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.\" ident "@(#)sigsegv.3 1.2 10/03/16 SMI"
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.TH SIGSEGV 3 "13 Jan 2009" "SunOS 5.11"
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.SH NAME
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sigsegv \- Handling page faults in user mode
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.sp
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.sp
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#include <\fBsigsegv.h\fR>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.sp
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.LP
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Sigsegv is a set of functions for handling page faults in user mode. Multithreading is used to improve the performance of a program.A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing:
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.TP
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.ie t \(bu
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pageable virtual memory
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.RE
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.ie t \(bu
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memory-mapped access to persistent databases
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.RE
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generational garbage collectors
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.RE
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.TP
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stack overflow handlers
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.RE
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distributed shared memory
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.RE
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...
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.RE
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.LP
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The sigsegv functions are summarized in this section in the following
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groups:
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.TP
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Global SIGSEGV handlers
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.RE
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Local SIGSEGV handlers (a handler per memory area)
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.RE
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Stack overflow handlers
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.LP
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The <sigsegv.h> header defines the following symbols:
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LIBSIGSEGV_VERSION
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The types listed below are defined as described in <sigsegv.h>:
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.RE
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.SH GLOBAL SIGSEGV HANDLERS
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int \fBsigsegv_install_handler\fR (sigsegv_handler_t handler);
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void \fBsigsegv_deinstall_handler\fR (void);
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.SH LOCAL SIGSEGV HANDLERS
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void \fBsigsegv_init\fR (sigsegv_dispatcher* dispatcher);
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.RE
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.RE
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.RE
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.SH STACK OVERFLOW HANDLERS
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int \fBstackoverflow_install_handler\fR (stackoverflow_handler_t
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.RE
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void \fBstackoverflow_deinstall_handler\fR (void);
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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See
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.BR attributes(5)
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tab() box;
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cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
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lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
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StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
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.TE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBattributes\fR(5), \fBsigsegv\fR(3), \fBstandards\fR(5), \fBsigsegv_install_handler, \fBsigsegv_deinstall_handler\fR(3), \fBsigsegv_init\fR(3), \fBsigsegv_register\fR(3), \fBsigsegv_unregister\fR(3), \fBsigsegv_dispatch\fR(3), \fBstackoverflow_install_handler\fR(3), \fBstackoverflow_deinstall_handler\fR(3)
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.SH NOTES
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The libsigsegv project is located at http://libsigsegv.sourceforge.net.
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Source for libsigsegv is available on http://opensolaris.org.
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