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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. +.\" +.\" @(#)sigaction.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/3/94 +.\" +.Dd April 3, 1994 +.Dt SIGACTION 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sigaction +.Nd software signal facilities +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <signal.h> +.Bd -literal +struct sigaction { + void (*sa_handler)(); + sigset_t sa_mask; + int sa_flags; +}; +.Ed +.Fn sigaction "int sig" "const struct sigaction *act" "struct sigaction *oact" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The system defines a set of signals that may be delivered to a process. +Signal delivery resembles the occurrence of a hardware interrupt: +the signal is blocked from further occurrence, the current process +context is saved, and a new one is built. A process may specify a +.Em handler +to which a signal is delivered, or specify that a signal is to be +.Em ignored . +A process may also specify that a default action is to be taken +by the system when a signal occurs. +A signal may also be +.Em blocked , +in which case its delivery is postponed until it is +.Em unblocked . +The action to be taken on delivery is determined at the time +of delivery. +Normally, signal handlers execute on the current stack +of the process. This may be changed, on a per-handler basis, +so that signals are taken on a special +.Em "signal stack" . +.Pp +Signal routines execute with the signal that caused their +invocation +.Em blocked , +but other signals may yet occur. +A global +.Em "signal mask" +defines the set of signals currently blocked from delivery +to a process. The signal mask for a process is initialized +from that of its parent (normally empty). It +may be changed with a +.Xr sigprocmask 2 +call, or when a signal is delivered to the process. +.Pp +When a signal +condition arises for a process, the signal is added to a set of +signals pending for the process. +If the signal is not currently +.Em blocked +by the process then it is delivered to the process. +Signals may be delivered any time a process enters the operating system +(e.g., during a system call, page fault or trap, or clock interrupt). +If multiple signals are ready to be delivered at the same time, +any signals that could be caused by traps are delivered first. +Additional signals may be processed at the same time, with each +appearing to interrupt the handlers for the previous signals +before their first instructions. +The set of pending signals is returned by the +.Xr sigpending 2 +function. +When a caught signal +is delivered, the current state of the process is saved, +a new signal mask is calculated (as described below), +and the signal handler is invoked. The call to the handler +is arranged so that if the signal handling routine returns +normally the process will resume execution in the context +from before the signal's delivery. +If the process wishes to resume in a different context, then it +must arrange to restore the previous context itself. +.Pp +When a signal is delivered to a process a new signal mask is +installed for the duration of the process' signal handler +(or until a +.Xr sigprocmask +call is made). +This mask is formed by taking the union of the current signal mask set, +the signal to be delivered, and +the signal mask associated with the handler to be invoked. +.Pp +.Fn Sigaction +assigns an action for a specific signal. +If +.Fa act +is non-zero, it +specifies an action +.Pf ( Dv SIG_DFL , +.Dv SIG_IGN , +or a handler routine) and mask +to be used when delivering the specified signal. +If +.Fa oact +is non-zero, the previous handling information for the signal +is returned to the user. +.Pp +Once a signal handler is installed, it remains installed +until another +.Fn sigaction +call is made, or an +.Xr execve 2 +is performed. +A signal-specific default action may be reset by +setting +.Fa sa_handler +to +.Dv SIG_DFL . +The defaults are process termination, possibly with core dump; +no action; stopping the process; or continuing the process. +See the signal list below for each signal's default action. +If +.Fa sa_handler +is +.Dv SIG_DFL , +the default action for the signal is to discard the signal, +and if a signal is pending, +the pending signal is discarded even if the signal is masked. +If +.Fa sa_handler +is set to +.Dv SIG_IGN +current and pending instances +of the signal are ignored and discarded. +.Pp +Options may be specified by setting +.Em sa_flags . +If the +.Dv SA_NOCLDSTOP +bit is set when installing a catching function +for the +.Dv SIGCHLD +signal, +the +.Dv SIGCHLD +signal will be generated only when a child process exits, +not when a child process stops. +Further, if the +.Dv SA_ONSTACK +bit is set in +.Em sa_flags , +the system will deliver the signal to the process on a +.Em "signal stack" , +specified with +.Xr sigstack 2 . +.Pp +If a signal is caught during the system calls listed below, +the call may be forced to terminate +with the error +.Dv EINTR , +the call may return with a data transfer shorter than requested, +or the call may be restarted. +Restart of pending calls is requested +by setting the +.Dv SA_RESTART +bit in +.Ar sa_flags . +The affected system calls include +.Xr open 2 , +.Xr read 2 , +.Xr