SETJMP(3)

NAME
setjmp, longjmp, notejmp - non-local goto

SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>

int    setjmp(jmp_buf env)

void    longjmp(jmp_buf env, int val)

void    notejmp(void *uregs, jmp_buf env, int val)

DESCRIPTION
These routines are useful for dealing with errors and interrupts encountered in a low-level subroutine of a program.

Setjmp saves its stack environment in env for later use by longjmp. It returns value 0.

Longjmp restores the environment saved by the last call of setjmp. It then causes execution to continue as if the call of setjmp had just returned with value val. The invoker of setjmp must not itself have returned in the interim. All accessible data have values as of the time longjmp was called.

Notejmp is the same as longjmp except that it is to be called from within a note handler (see notify(3)). The uregs argument should be the first argument passed to the note handler.

Setjmp and longjmp can also be used to switch stacks. Defined in </$objtype/u.h> are several macros that can be used to build jmp_bufs by hand. The following code establishes a jmp_buf that may be called by longjmp to begin execution in a function f with 1024 bytes of stack:

        #include <u.h>
        #include <libc.h>
        jmp_buf label;
        #define NSTACK 1024
        char stack[NSTACK];
        void
        setlabel(void)
        {
        	label[JMPBUFPC] = ((ulong)f+JMPBUFDPC);
        	/* -2 leaves room for old pc and new pc in frame */
        	label[JMPBUFSP =
        	        (ulong)(&stack[NSTACK-2*sizeof(ulong*)]);
        }

SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/libc/$objtype/setjmp.s
/usr/local/plan9/src/libc/$objtype/notejmp.c

SEE ALSO
notify(3)

BUGS

Notejmp cannot recover from an address trap or bus error (page fault) on the 680x0 architectures.