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.\" $NetBSD: psignal.9,v 1.2 1997/10/08 22:00:37 jtc Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Paul Kranenburg.
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.Dd June 22, 1996
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.Dt PSIGNAL 9
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.Os NetBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm psignal
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.Nd post signal to a process
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ft void
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.Fn "psignal" "struct proc *p" "int signum"
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.Ft void
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.Fn "pgsignal" "struct pgrp *pgrp" "int signum" "int checkctty"
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.Ft void
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.Fn "gsignal" "int pgid" "int signum"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions post a signal to one or more processes. The argument
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.Fa signum
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common to all three functions should be in the range
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.Bq 1- Ns Dv NSIG .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn psignal
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function posts signal number
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.Fa signum
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to the process represented by the process structure
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.Fa p .
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With a few exceptions noted below, the target process signal disposition is
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updated and is marked as runnable, so further handling of the signal is done
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in the context of the target process after a context switch. Note that
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.Fn psignal
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does not by itself cause a context switch to happen.
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.Pp
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The target process is not marked as runnable in the following cases:
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.Bl -bullet -offset indent
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.It
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The target process is sleeping uninterruptibly. The signal will be
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noticed when the process returns from the system call or trap.
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.It
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The target process is currently ignoring the signal.
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.It
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If a stop signal is sent to a sleeping process that takes the
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default action
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.Pq see Xr sigaction 2 ,
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the process is stopped without awakening it.
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.It
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.Dv SIGCONT
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restarts a stopped process
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.Pq or puts them back to sleep
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regardless of the signal action
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.Pq e.g., blocked or ignored .
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.El
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.Pp
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If the target process is being traced
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.Fn psignal
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behaves as if the target process were taking the default action for
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.Fa signum .
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This allows the tracing process to be notified of the signal.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn pgsignal
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function posts signal number
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.Fa signum
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to each member of the process group described by
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.Fa pgrp .
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If
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.Fa checkctty
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is non-zero, the signal will be posted only to processes that have
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a controlling terminal.
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.Fn pgsignal
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is implemented by walking along the process list headed by the field
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.Li pg_members
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of the process group structure
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pointed at by
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.Fa pgrp
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and calling
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.Fn psignal
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as appropriate. If
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.Fa pgrp
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is
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.Dv NULL
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no action is taken.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn gsignal
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function posts signal number
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.Fa signum
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to each member of the process group identified by the group id
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.Fa pgid .
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.Fn gsignal
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first finds the group structure associated with
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.Fa pgid ,
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then invokes
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.Fn pgsignal
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with the argument
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.Fa checkctty
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set to zero. If
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.Fa pgid
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is zero no action is taken.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr tsleep 9
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