/* Page fault handling library. Copyright (C) 1998-1999, 2002 Bruno Haible This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #ifndef _SIGSEGV_H #define _SIGSEGV_H #include /* HAVE_SIGSEGV_RECOVERY is defined if the system supports catching SIGSEGV. */ #if 1 # define HAVE_SIGSEGV_RECOVERY 1 #endif /* HAVE_STACK_OVERFLOW_RECOVERY is defined if stack overflow can be caught. */ #if 0 # define HAVE_STACK_OVERFLOW_RECOVERY 1 #endif #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* * The type of a global SIGSEGV handler. * The fault address is passed as argument. * The access type (read access or write access) is not passed; your handler * has to know itself how to distinguish these two cases. * The second argument is 0, meaning it could also be a stack overflow, or 1, * meaning the handler should seriously try to fix the fault. * The return value should be nonzero if the handler has done its job * and no other handler should be called, or 0 if the handler declines * responsibility for the given address. */ typedef int (*sigsegv_handler_t) (void* fault_address, int serious); /* * Installs a global SIGSEGV handler. * This should be called once only, and it ignores any previously installed * SIGSEGV handler. * Returns 0 on success, or -1 if the system doesn't support catching SIGSEGV. */ extern int sigsegv_install_handler (sigsegv_handler_t handler); /* * Deinstalls the global SIGSEGV handler. * This goes back to the state where no SIGSEGV handler is installed. */ extern void sigsegv_deinstall_handler (void); /* * Prepares leaving a SIGSEGV handler (through longjmp or similar means). */ extern void sigsegv_leave_handler (void); /* * The type of a context passed to a stack overflow handler. * This type is system dependent; on some platforms it is an 'ucontext_t *', * on some platforms it is a 'struct sigcontext *', on others merely an * opaque 'void *'. */ typedef ucontext_t *stackoverflow_context_t; /* * The type of a stack overflow handler. * Such a handler should perform a longjmp call in order to reduce the amount * of stack needed. It must not return. * The emergency argument is 0 when the stack could be repared, or 1 if the * application should better save its state and exit now. */ typedef void (*stackoverflow_handler_t) (int emergency, stackoverflow_context_t scp); /* * Installs a stack overflow handler. * The extra_stack argument is a pointer to a pre-allocated area used as a * stack for executing the handler. It is typically allocated by use of * `alloca' during `main'. Its size should be sufficiently large (typically * 16 KB). * Returns 0 on success, or -1 if the system doesn't support catching stack * overflow. */ extern int stackoverflow_install_handler (stackoverflow_handler_t handler, void* extra_stack, unsigned long extra_stack_size); /* * Deinstalls the stack overflow handler. */ extern void stackoverflow_deinstall_handler (void); /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /* * The following structure and functions permit to define different SIGSEGV * policies on different address ranges. */ /* * The type of a local SIGSEGV handler. * The fault address is passed as argument. * The second argument is fixed arbitrary user data. * The return value should be nonzero if the handler has done its job * and no other handler should be called, or 0 if the handler declines * responsibility for the given address. */ typedef int (*sigsegv_area_handler_t) (void* fault_address, void* user_arg); /* * This structure represents a table of memory areas (address range intervals), * with an local SIGSEGV handler for each. */ typedef struct sigsegv_dispatcher { void* tree; } sigsegv_dispatcher; /* * Initializes a sigsegv_dispatcher structure. */ extern void sigsegv_init (sigsegv_dispatcher* dispatcher); /* * Adds a local SIGSEGV handler to a sigsegv_dispatcher structure. * It will cover the interval [address..address+len-1]. * Returns a "ticket" that can be used to remove the handler later. */ extern void* sigsegv_register (sigsegv_dispatcher* dispatcher, void* address, unsigned long len, sigsegv_area_handler_t handler, void* handler_arg); /* * Removes a local SIGSEGV handler. */ extern void sigsegv_unregister (sigsegv_dispatcher* dispatcher, void* ticket); /* * Call the local SIGSEGV handler responsible for the given fault address. * Return the handler's return value. 0 means that no handler has been found, * or that a handler was found but declined responsibility. */ extern int sigsegv_dispatch (sigsegv_dispatcher* dispatcher, void* fault_address); /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* _SIGSEGV_H */