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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T00:24:31+00:00 2026-05-27T00:24:31+00:00

Do signal handlers have a separate stack, (like each thread have separate stacks)? This

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Do signal handlers have a separate stack, (like each thread have separate stacks)?

This is in Linux/C context.

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    2026-05-27T00:24:32+00:00Added an answer on May 27, 2026 at 12:24 am

    From the Linux manual page signal(7):

    By default, the signal handler is invoked on the normal process stack.
    It is possible to arrange that the signal handler uses an alternate stack;
    see sigaltstack(2) for a discussion of how to do this and when it might
    be useful.
    
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