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2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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17 02111-1307 USA. */
20 * ISO C99 Standard: 7.14 Signal handling <signal.h>
23 #ifndef _SIGNAL_H
25 #if !defined __need_sig_atomic_t && !defined __need_sigset_t
26 # define _SIGNAL_H
27 #endif
29 #include <features.h>
31 __BEGIN_DECLS
33 #include <bits/sigset.h> /* __sigset_t, __sig_atomic_t. */
35 /* An integral type that can be modified atomically, without the
36 possibility of a signal arriving in the middle of the operation. */
37 #if defined __need_sig_atomic_t || defined _SIGNAL_H
38 # ifndef __sig_atomic_t_defined
39 # define __sig_atomic_t_defined
40 __BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
41 typedef __sig_atomic_t sig_atomic_t;
42 __END_NAMESPACE_STD
43 # endif
44 # undef __need_sig_atomic_t
45 #endif
47 #if defined __need_sigset_t || (defined _SIGNAL_H && defined __USE_POSIX)
48 # ifndef __sigset_t_defined
49 # define __sigset_t_defined
50 typedef __sigset_t sigset_t;
51 # endif
52 # undef __need_sigset_t
53 #endif
55 #ifdef _SIGNAL_H
57 #include <bits/types.h>
58 #include <bits/signum.h>
60 #if defined __USE_XOPEN || defined __USE_XOPEN2K
61 # ifndef __pid_t_defined
62 typedef __pid_t pid_t;
63 # define __pid_t_defined
64 #endif
65 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN
66 # endif
67 # ifndef __uid_t_defined
68 typedef __uid_t uid_t;
69 # define __uid_t_defined
70 # endif
71 #endif /* Unix98 */
74 /* Type of a signal handler. */
75 typedef void (*__sighandler_t) (int);
77 /* The X/Open definition of `signal' specifies the SVID semantic. Use
78 the additional function `sysv_signal' when X/Open compatibility is
79 requested. */
80 extern __sighandler_t __sysv_signal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler)
81 __THROW;
82 #ifdef __USE_GNU
83 extern __sighandler_t sysv_signal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler)
84 __THROW;
85 #endif
87 /* Set the handler for the signal SIG to HANDLER, returning the old
88 handler, or SIG_ERR on error.
89 By default `signal' has the BSD semantic. */
90 __BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
91 #ifdef __USE_BSD
92 extern __sighandler_t signal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler) __THROW;
93 #else
94 /* Make sure the used `signal' implementation is the SVID version. */
95 # ifdef __REDIRECT_NTH
96 extern __sighandler_t __REDIRECT_NTH (signal,
97 (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler),
98 __sysv_signal);
99 # else
100 # define signal __sysv_signal
101 # endif
102 #endif
103 __END_NAMESPACE_STD
105 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN
106 /* The X/Open definition of `signal' conflicts with the BSD version.
107 So they defined another function `bsd_signal'. */
108 extern __sighandler_t bsd_signal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler) __THROW;
109 #endif
111 /* Send signal SIG to process number PID. If PID is zero,
112 send SIG to all processes in the current process's process group.
113 If PID is < -1, send SIG to all processes in process group - PID. */
114 #ifdef __USE_POSIX
115 extern int kill (__pid_t __pid, int __sig) __THROW;
116 #endif /* Use POSIX. */
118 #if defined __USE_BSD || defined __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
119 /* Send SIG to all processes in process group PGRP.
120 If PGRP is zero, send SIG to all processes in
121 the current process's process group. */
122 extern int killpg (__pid_t __pgrp, int __sig) __THROW;
123 #endif /* Use BSD || X/Open Unix. */
125 __BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
126 /* Raise signal SIG, i.e., send SIG to yourself. */
127 extern int raise (int __sig) __THROW;
128 __END_NAMESPACE_STD
130 #ifdef __USE_SVID
131 /* SVID names for the same things. */
132 extern __sighandler_t ssignal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler) __THROW;
133 extern int gsignal (int __sig) __THROW;
134 #endif /* Use SVID. */
136 #ifdef __USE_MISC
137 /* Print a message describing the meaning of the given signal number. */
138 extern void psignal (int __sig, __const char *__s);
139 #endif /* Use misc. */
142 /* The `sigpause' function has two different interfaces. The original
143 BSD definition defines the argument as a mask of the signal, while
144 the more modern interface in X/Open defines it as the signal
145 number. We go with the BSD version unless the user explicitly
146 selects the X/Open version.
