libsigsegv

Descrizione

GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing: * Pageable virtual memory * Memory-mapped access to persistent databases * Generational garbage collectors * Stack overflow handlers * Distributed shared memory This library supports three sets of functions, all defined in <sigsegv.h>: * Global SIGSEGV handlers * Local SIGSEGV handlers (a handler per memory area) * Stack overflow handlers