gcj.texi: Add subsection on signal usage.

2004-08-12  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>

        * java/gcj.texi:  Add subsection on signal usage.

From-SVN: r85878

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
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--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-08-12  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>
+
+        * java/gcj.texi:  Add subsection on signal usage.
+
 2004-08-12  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@gnu.org>
 
        * expr.c (move_by_pieces): Set alignment for move to minimum of

diff --git a/gcc/java/gcj.texi b/gcc/java/gcj.texi
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--- a/gcc/java/gcj.texi
+++ b/gcc/java/gcj.texi
@@ -1888,6 +1888,19 @@ allocated with @code{JvAllocBytes} will be automatically freed when the Java
 object itself becomes unreachable.
 @end deftypefun
 
+@subsection Posix signals
+
+On Posix based systems the @code{libgcj} library uses several signals
+internally.  @acronym{CNI} code should not attempt to use the same
+signals as doing so may cause @code{libgcj} and/or the @acronym{CNI}
+code to fail.
+
+SIGSEGV is used on many systems to generate
+@code{NullPointerExceptions}.  SIGCHLD is used internally by
+@code{Runtime.exec()}.  Several other signals (that vary from platform to
+platform) can be used by the memory manager and by
+@code{Thread.interrupt()}.
+
 @node Exception Handling
 @section Exception Handling