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diff --git a/libjava/include/i386-signal.h b/libjava/include/i386-signal.h
index 737b3689d97..6ad496c47a4 100644
--- a/libjava/include/i386-signal.h
+++ b/libjava/include/i386-signal.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-// i386-signal.h - Catch runtime signals and turn them into exceptions.
+// i386-signal.h - Catch runtime signals and turn them into exceptions
+// on an i386 based Linux system.
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation
This file is part of libgcj.
@@ -8,10 +9,6 @@ This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
Libgcj License. Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
details. */
-/* This technique should work for all i386 based Unices which conform
- * to iBCS2. This includes all versions of Linux more recent than 1.3
- */
-
#ifndef JAVA_SIGNAL_H
#define JAVA_SIGNAL_H 1
@@ -99,28 +96,40 @@ do \
} \
while (0)
-#define INIT_SEGV \
-do \
- { \
- nullp = new java::lang::NullPointerException (); \
- struct sigaction act; \
- act.sa_handler = catch_segv; \
- sigemptyset (&act.sa_mask); \
- act.sa_flags = 0; \
- syscall (SYS_sigaction, SIGSEGV, &act, NULL); \
- } \
+/* We use old_kernel_sigaction here because we're calling the kernel
+ directly rather than via glibc. The sigaction structure that the
+ syscall uses is a different shape from the one in userland and not
+ visible to us in a header file so we define it here. */
+
+struct old_i386_kernel_sigaction {
+ void (*k_sa_handler) (int);
+ unsigned long k_sa_mask;
+ unsigned long k_sa_flags;
+ void (*sa_restorer) (void);
+};
+
+#define INIT_SEGV \
+do \
+ { \
+ nullp = new java::lang::NullPointerException (); \
+ struct old_i386_kernel_sigaction kact; \
+ kact.k_sa_handler = catch_segv; \
+ kact.k_sa_mask = 0; \
+ kact.k_sa_flags = 0; \
+ syscall (SYS_sigaction, SIGSEGV, &kact, NULL); \
+ } \
while (0)
#define INIT_FPE \
do \
- { \
- arithexception = new java::lang::ArithmeticException \
+ { \
+ arithexception = new java::lang::ArithmeticException \
(JvNewStringLatin1 ("/ by zero")); \
- struct sigaction act; \
- act.sa_handler = catch_fpe; \
- sigemptyset (&act.sa_mask); \
- act.sa_flags = 0; \
- syscall (SYS_sigaction, SIGFPE, &act, NULL); \
+ struct old_i386_kernel_sigaction kact; \
+ kact.k_sa_handler = catch_fpe; \
+ kact.k_sa_mask = 0; \
+ kact.k_sa_flags = 0; \
+ syscall (SYS_sigaction, SIGFPE, &kact, NULL); \
} \
while (0)
@@ -133,9 +142,15 @@ while (0)
* when returning from a signal handler. If we return from our divide
* handler to a linuxthreads wrapper, we will lose the PC adjustment
* we made and return to the faulting instruction again. Using
- * syscall(SYS_sigaction) causes our handler to be called directly by
- * the kernel, bypassing any wrappers. This is a kludge, and a future
- * version of this handler will do something better. */
+ * syscall(SYS_sigaction) causes our handler to be called directly
+ * by the kernel, bypassing any wrappers.
+
+ * Also, there is at the present time no unwind info in the
+ * linuxthreads library's signal handlers and so we can't unwind
+ * through them anyway.
+
+ * Finally, the code that glibc uses to return from a signal handler
+ * is subject to change. */
#endif /* JAVA_SIGNAL_H */