148 This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
149 __THROW. */
150 extern int __sigpause (int __sig_or_mask, int __is_sig);
152 #ifdef __FAVOR_BSD
153 /* Set the mask of blocked signals to MASK,
154 wait for a signal to arrive, and then restore the mask. */
155 extern int sigpause (int __mask) __THROW;
156 # define sigpause(mask) __sigpause ((mask), 0)
157 #else
158 # ifdef __USE_XOPEN
159 # ifdef __GNUC__
160 extern int sigpause (int __sig) __asm__ ("__xpg_sigpause");
161 # else
162 /* Remove a signal from the signal mask and suspend the process. */
163 # define sigpause(sig) __sigpause ((sig), 1)
164 # endif
165 # endif
166 #endif
169 #ifdef __USE_BSD
170 /* None of the following functions should be used anymore. They are here
171 only for compatibility. A single word (`int') is not guaranteed to be
172 enough to hold a complete signal mask and therefore these functions
173 simply do not work in many situations. Use `sigprocmask' instead. */
175 /* Compute mask for signal SIG. */
176 # define sigmask(sig) __sigmask(sig)
178 /* Block signals in MASK, returning the old mask. */
179 extern int sigblock (int __mask) __THROW;
181 /* Set the mask of blocked signals to MASK, returning the old mask. */
182 extern int sigsetmask (int __mask) __THROW;
184 /* Return currently selected signal mask. */
185 extern int siggetmask (void) __THROW;
186 #endif /* Use BSD. */
189 #ifdef __USE_MISC
190 # define NSIG _NSIG
191 #endif
193 #ifdef __USE_GNU
194 typedef __sighandler_t sighandler_t;
195 #endif
197 /* 4.4 BSD uses the name `sig_t' for this. */
198 #ifdef __USE_BSD
199 typedef __sighandler_t sig_t;
200 #endif
202 #ifdef __USE_POSIX
204 # ifdef __USE_POSIX199309
205 /* We need `struct timespec' later on. */
206 # define __need_timespec
207 # include <time.h>
209 /* Get the `siginfo_t' type plus the needed symbols. */
210 # include <bits/siginfo.h>
211 # endif
213 /* Clear all signals from SET. */
214 extern int sigemptyset (sigset_t *__set) __THROW;
216 /* Set all signals in SET. */
217 extern int sigfillset (sigset_t *__set) __THROW;
219 /* Add SIGNO to SET. */
220 extern int sigaddset (sigset_t *__set, int __signo) __THROW;
222 /* Remove SIGNO from SET. */
223 extern int sigdelset (sigset_t *__set, int __signo) __THROW;
225 /* Return 1 if SIGNO is in SET, 0 if not. */
226 extern int sigismember (__const sigset_t *__set, int __signo) __THROW;
228 # ifdef __USE_GNU
229 /* Return non-empty value is SET is not empty. */
230 extern int sigisemptyset (__const sigset_t *__set) __THROW;
232 /* Build new signal set by combining the two inputs set using logical AND. */
233 extern int sigandset (sigset_t *__set, __const sigset_t *__left,
234 __const sigset_t *__right) __THROW;
236 /* Build new signal set by combining the two inputs set using logical OR. */
237 extern int sigorset (sigset_t *__set, __const sigset_t *__left,
238 __const sigset_t *__right) __THROW;
239 # endif /* GNU */
241 /* Get the system-specific definitions of `struct sigaction'
242 and the `SA_*' and `SIG_*'. constants. */
243 # include <bits/sigaction.h>
245 /* Get and/or change the set of blocked signals. */
246 extern int sigprocmask (int __how, __const sigset_t *__restrict __set,
247 sigset_t *__restrict __oset) __THROW;
249 /* Change the set of blocked signals to SET,
250 wait until a signal arrives, and restore the set of blocked signals.
252 This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
253 __THROW. */
254 extern int sigsuspend (__const sigset_t *__set);
256 /* Get and/or set the action for signal SIG. */
257 extern int sigaction (int __sig, __const struct sigaction *__restrict __act,
258 struct sigaction *__restrict __oact) __THROW;
260 /* Put in SET all signals that are blocked and waiting to be delivered. */
261 extern int sigpending (sigset_t *__set) __THROW;
264 /* Select any of pending signals from SET or wait for any to arrive.
266 This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
267 __THROW. */
268 extern int sigwait (__const sigset_t *__restrict __set, int *__restrict __sig);
270 # ifdef __USE_POSIX199309
271 /* Select any of pending signals from SET and place information in INFO.
273 This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
274 __THROW. */
275 extern int sigwaitinfo (__const sigset_t *__restrict __set,
276 siginfo_t *__restrict __info);
278 /* Select any of pending signals from SET and place information in INFO.
