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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/signal.38
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/signal.3 b/lib/libc/gen/signal.3
index 4086f68..866eee3 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/signal.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/signal.3
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ func() remains installed after a signal has been delivered.
For some system calls, if a signal is caught while the call is
executing and the call is prematurely terminated,
the call is automatically restarted.
-(The handler is installed using the
+Any handler installed with
+.Xr signal 3
+will have the
.Dv SA_RESTART
-flag with
-.Xr sigaction 2 . )
+flag set, meaning that any restartable system call will not return on
+receipt of a signal.
The affected system calls include
.Xr read 2 ,
.Xr write 2 ,
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