Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Yu-cheng Yu <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/2] sigaction.2: wfix - Clarify si_addr description. | Date | Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:26:34 -0800 |
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SIGSEGV fills si_addr only for memory access faults. Add a note to clarify.
Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-api@vger.kenel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-api/20210217222730.15819-7-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com/ --- man2/sigaction.2 | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2 index 49a30f11e..bea884a23 100644 --- a/man2/sigaction.2 +++ b/man2/sigaction.2 @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ and .BR SIGTRAP fill in .I si_addr -with the address of the fault. +with the address of the fault (see notes). On some architectures, these signals also fill in the .I si_trapno @@ -955,6 +955,11 @@ It is not possible to block .IR sa_mask ). Attempts to do so are silently ignored. .PP +In a +.B SIGSEGV, +if the fault is a memory access fault, si_addr is filled with the address +causing the fault, otherwise it is not filled. +.PP See .BR sigsetops (3) for details on manipulating signal sets. -- 2.21.0
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