Use of alternate stack for signal handler

Hi All,

Can anyone tell me about typical uses of having a different
stack for signal handlers? and what may be the disadvantages of using
the default stack?

I have read the man page of sigaltstack(2) but it does not
contain any info.

Thanks,
Madhav.

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