swapcontext (2) - Linux Manuals

swapcontext: Swap out old context with new context

NAME

swapcontext - Swap out old context with new context

SYNOPSIS

int sys_swapcontext (struct ucontext *old_ctx, struct ucontext *new_ctx, int r5, int r6, int r7, int r8, struct pt_regs *regs);

DESCRIPTION

swapcontext swaps out context old_ctx with new context new_ctx. The int r# values have no place in the system call functionality. The regs value indicates the current user register values from the user stack.

RETURN VALUE

swapcontext returns 0 on success; otherwise, swapcontext returns one of the errors listed in the "Errors" section.

ERRORS

-EFAULT

swapcontext could not verify that the memory area pointed to by old_ctx or new_ctx was accessible for the operation.

-SIGSEGV

A fault occurred when the context was being copied into the kernel's image of the user's registers. The should only occur in an out-of-memory situation.

AUTHOR

Niki Rahimi