wok annotate libsigsegv/description.txt @ rev 24981

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author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Sun May 08 10:57:53 2022 +0000 (2022-05-08)
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Hans-G?nter@24827 1 GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode.
Hans-G?nter@24827 2 A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory
Hans-G?nter@24827 3 that is currently not available.
Hans-G?nter@24827 4
Hans-G?nter@24827 5 Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing:
Hans-G?nter@24827 6
Hans-G?nter@24827 7 pageable virtual memory,
Hans-G?nter@24827 8 memory-mapped access to persistent databases,
Hans-G?nter@24827 9 generational garbage collectors,
Hans-G?nter@24827 10 stack overflow handlers,
Hans-G?nter@24827 11 distributed shared memory,
Hans-G?nter@24827 12 ...