sigreturn
Name
sigreturn -- return from signal handler and cleanup stack frame
Synopsis
int
sigreturn
(unsigned long
__unused);
Description
When the Linux kernel creates the stack frame for a signal
handler, a call to sigreturn is inserted
into the stack frame so that the the signal handler will call
sigreturn upon return. This inserted call
to sigreturn cleans up the stack so that
the process can restart from where it was interrupted by the signal.
Return Value
sigreturn never returns.
Warning
sigreturn is used by the kernel to implement
signal handlers. It should never be called directly. Better yet,
the specific use of __unused varies depending
on the architecture.
Files
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/signal.c
/usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.s