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authorkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2011-08-25 10:00:38 +0000
committerkib <kib@FreeBSD.org>2011-08-25 10:00:38 +0000
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Clarify the behaviour of sigwait() on signal interruption, and note
the difference between sigwait() and sigtimedwait()/sigwaitinfo(). Approved by: re (bz)
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
index 8c00cf4..a9e605c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigwait.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd November 11, 2005
+.Dd August 24, 2011
.Dt SIGWAIT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ selected, it will be the lowest numbered one.
The selection order between realtime
and non-realtime signals, or between multiple pending non-realtime signals,
is unspecified.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Fn sigwait
+function is implemented as a wrapper around the
+.Fn __sys_sigwait
+system call, which retries the call on
+.Er EINTR
+error.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful,
.Fn sigwait
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