SIGSTKFLT

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SIGSTKFLT (non-POSIX)
Description: Stack fault on coprocessor (unused)
Default action: Abnormal termination of the process
SA_SIGINFO macros
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On some Unix-like platforms, SIGSTKFLT is the signal sent to computer programs when the coprocessor experiences a stack fault. The symbolic constant for SIGSTKFLT is defined in the header file signal.h. Symbolic signal names are used because signal numbers can vary across platforms.

[edit] Etymology

SIG is a common prefix for signal names. STKFLT is an abbreviation for stack fault.

[edit] Usage

SIGSTKFLT does not appear to be used in any modern Unix-like systems.


POSIX Signals
SIGABRT | SIGALRM | SIGFPE | SIGHUP | SIGILL | SIGINT | SIGKILL | SIGPIPE | SIGQUIT | SIGSEGV | SIGTERM | SIGUSR1 | SIGUSR2 | SIGCHLD | SIGCONT | SIGSTOP | SIGTSTP | SIGTTIN | SIGTTOU | SIGBUS | SIGPOLL | SIGPROF | SIGSYS | SIGTRAP | SIGURG | SIGVTALRM | SIGXCPU | SIGXFSZ | Realtime Signals are user definable—SIGRTMIN+n through SIGRTMAX.
Common non-POSIX signals and synonyms
SIGIOT | SIGEMT | SIGSTKFLT | SIGIO | SIGCLD | SIGINFO | SIGPWR (SIGINFO) | SIGLOST | SIGWINCH | SIGUNUSED