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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
.\"
-.TH setjmp 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH setjmp 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
setjmp, sigsetjmp, longjmp, siglongjmp \- performing a nonlocal goto
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <setjmp.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int setjmp(jmp_buf " env );
.BI "int sigsetjmp(sigjmp_buf " env ", int " savesigs );
-.PP
+.P
.BI "[[noreturn]] void longjmp(jmp_buf " env ", int " val );
.BI "[[noreturn]] void siglongjmp(sigjmp_buf " env ", int " val );
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
-.PP
+.P
.BR setjmp ():
see NOTES.
-.PP
+.P
.BR sigsetjmp ():
.nf
_POSIX_C_SOURCE
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function dynamically establishes the target to which control
will later be transferred, and
.BR longjmp ()
performs the transfer of execution.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR setjmp ()
function saves various information about the calling environment
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for later use by
In this case,
.BR setjmp ()
returns 0.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR longjmp ()
function uses the information saved in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ the values of some other registers and the process signal mask
may be restored to their state at the time of the
.BR setjmp ()
call.
-.PP
+.P
Following a successful
.BR longjmp (),
execution continues as if
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ and
.BR siglongjmp ()
also perform nonlocal gotos, but provide predictable handling of
the process signal mask.
-.PP
+.P
If, and only if, the
.I savesigs
argument provided to
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ or
the nonzero value specified in
.I val
is returned.
-.PP
+.P
The
.BR longjmp ()
or
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ T{
.BR siglongjmp ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
.TP
.BR setjmp ()
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ POSIX.1-2001, C89.
.TQ
.BR siglongjmp ()
POSIX.1-2001.
-.PP
+.P
POSIX does not specify whether
.BR setjmp ()
will save the signal mask
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ and
.IP \[bu]
they are not declared as
.IR volatile .
-.PP
+.P
Analogous remarks apply for
.BR siglongjmp ().
.\"
@@ -263,13 +262,13 @@ call.
call should employ a unique
.I jmp_buf
variable.)
-.PP
+.P
Adding further difficulty, the
.BR setjmp ()
and
.BR longjmp ()
calls may not even be in the same source code module.
-.PP
+.P
In summary, nonlocal gotos can make programs harder to understand
and maintain, and an alternative should be used if possible.
.\"
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ returns before
.BR longjmp ()
is called, the behavior is undefined.
Some kind of subtle or unsubtle chaos is sure to result.
-.PP
+.P
If, in a multithreaded program, a
.BR longjmp ()
call employs an
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ in a different thread, the behavior is undefined.
.\" (i.e., from a handler that was invoked in response to a signal that was
.\" generated while another signal was already in the process of being
.\" handled), the behavior is undefined.
-.PP
+.P
POSIX.1-2008 Technical Corrigendum 2 adds
.\" http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=516#c1195
.BR longjmp ()