src/os/posix/vm/os_posix.hpp

rev 9413 : 8143291: Remove redundant coding around os::exception_name

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    // Helper function, returns a string (e.g. "SIGILL") for a signal.
    // Returned string is a constant. For unknown signals "UNKNOWN" is returned.
    static const char* get_signal_name(int sig, char* out, size_t outlen);
  
+   // Helper function, returns a signal number for a given signal name, e.g. 11
+   // for "SIGSEGV". Name can be given with or without "SIG" prefix, so both
+   // "SEGV" or "SIGSEGV" work. Name must be uppercase.
+   // Returns -1 for an unknown signal name.
+   static int get_signal_number(const char* signal_name);
+ 
    // Returns one-line short description of a signal set in a user provided buffer.
    static const char* describe_signal_set_short(const sigset_t* set, char* buffer, size_t size);
  
    // Prints a short one-line description of a signal set.
    static void print_signal_set_short(outputStream* st, const sigset_t* set);