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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41be9e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2 @@ -0,0 +1,199 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2005 David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org> +.\" 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as +.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible +.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. +.\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 11, 2005 +.Dt SIGTIMEDWAIT 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sigtimedwait , sigwaitinfo +.Nd "wait for queued signals (REALTIME)" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In signal.h +.Ft int +.Fo sigtimedwait +.Fa "const sigset_t *restrict set" "siginfo_t *restrict info" +.Fa "const struct timespec *restrict timeout" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fn sigwaitinfo "const sigset_t * restrict set" "siginfo_t * restrict info" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn sigtimedwait +system call is equivalent to +.Fn sigwaitinfo +except that if none of the signals specified by +.Fa set +are pending, +.Fn sigtimedwait +waits for the time interval specified in the +.Vt timespec +structure referenced by +.Fa timeout . +If the +.Vt timespec +structure pointed to by +.Fa timeout +is zero-valued and if none of the signals specified by +.Fa set +are pending, then +.Fn sigtimedwait +returns immediately with an error. +If +.Fa timeout +is the +.Dv NULL +pointer, the behavior is unspecified. +.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC +clock is used to measure the time interval specified by the +.Fa timeout +argument. +.Pp +The +.Fn sigwaitinfo +system call selects the pending signal from the set specified by +.Fa set . +Should any of multiple pending signals in the range +.Dv SIGRTMIN +to +.Dv SIGRTMAX +be selected, it shall be the lowest numbered one. +The +selection order between realtime and non-realtime signals, or +between multiple pending non-realtime signals, is unspecified. +If no signal in +.Fa set +is pending at the time of the call, the calling thread +is suspended until one or more signals in +.Fa set +become pending or until it is interrupted by an unblocked, caught signal. +.Pp +The +.Fn sigwaitinfo +system call is equivalent to the +.Fn sigwait +system call if the +.Fa info +argument is +.Dv NULL . +If the +.Fa info +argument is +.Pf non- Dv NULL , +the +.Fn sigwaitinfo +function is equivalent to +.Fn sigwait , +except that the selected signal number shall be stored in the +.Va si_signo +member, and the cause of the signal shall be stored in the +.Va si_code +member. +If any value is queued to the selected signal, the first such queued +value is dequeued and, if the info argument is +.Pf non- Dv NULL , +the value is stored in the +.Va si_value +member of +.Fa info . +The system resource used to queue the signal +is released and returned to the system for other use. +If no value is queued, +the content of the +.Va si_value +member is zero-valued. +If no further signals are +queued for the selected signal, the pending indication for that signal +is reset. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Upon successful completion (that is, one of the signals specified by +.Fa set +is pending or is generated) +.Fn sigwaitinfo +and +.Fn sigtimedwait +return the selected signal number. +Otherwise, the functions return a value of \-1 +and set the global variable +.Va errno +to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn sigtimedwait +system call +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +No signal specified by set was generated within the specified timeout period. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn sigtimedwait +and +.Fn sigwaitinfo +system calls fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINTR +The wait was interrupted by an unblocked, caught signal. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +Any arguments point outside the allocated address space or there is a +memory protection fault. +.Pp +.El +The +.Fn sigtimedwait +system call may also fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa timeout +argument specified a +.Va tv_nsec +value less than zero or greater than or equal +to 1000 million. +Kernel only checks for this error if no signal is pending in set and it +is necessary to wait. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sigpending 2 , +.Xr sigqueue 2 , +.Xr sigsuspend 2 , +.Xr sigwait 2 , +.Xr pause 3 , +.Xr pthread_sigmask 3 , +.Xr siginfo 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn sigtimedwait +and +.Fn sigwaitinfo +system calls conform to +.St -p1003.1-96 . |