write 2 , +.Xr sendto 2 , +.Xr recvfrom 2 , +.Xr sendmsg 2 +and +.Xr recvmsg 2 +on a communications channel or a slow device (such as a terminal, +but not a regular file) +and during a +.Xr wait 2 +or +.Xr ioctl 2 . +However, calls that have already committed are not restarted, +but instead return a partial success (for example, a short read count). +.Pp +After a +.Xr fork 2 +or +.Xr vfork 2 +all signals, the signal mask, the signal stack, +and the restart/interrupt flags are inherited by the child. +.Pp +.Xr Execve 2 +reinstates the default +action for all signals which were caught and +resets all signals to be caught on the user stack. +Ignored signals remain ignored; +the signal mask remains the same; +signals that restart pending system calls continue to do so. +.Pp +The following is a list of all signals +with names as in the include file +.Aq Pa signal.h : +.Bl -column SIGVTALARMXX "create core imagexxx" +.It Sy " NAME " " Default Action " " Description" +.It Dv SIGHUP No " terminate process" " terminal line hangup" +.It Dv SIGINT No " terminate process" " interrupt program" +.It Dv SIGQUIT No " create core image" " quit program" +.It Dv SIGILL No " create core image" " illegal instruction" +.It Dv SIGTRAP No " create core image" " trace trap" +.It Dv SIGABRT No " create core image" Xr abort 2 +call (formerly +.Dv SIGIOT ) +.It Dv SIGEMT No " create core image" " emulate instruction executed" +.It Dv SIGFPE No " create core image" " floating-point exception" +.It Dv SIGKILL No " terminate process" " kill program" +.It Dv SIGBUS No " create core image" " bus error" +.It Dv SIGSEGV No " create core image" " segmentation violation" +.It Dv SIGSYS No " create core image" " system call given invalid argument" +.It Dv SIGPIPE No " terminate process" " write on a pipe with no reader" +.It Dv SIGALRM No " terminate process" " real-time timer expired" +.It Dv SIGTERM No " terminate process" " software termination signal" +.It Dv SIGURG No " discard signal" " urgent condition present on socket" +.It Dv SIGSTOP No " stop process" " stop (cannot be caught or ignored)" +.It Dv SIGTSTP No " stop process" " stop signal generated from keyboard" +.It Dv SIGCONT No " discard signal" " continue after stop" +.It Dv SIGCHLD No " discard signal" " child status has changed" +.It Dv SIGTTIN No " stop process" " background read attempted from control terminal" +.It Dv SIGTTOU No " stop process" " background write attempted to control terminal" +.It Dv SIGIO No " discard signal" Tn " I/O" +is possible on a descriptor (see +.Xr fcntl 2 ) +.It Dv SIGXCPU No " terminate process" " cpu time limit exceeded (see" +.Xr setrlimit 2 ) +.It Dv SIGXFSZ No " terminate process" " file size limit exceeded (see" +.Xr setrlimit 2 ) +.It Dv SIGVTALRM No " terminate process" " virtual time alarm (see" +.Xr setitimer 2 ) +.It Dv SIGPROF No " terminate process" " profiling timer alarm (see" +.Xr setitimer 2 ) +.It Dv SIGWINCH No " discard signal" " Window size change" +.It Dv SIGINFO No " discard signal" " status request from keyboard" +.It Dv SIGUSR1 No " terminate process" " User defined signal 1" +.It Dv SIGUSR2 No " terminate process" " User defined signal 2" +.El +.Sh NOTE +The mask specified in +.Fa act +is not allowed to block +.Dv SIGKILL +or +.Dv SIGSTOP . +This is done silently by the system. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A \-1 return value +indicates an error occurred and +.Va errno +is set to indicated the reason. +.Sh EXAMPLE +The handler routine can be declared: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +void handler(sig, code, scp) +int sig, code; +struct sigcontext *scp; +.Ed +.Pp +Here +.Fa sig +is the signal number, into which the hardware faults and traps are +mapped. +.Fa Code +is a parameter that is either a constant +or the code provided by +the hardware. +.Fa Scp +is a pointer to the +.Fa sigcontext +structure (defined in +.Aq Pa signal.h ) , +used to restore the context from before the signal. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn Sigaction +will fail and no new signal handler will be installed if one +of the following occurs: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +Either +.Fa act +or +.Fa oact +points to memory that is not a valid part of the process +address space. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +.Fa Sig +is not a valid signal number. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +An attempt is made to ignore or supply a handler for +.Dv SIGKILL +or +.Dv SIGSTOP . +.El +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm sigaction +function is defined by +.St -p1003.1-88 . +The +.Dv SA_ONSTACK +and +.Dv SA_RESTART +flags are Berkeley extensions, +as are the signals, +.Dv SIGTRAP , +.Dv SIGEMT , +.Dv SIGBUS , +.Dv SIGSYS , +.Dv SIGURG , +.Dv SIGIO , +.Dv SIGXCPU , +.Dv SIGXFSZ , +.Dv SIGVTALRM , +.Dv SIGPROF , +.Dv SIGWINCH , +and +.Dv SIGINFO . +Those signals are available on most +.Tn BSD Ns \-derived +systems. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kill 1 , +.Xr ptrace 2 , +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sigprocmask 2 , +.Xr sigsuspend 2 , +.Xr sigblock 2 , +.Xr sigsetmask 2 , +.Xr sigpause 2 , +.Xr sigstack 2 , +.Xr sigvec 2 , +.Xr setjmp 3 , +.Xr siginterrupt 3 , +.Xr sigsetops 3 , +.Xr tty 4 |