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PTHREADSIGMASK(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual PTHREADSIGMASK(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   pthread_sigmask, sigprocmask — examine and change blocked signals

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <signal.h>

   int pthread_sigmask(int _how_, const sigset_t *restrict _set_,
       sigset_t *restrict _oset_);
   int sigprocmask(int _how_, const sigset_t *restrict _set_,
       sigset_t *restrict _oset_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _pthreadsigmask_() function shall examine or change (or both)
   the calling thread's signal mask, regardless of the number of
   threads in the process. The function shall be equivalent to
   _sigprocmask_(), without the restriction that the call be made in a
   single-threaded process.

   In a single-threaded process, the _sigprocmask_() function shall
   examine or change (or both) the signal mask of the calling thread.

   If the argument _set_ is not a null pointer, it points to a set of
   signals to be used to change the currently blocked set.

   The argument _how_ indicates the way in which the set is changed,
   and the application shall ensure it consists of one of the
   following values:

   SIG_BLOCK   The resulting set shall be the union of the current
               set and the signal set pointed to by _set_.

   SIG_SETMASK The resulting set shall be the signal set pointed to
               by _set_.

   SIG_UNBLOCK The resulting set shall be the intersection of the
               current set and the complement of the signal set
               pointed to by _set_.

   If the argument _oset_ is not a null pointer, the previous mask
   shall be stored in the location pointed to by _oset_.  If _set_ is a
   null pointer, the value of the argument _how_ is not significant and
   the thread's signal mask shall be unchanged; thus the call can be
   used to enquire about currently blocked signals.

   If there are any pending unblocked signals after the call to
   _sigprocmask_(), at least one of those signals shall be delivered
   before the call to _sigprocmask_() returns.

   It is not possible to block those signals which cannot be ignored.
   This shall be enforced by the system without causing an error to
   be indicated.

   If any of the SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGSEGV, or SIGBUS signals are
   generated while they are blocked, the result is undefined, unless
   the signal was generated by the action of another process, or by
   one of the functions _kill_(), _pthreadkill_(), _raise_(), or
   _sigqueue_().

   If _sigprocmask_() fails, the thread's signal mask shall not be
   changed.

   The use of the _sigprocmask_() function is unspecified in a multi-
   threaded process.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion _pthreadsigmask_() shall return 0;
   otherwise, it shall return the corresponding error number.

   Upon successful completion, _sigprocmask_() shall return 0;
   otherwise, -1 shall be returned, _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ shall be set to indicate
   the error, and the signal mask of the process shall be unchanged.

ERRORS top

   The _pthreadsigmask_() and _sigprocmask_() functions shall fail if:

   **EINVAL** The value of the _how_ argument is not equal to one of the
          defined values.

   The _pthreadsigmask_() function shall not return an error code of
   **[EINTR]**.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

Signaling in a Multi-Threaded Process This example shows the use of pthreadsigmask() in order to deal with signals in a multi-threaded process. It provides a fairly general framework that could be easily adapted/extended.

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <pthread.h>
       #include <signal.h>
       #include <string.h>
       #include <errno.h>
       ...

       static sigset_t   signal_mask;  /* signals to block         */

       int main (int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           pthread_t  sig_thr_id;      /* signal handler thread ID */
           int        rc;              /* return code              */

           sigemptyset (&signal_mask);
           sigaddset (&signal_mask, SIGINT);
           sigaddset (&signal_mask, SIGTERM);
           rc = pthread_sigmask (SIG_BLOCK, &signal_mask, NULL);
           if (rc != 0) {
               /* handle error */
               ...
           }
           /* any newly created threads inherit the signal mask */

           rc = pthread_create (&sig_thr_id, NULL, signal_thread, NULL);
           if (rc != 0) {
               /* handle error */
               ...
           }

           /* APPLICATION CODE */
           ...
       }

       void *signal_thread (void *arg)
       {
           int       sig_caught;    /* signal caught       */
           int       rc;            /* returned code       */

           rc = sigwait (&signal_mask, &sig_caught);
           if (rc != 0) {
               /* handle error */
           }
           switch (sig_caught)
           {
           case SIGINT:     /* process SIGINT  */
               ...
               break;
           case SIGTERM:    /* process SIGTERM */
               ...
               break;
           default:         /* should normally not happen */
               fprintf (stderr, "\nUnexpected signal %d\n", sig_caught);
               break;
           }
       }

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   When a thread's signal mask is changed in a signal-catching
   function that is installed by _sigaction_(), the restoration of the
   signal mask on return from the signal-catching function overrides
   that change (see _sigaction_()).  If the signal-catching function
   was installed with _signal_(), it is unspecified whether this
   occurs.

   See _kill_() for a discussion of the requirement on delivery of
   signals.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   [exec(1p)](../man1/exec.1p.html), [kill(3p)](../man3/kill.3p.html), [sigaction(3p)](../man3/sigaction.3p.html), [sigaddset(3p)](../man3/sigaddset.3p.html), [sigdelset(3p)](../man3/sigdelset.3p.html),
   [sigemptyset(3p)](../man3/sigemptyset.3p.html), [sigfillset(3p)](../man3/sigfillset.3p.html), [sigismember(3p)](../man3/sigismember.3p.html), [sigpending(3p)](../man3/sigpending.3p.html),
   [sigqueue(3p)](../man3/sigqueue.3p.html), [sigsuspend(3p)](../man3/sigsuspend.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [signal.h(0p)](../man0/signal.h.0p.html)

COPYRIGHT top

   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
   the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
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Pages that refer to this page:signal.h(0p), exec(3p), sigaction(3p), sigaddset(3p), sigdelset(3p), sigemptyset(3p), sigfillset(3p), sighold(3p), sigismember(3p), siglongjmp(3p), sigpending(3p), sigprocmask(3p), sigsetjmp(3p), sigtimedwait(3p), sigwait(3p)