315 lines
8.6 KiB
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315 lines
8.6 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: sigvec.3,v 1.19 2001/09/16 03:02:30 wiz Exp $
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.\" from: @(#)sigvec.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd November 1, 1997
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.Dt SIGVEC 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sigvec
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.Nd software signal facilities
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <signal.h>
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.Bd -literal
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struct sigvec {
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void (*sv_handler)();
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int sv_mask;
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int sv_flags;
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};
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.Ed
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.Ft int
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.Fn sigvec "int sig" "struct sigvec *vec" "struct sigvec *ovec"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This interface is made obsolete by
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.Xr sigaction 2 .
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The system defines a set of signals that may be delivered to a process.
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Signal delivery resembles the occurrence of a hardware interrupt:
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the signal is blocked from further occurrence, the current process
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context is saved, and a new one is built.
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A process may specify a
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.Em handler
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to which a signal is delivered, or specify that a signal is to be
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.Em ignored .
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A process may also specify that a default action is to be taken
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by the system when a signal occurs.
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A signal may also be
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.Em blocked ,
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in which case its delivery is postponed until it is
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.Em unblocked .
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The action to be taken on delivery is determined at the time
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of delivery.
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Normally, signal handlers execute on the current stack
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of the process.
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This may be changed, on a per-handler basis, so that signals are
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taken on a special
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.Em "signal stack" .
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.Pp
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Signal routines execute with the signal that caused their
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invocation
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.Em blocked ,
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but other signals may yet occur.
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A global
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.Em "signal mask"
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defines the set of signals currently blocked from delivery
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to a process.
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The signal mask for a process is initialized from that of its parent
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(normally 0).
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It may be changed with a
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.Xr sigblock 3
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or
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.Xr sigsetmask 3
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call, or when a signal is delivered to the process.
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.Pp
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When a signal
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condition arises for a process, the signal is added to a set of
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signals pending for the process.
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If the signal is not currently
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.Em blocked
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by the process then it is delivered to the process.
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When a caught signal
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is delivered, the current state of the process is saved,
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a new signal mask is calculated (as described below),
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and the signal handler is invoked.
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The call to the handler is arranged so that if the signal handling
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routine returns normally the process will resume execution in the
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context from before the signal's delivery.
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If the process wishes to resume in a different context, then it
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must arrange to restore the previous context itself.
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.Pp
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When a signal is delivered to a process a new signal mask is
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installed for the duration of the process' signal handler
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(or until a
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.Xr sigblock 3
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or
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.Xr sigsetmask 3
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call is made).
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This mask is formed by taking the union of the current signal mask,
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the signal to be delivered, and
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the signal mask associated with the handler to be invoked.
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.Pp
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.Fn sigvec
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assigns a handler for a specific signal.
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If
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.Fa vec
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is non-zero, it
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specifies an action
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.Pf ( Dv SIG_DFL ,
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.Dv SIG_IGN ,
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or a handler routine) and mask
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to be used when delivering the specified signal.
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Further, if the
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.Dv SV_ONSTACK
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bit is set in
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.Fa sv_flags ,
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the system will deliver the signal to the process on a
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.Em "signal stack" ,
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specified with
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.Xr sigaltstack 2 .
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If
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.Fa ovec
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is non-zero, the previous handling information for the signal
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is returned to the user.
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.Pp
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Once a signal handler is installed, it remains installed
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until another
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.Fn sigvec
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call is made, or an
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.Xr execve 2
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is performed.
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A signal-specific default action may be reset by
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setting
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.Fa sv_handler
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to
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.Dv SIG_DFL .
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The defaults are process termination, possibly with core dump;
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no action; stopping the process; or continuing the process.
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See the signal list below for each signal's default action.
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If
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.Fa sv_handler
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is set to
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.Dv SIG_DFL ,
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the default action for the signal is to discard the signal,
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and if a signal is pending,
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the pending signal is discarded even if the signal is masked.
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If
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.Fa sv_handler
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is set to
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.Dv SIG_IGN ,
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current and pending instances
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of the signal are ignored and discarded.
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.Pp
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Options may be specified by setting
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.Em sv_flags .
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If the
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.Dv SV_ONSTACK
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bit is set in
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.Fa sv_flags ,
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the system will deliver the signal to the process on a
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.Em "signal stack" ,
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specified with
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.Xr sigstack 2 .
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.Pp
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If a signal is caught during the system calls listed below,
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the call may be restarted,
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the call may return with a data transfer shorter than requested,
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or the call may forced to terminate
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with the error
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.Dv EINTR .
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Interrupting of pending calls is requested
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by setting the
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.Dv SV_INTERRUPT
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bit in
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.Ar sv_flags .
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The affected system calls include
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr read 2 ,
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.Xr write 2 ,
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.Xr sendto 2 ,
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.Xr recvfrom 2 ,
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.Xr sendmsg 2
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and
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.Xr recvmsg 2
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on a communications channel or a slow device (such as a terminal,
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but not a regular file)
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and during a
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.Xr wait 2
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or
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.Xr ioctl 2 .
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However, calls that have already committed are not restarted,
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but instead return a partial success (for example, a short read count).
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.Pp
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After a
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.Xr fork 2
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or
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.Xr vfork 2
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all signals, the signal mask, the signal stack,
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and the interrupt/restart flags are inherited by the child.
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr execve 2
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system call reinstates the default action for all signals which
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were caught and resets all signals to be caught on the user stack.
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Ignored signals remain ignored;
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the signal mask remains the same;
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signals that interrupt pending system calls continue to do so.
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.Pp
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See
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.Xr signal 7
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for comprehensive list of supported signals.
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.Sh NOTES
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The mask specified in
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.Fa vec
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is not allowed to block
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.Dv SIGKILL
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or
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.Dv SIGSTOP .
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This is enforced silently by the system.
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv SV_INTERRUPT
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flag is not available in
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.Bx 4.2 ,
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hence it should not be used if backward compatibility is needed.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded.
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A \-1 return value indicates an error occurred and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicated the reason.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The handler routine can be declared:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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void
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handler(sig, code, scp)
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int sig, code;
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struct sigcontext *scp;
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Here
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.Fa sig
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is the signal number, into which the hardware faults and traps are
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mapped as defined below.
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.Fa code
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is a parameter that is either a constant
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or the code provided by the hardware.
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.Fa scp
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is a pointer to the
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.Fa sigcontext
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structure (defined in
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.Aq Pa signal.h ) ,
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used to restore the context from before the signal.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn sigvec
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will fail and no new signal handler will be installed if one
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of the following occurs:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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Either
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.Fa vec
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or
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.Fa ovec
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points to memory that is not a valid part of the process
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address space.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa sig
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is not a valid signal number.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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An attempt is made to ignore or supply a handler for
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.Dv SIGKILL
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or
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.Dv SIGSTOP .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kill 1 ,
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr ptrace 2 ,
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr sigaltstack 2 ,
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.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
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.Xr sigstack 2 ,
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.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
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.Xr setjmp 3 ,
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.Xr sigblock 3 ,
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.Xr siginterrupt 3 ,
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.Xr signal 3 ,
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.Xr sigpause 3 ,
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.Xr sigsetmask 3 ,
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.Xr sigsetops 3 ,
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.Xr tty 4 ,
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.Xr signal 7
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