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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-07 20:46:22 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-07 20:46:22 +0000
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sigprocmask(2): pthread_sigmask(3) must be used in threaded processes.
Although libthr's pthread_sigmask() just calls sigprocmask() and this is unlikely to change, mention this POSIX requirement on applications. MFC after: 1 week
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigprocmask.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigprocmask.2
index ef555a4..f7c8335 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigprocmask.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigprocmask.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)sigprocmask.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dd May 7, 2010
.Dt SIGPROCMASK 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ quietly disallows
or
.Dv SIGSTOP
to be blocked.
+.Pp
+In threaded applications,
+.Xr pthread_sigmask 3
+must be used instead of
+.Fn sigprocmask .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std sigprocmask
.Sh ERRORS
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ has a value other than those listed here.
.Xr sigpending 2 ,
.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
.Xr fpsetmask 3 ,
+.Xr pthread_sigmask 3 ,
.Xr sigsetops 3
.Sh STANDARDS
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