjmp: fix typos/grammar
Should hopefully be all obvious stuff. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 73d38ee071..f59152ee4b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2014-02-08 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> + * manual/setjmp.texi: Fix typos/grammar errors. + +2014-02-08 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> + * debug/tst-backtrace4.c (handle_signal): Add NUM_FUNCTIONS to output. Only return early when n is <= 0. Delete unused return statement. diff --git a/manual/setjmp.texi b/manual/setjmp.texi index b924d582b1..3bef1b185a 100644 --- a/manual/setjmp.texi +++ b/manual/setjmp.texi @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ declared respectively in the @file{ucontext.h} header file. @comment SVID @deftp {Data Type} ucontext_t -The @code{ucontext_t} type is defined as a structure with as least the +The @code{ucontext_t} type is defined as a structure with at least the following elements: @table @code @@ -309,14 +309,14 @@ The function returns @code{0} if successful. Otherwise it returns The @code{getcontext} function is similar to @code{setjmp} but it does not provide an indication of whether the function returns for the first time or whether the initialized context was used and the execution is -resumed at just that point. If this is necessary the user has to take +resumed at just that point. If this is necessary the user has to determine this herself. This must be done carefully since the context contains registers which might contain register variables. This is a good situation to define variables with @code{volatile}. Once the context variable is initialized it can be used as is or it can be modified. The latter is normally done to implement co-routines or -similar constructs. The @code{makecontext} function is what has to be +similar constructs. The @code{makecontext} function has to be used to do that. @comment ucontext.h @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ used to do that. The @var{ucp} parameter passed to the @code{makecontext} shall be initialized by a call to @code{getcontext}. The context will be -modified to in a way so that if the context is resumed it will start by +modified in a way such that if the context is resumed it will start by calling the function @code{func} which gets @var{argc} integer arguments passed. The integer arguments which are to be passed should follow the @var{argc} parameter in the call to @code{makecontext}. @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ information about the exact use. While allocating the memory for the stack one has to be careful. Most modern processors keep track of whether a certain memory region is allowed to contain code which is executed or not. Data segments and -heap memory is normally not tagged to allow this. The result is that +heap memory are normally not tagged to allow this. The result is that programs would fail. Examples for such code include the calling sequences the GNU C compiler generates for calls to nested functions. Safe ways to allocate stacks correctly include using memory on the @@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ the @code{uc_stack} element to point to the base of the memory region allocated for the stack and the size of the memory region is stored in @code{ss_size}. There are implements out there which require @code{ss_sp} to be set to the value the stack pointer will have (which -can depending on the direction the stack grows be different). This +can, depending on the direction the stack grows, be different). This difference makes the @code{makecontext} function hard to use and it requires detection of the platform at compile time. @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ installed and execution continues as described in this context. If @code{swapcontext} succeeds the function does not return unless the context @var{oucp} is used without prior modification by @code{makecontext}. The return value in this case is @code{0}. If the -function fails it returns @code{-1} and set @var{errno} accordingly. +function fails it returns @code{-1} and sets @var{errno} accordingly. @end deftypefun @heading Example for SVID Context Handling @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ function fails it returns @code{-1} and set @var{errno} accordingly. The easiest way to use the context handling functions is as a replacement for @code{setjmp} and @code{longjmp}. The context contains on most platforms more information which might lead to less surprises -but this also means using these functions is more expensive (beside +but this also means using these functions is more expensive (besides being less portable). @smallexample @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ different context. It is not allowed to do the context switching from the signal handler directly since neither @code{setcontext} nor @code{swapcontext} are functions which can be called from a signal handler. But setting a variable in the signal handler and checking it -in the body of the functions which are executed. Since +in the body of the functions which are executed is OK. Since @code{swapcontext} is saving the current context it is possible to have multiple different scheduling points in the code. Execution will always resume where it was left. |