279 Wait the time specified by TIMEOUT if no signal is pending.
281 This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
282 __THROW. */
283 extern int sigtimedwait (__const sigset_t *__restrict __set,
284 siginfo_t *__restrict __info,
285 __const struct timespec *__restrict __timeout);
287 /* Send signal SIG to the process PID. Associate data in VAL with the
288 signal. */
289 extern int sigqueue (__pid_t __pid, int __sig, __const union sigval __val)
290 __THROW;
291 # endif /* Use POSIX 199306. */
293 #endif /* Use POSIX. */
295 #ifdef __USE_BSD
297 /* Names of the signals. This variable exists only for compatibility.
298 Use `strsignal' instead (see <string.h>). */
299 extern __const char *__const _sys_siglist[_NSIG];
300 extern __const char *__const sys_siglist[_NSIG];
302 /* Structure passed to `sigvec'. */
303 struct sigvec
305 __sighandler_t sv_handler; /* Signal handler. */
306 int sv_mask; /* Mask of signals to be blocked. */
308 int sv_flags; /* Flags (see below). */
309 # define sv_onstack sv_flags /* 4.2 BSD compatibility. */
312 /* Bits in `sv_flags'. */
313 # define SV_ONSTACK (1 << 0)/* Take the signal on the signal stack. */
314 # define SV_INTERRUPT (1 << 1)/* Do not restart system calls. */
315 # define SV_RESETHAND (1 << 2)/* Reset handler to SIG_DFL on receipt. */
318 /* If VEC is non-NULL, set the handler for SIG to the `sv_handler' member
319 of VEC. The signals in `sv_mask' will be blocked while the handler runs.
320 If the SV_RESETHAND bit is set in `sv_flags', the handler for SIG will be
321 reset to SIG_DFL before `sv_handler' is entered. If OVEC is non-NULL,
322 it is filled in with the old information for SIG. */
323 extern int sigvec (int __sig, __const struct sigvec *__vec,
324 struct sigvec *__ovec) __THROW;
327 /* Get machine-dependent `struct sigcontext' and signal subcodes. */
328 # include <bits/sigcontext.h>
330 /* Restore the state saved in SCP. */
331 extern int sigreturn (struct sigcontext *__scp) __THROW;
333 #endif /* use BSD. */
336 #if defined __USE_BSD || defined __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
338 /* If INTERRUPT is nonzero, make signal SIG interrupt system calls
339 (causing them to fail with EINTR); if INTERRUPT is zero, make system
340 calls be restarted after signal SIG. */
341 extern int siginterrupt (int __sig, int __interrupt) __THROW;
343 # include <bits/sigstack.h>
344 # ifdef __USE_XOPEN
345 /* This will define `ucontext_t' and `mcontext_t'. */
346 # include <sys/ucontext.h>
347 # endif
349 /* Run signals handlers on the stack specified by SS (if not NULL).
350 If OSS is not NULL, it is filled in with the old signal stack status.
351 This interface is obsolete and on many platform not implemented. */
352 extern int sigstack (struct sigstack *__ss, struct sigstack *__oss) __THROW;
354 /* Alternate signal handler stack interface.
355 This interface should always be preferred over `sigstack'. */
356 extern int sigaltstack (__const struct sigaltstack *__restrict __ss,
357 struct sigaltstack *__restrict __oss) __THROW;
359 #endif /* use BSD or X/Open Unix. */
361 #ifdef __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
362 /* Simplified interface for signal management. */
364 /* Add SIG to the calling process' signal mask. */
365 extern int sighold (int __sig) __THROW;
367 /* Remove SIG from the calling process' signal mask. */
368 extern int sigrelse (int __sig) __THROW;
370 /* Set the disposition of SIG to SIG_IGN. */
371 extern int sigignore (int __sig) __THROW;
373 /* Set the disposition of SIG. */
374 extern __sighandler_t sigset (int __sig, __sighandler_t __disp) __THROW;
375 #endif
377 #if defined __USE_POSIX199506 || defined __USE_UNIX98
378 /* Some of the functions for handling signals in threaded programs must
379 be defined here. */
380 # include <bits/pthreadtypes.h>
381 # include <bits/sigthread.h>
382 #endif /* use Unix98 */
384 /* The following functions are used internally in the C library and in
385 other code which need deep insights. */
387 /* Return number of available real-time signal with highest priority. */
388 extern int __libc_current_sigrtmin (void) __THROW;
389 /* Return number of available real-time signal with lowest priority. */
390 extern int __libc_current_sigrtmax (void) __THROW;
392 #endif /* signal.h */
394 __END_DECLS
396 #endif /* not signal.h */