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SIGVEC(3) Linux Programmer's Manual SIGVEC(3)
sigvec, sigblock, sigsetmask, siggetmask, sigmask - BSD signal API
#include <signal.h>
int sigvec(int sig, const struct sigvec *vec, struct sigvec *ovec);
int sigmask(int signum);
int sigblock(int mask);
int sigsetmask(int mask);
int siggetmask(void);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
All functions shown above:
Since glibc 2.19:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
_BSD_SOURCE
These functions are provided in glibc as a compatibility interface
for programs that make use of the historical BSD signal API. This
API is obsolete: new applications should use the POSIX signal API
(sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), etc.).
The sigvec() function sets and/or gets the disposition of the signal
sig (like the POSIX sigaction(2)). If vec is not NULL, it points to
a sigvec structure that defines the new disposition for sig. If ovec
is not NULL, it points to a sigvec structure that is used to return
the previous disposition of sig. To obtain the current disposition
of sig without changing it, specify NULL for vec, and a non-null
pointer for ovec.
The dispositions for SIGKILL and SIGSTOP cannot be changed.
The sigvec structure has the following form:
struct sigvec {
void (*sv_handler)(int); /* Signal disposition */
int sv_mask; /* Signals to be blocked in handler */
int sv_flags; /* Flags */
};
The sv_handler field specifies the disposition of the signal, and is
either: the address of a signal handler function; SIG_DFL, meaning
the default disposition applies for the signal; or SIG_IGN, meaning
that the signal is ignored.
If sv_handler specifies the address of a signal handler, then sv_mask
specifies a mask of signals that are to be blocked while the handler
is executing. In addition, the signal for which the handler is
invoked is also blocked. Attempts to block SIGKILL or SIGSTOP are
silently ignored.
If sv_handler specifies the address of a signal handler, then the
sv_flags field specifies flags controlling what happens when the
handler is called. This field may contain zero or more of the
following flags:
SV_INTERRUPT
If the signal handler interrupts a blocking system call, then
upon return from the handler the system call will not be
restarted: instead it will fail with the error EINTR. If this
flag is not specified, then system calls are restarted by
default.
SV_RESETHAND
Reset the disposition of the signal to the default before
calling the signal handler. If this flag is not specified,
then the handler remains established until explicitly removed
by a later call to sigvec() or until the process performs an
execve(2).
SV_ONSTACK
Handle the signal on the alternate signal stack (historically
established under BSD using the obsolete sigstack() function;
the POSIX replacement is sigaltstack(2)).
The sigmask() macro constructs and returns a "signal mask" for
signum. For example, we can initialize the vec.sv_mask field given
to sigvec() using code such as the following:
vec.sv_mask = sigmask(SIGQUIT) | sigmask(SIGABRT);
/* Block SIGQUIT and SIGABRT during
handler execution */
The sigblock() function adds the signals in mask to the process's
signal mask (like POSIX sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK)), and returns the
process's previous signal mask. Attempts to block SIGKILL or SIGSTOP
are silently ignored.
The sigsetmask() function sets the process's signal mask to the value
given in mask (like POSIX sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK)), and returns the
process's previous signal mask.
The siggetmask() function returns the process's current signal mask.
This call is equivalent to sigblock(0).
The sigvec() function returns 0 on success; on error, it returns -1
and sets errno to indicate the error.
The sigblock() and sigsetmask() functions return the previous signal
mask.
The sigmask() macro returns the signal mask for signum.
See the ERRORS under sigaction(2) and sigprocmask(2).
Starting with version 2.21, the GNU C library no longer exports the
sigvec() function as part of the ABI. (To ensure backward
compatibility, the glibc symbol versioning scheme continues to export
the interface to binaries linked against older versions of the
library.)
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│sigvec(), sigmask(), sigblock(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
│sigsetmask(), siggetmask() │ │ │
└─────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
All of these functions were in 4.3BSD, except siggetmask(), whose
origin is unclear. These functions are obsolete: do not use them in
new programs.
On 4.3BSD, the signal() function provided reliable semantics (as when
calling sigvec() with vec.sv_mask equal to 0). On System V, signal()
provides unreliable semantics. POSIX.1 leaves these aspects of
signal() unspecified. See signal(2) for further details.
In order to wait for a signal, BSD and System V both provided a
function named sigpause(3), but this function has a different
argument on the two systems. See sigpause(3) for details.
kill(2), pause(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), sigprocmask(2), raise(3),
sigpause(3), sigset(3), signal(7)
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Linux 2016-10-08 SIGVEC(3)
Pages that refer to this page: sgetmask(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), sigpause(3), sigset(3), signal(7)