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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PLWP_STACK 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Plwp_stack ,
19.Nm Plwp_alt_stack ,
20.Nm Plwp_main_stack ,
21.Nm Lstack ,
22.Nm Lalt_stack ,
23.Nm Lmain_stack
24.Nd get thread stack information
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26.Lb libproc
27.In libproc.h
28.Ft int
29.Fo Plwp_stack
30.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
31.Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
32.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
33.Fc
34.Ft int
35.Fo Plwp_alt_stack
36.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
37.Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
38.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
39.Fc
40.Ft int
41.Fo Plwp_main_stack
42.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
43.Fa "lwpid_t lwpid"
44.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
45.Fc
46.Ft int
47.Fo Lalt_stack
48.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
49.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
50.Fc
51.Ft int
52.Fo Lmain_stack
53.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
54.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
55.Fc
56.Ft int
57.Fo Lstack
58.Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L"
59.Fa "stack_t *stkp"
60.Fc
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Fn Plwp_stack ,
64.Fn Plwp_alt_stack ,
65and
66.Fn Plwp_main_stack
67functions obtain information about the size and address of the stacks
68for the thread identified by
69.Fa lwpid
70in the process handle
71.Fa P .
72.Pp
73Each thread in a process has its own stack which is used both for
74maintaining function call sequences and the storing of local variables.
75A thread may also configure a different stack to handle specific
76signals. This stack is often called the
77.Em alternate stack .
78Whether or not the alternate stack is used may be controlled through the
79.Xr sigaction 2
80and
81.Xr sigaltstack 2
82functions .
83.Pp
84The
85.Fn Plwp_stack
86function fills in
87.Fa stkp
88with the information about the thread's currently executing stack,
89whether the alternate or main one.
90.Pp
91The
92.Fn Plwp_alt_stack
93function fills in
94.Fa stkp
95with the information about the thread's alternate stack, if it's
96configured.
97.Pp
98The
99.Fn Plwp_main_stack
100function fills in
101.Fa stkp
102with the information about the thread's main stack, regardless of if there
103is an alternate stack or it is executing one.
104.Pp
105Process handles that refer to files, obtained through
106.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
107do not have any stack information and these functions will always fail
108on them.
109.Pp
110The
111.Fn Lalt_stack ,
112.Fn Lmain_stack ,
113and
114.Fn Lstack
115functions are identical to the
116.Fn Plwp_alt_stack ,
117.Fn Plwp_main_stack ,
118and
119.Fn Plwp_main_stack
120functions, except rather than specifying a thread to operate on, they
121operate on the thread handle
122.Fa L ,
123which specifies the thread to operate on.
124.Sh RETURN VALUES
125Upon successful completion, the
126.Fn Plwp_stack ,
127.Fn Plwp_alt_stack ,
128.Fn Plwp_main_stack ,
129.Fn Lalt_stack ,
130.Fn Lmain_stack ,
131and
132.Fn Lstack
133functions return
134.Sy 0
135and fills in
136.Fa stkp
137with information about the appropriate stack. Otherwise,
138.Sy -1
139is returned,
140.Sy errno
141is updated with the error, and
142.Fa stkp
143is not modified.
144.Sh ERRORS
145For a full list of possible errors also see the
146.Sy DIAGNOSTICS
147section in
148.Xr proc 4 .
149.Pp
150The
151.Fn Plwp_stack ,
152.Fn Plwp_alt_stack ,
153and
154.Fn Plwp_main_stack
155function will fail if:
156.Bl -tag -width Er
157.It Er ENODATA
158The process handle
159.Fa P
160refers to a grabbed file, not an active process or core.
161.It Er EINVAL
162The process handle
163.Fa P
164refers to a core file and the specified thread does not exist.
165.It Er ENOENT
166The process handle
167.Fa P
168refers to an active process and the specified thread does not exist.
169.El
170.Pp
171The
172.Fn Plwp_alt_stack
173and
174.Fn Lalt_stack
175functions will fail if:
176.Bl -tag -width Er
177.It Er ENODATA
178The thread identified by
179.Fa lwpid
180did not have an alternate stack enabled.
181.El
182.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
183.Sy Uncommitted
184.Sh MT-LEVEL
185See
186.Sy LOCKING
187in
188.Xr libproc 3LIB .
189.Sh SEE ALSO
190.Xr sigaction 2 ,
191.Xr sigaltstack 2 ,
192.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
193.Xr proc 4
194