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misc/52830: [htdocs] internal: wordsmith section about signal trampolines
>Number: 52830
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: [htdocs] internal: wordsmith section about signal trampolines
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 16 23:50:00 +0000 2017
>Originator: Eitan Adler
>Release: HEAD
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Minor wordsmithing of the signal trampoline explanation. Make it easier to follow and avoid abbreviations.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: internals/en/chap-processes.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/htdocs/docs/internals/en/chap-processes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 chap-processes.xml
--- internals/en/chap-processes.xml 16 Nov 2012 02:21:55 -0000 1.4
+++ internals/en/chap-processes.xml 16 Dec 2017 23:48:17 -0000
@@ -1154,12 +1154,13 @@
<function>sendsig</function> will also add a <type>struct siginfo</type>
to the stack frame.</para>
- <para>Last but not least, <function>sendsig</function> may copy
- a small assembly code involved in signal cleanup, which is called the
- signal trampoline. This is detailed
- in the next section. Note that that modern NetBSD native programs
- do not use that feature anymore: it is only used for older programs,
- and other OSes emulation.</para>
+ <para>Finally, <function>sendsig</function> may copy
+ a small piece of assembly code (called a "signal trampoline") to
+ perform cleanup after handling the signal. This is detailed in
+ the next section. Note that modern NetBSD native programs do not
+ use a trampoline anymore: it is only used for older programs,
+ and emulation of other operating systems.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="signal_cleanup">
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