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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +0000 |
commit | be22b15ae2ff8d7fe06b6e14fddf0c5b444a95da (patch) | |
tree | a18a706dffa5baf86a3b12bbfb4f81caa097f349 /lib/libc/sys/sigsuspend.2 | |
parent | 2a27bd86e6002c871e3b5561a5334653bb222a77 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigsuspend.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigsuspend.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a234454 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigsuspend.2 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sigsuspend.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt SIGSUSPEND 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sigsuspend +.Nd atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <signal.h> +.Ft int +.Fn sigsuspend "const sigset_t *sigmask" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Fn Sigsuspend +temporarily changes the blocked signal mask to the set to which +.Fa sigmask +points, +and then waits for a signal to arrive; +on return the previous set of masked signals is restored. +The signal mask set +is usually empty to indicate that all +signals are to be unblocked for the duration of the call. +.Pp +In normal usage, a signal is blocked using +.Xr sigprocmask 2 +to begin a critical section, variables modified on the occurrence +of the signal are examined to determine that there is no work +to be done, and the process pauses awaiting work by using +.Fn sigsuspend +with the previous mask returned by +.Xr sigprocmask . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn sigsuspend +function +always terminates by being interrupted, returning -1 with +.Va errno +set to +.Dv EINTR . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigprocmask 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sigsetops 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm sigsupend +function call +conforms to +.St -p1003.1-88 . |