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

   sigemptyset — initialize and empty a signal set

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <signal.h>

   int sigemptyset(sigset_t *_set_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _sigemptyset_() function initializes the signal set pointed to
   by _set_, such that all signals defined in POSIX.1‐2008 are
   excluded.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion, _sigemptyset_() shall return 0;
   otherwise, it shall return -1 and set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to indicate the error.

ERRORS top

   No errors are defined.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   The implementation of the _sigemptyset_() (or _sigfillset_()) function
   could quite trivially clear (or set) all the bits in the signal
   set. Alternatively, it would be reasonable to initialize part of
   the structure, such as a version field, to permit binary-
   compatibility between releases where the size of the set varies.
   For such reasons, either _sigemptyset_() or _sigfillset_() must be
   called prior to any other use of the signal set, even if such use
   is read-only (for example, as an argument to _sigpending_()).  This
   function is not intended for dynamic allocation.

   The _sigfillset_() and _sigemptyset_() functions require that the
   resulting signal set include (or exclude) all the signals defined
   in this volume of POSIX.1‐2017. Although it is outside the scope
   of this volume of POSIX.1‐2017 to place this requirement on
   signals that are implemented as extensions, it is recommended that
   implementation-defined signals also be affected by these
   functions. However, there may be a good reason for a particular
   signal not to be affected. For example, blocking or ignoring an
   implementation-defined signal may have undesirable side-effects,
   whereas the default action for that signal is harmless. In such a
   case, it would be preferable for such a signal to be excluded from
   the signal set returned by _sigfillset_().

   In early proposals there was no distinction between invalid and
   unsupported signals (the names of optional signals that were not
   supported by an implementation were not defined by that
   implementation). The **[EINVAL]** error was thus specified as a
   required error for invalid signals. With that distinction, it is
   not necessary to require implementations of these functions to
   determine whether an optional signal is actually supported, as
   that could have a significant performance impact for little value.
   The error could have been required for invalid signals and
   optional for unsupported signals, but this seemed unnecessarily
   complex. Thus, the error is optional in both cases.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   _Section 2.4_, _Signal Concepts_, [pthread_sigmask(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fsigmask.3p.html), [sigaction(3p)](../man3/sigaction.3p.html),
   [sigaddset(3p)](../man3/sigaddset.3p.html), [sigdelset(3p)](../man3/sigdelset.3p.html), [sigfillset(3p)](../man3/sigfillset.3p.html), [sigismember(3p)](../man3/sigismember.3p.html),
   [sigpending(3p)](../man3/sigpending.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

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   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,
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Pages that refer to this page:signal.h(0p), pthread_sigmask(3p), sigaction(3p), sigaddset(3p), sigdelset(3p), sigfillset(3p), sigismember(3p), sigpending(3p), sigsuspend(3p)