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25 .TH SIGPAUSE 3 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 sigpause \- atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
30 .B #include <signal.h>
32 .BI "int sigpause(int " sigmask "); /* BSD (but see NOTES) */"
34 .BI "int sigpause(int " sig "); /* System V / UNIX 95 */"
37 Don't use this function.
44 is designed to wait for some signal.
45 It changes the process's signal mask (set of blocked signals),
46 and then waits for a signal to arrive.
47 Upon arrival of a signal, the original signal mask is restored.
51 returns, it was interrupted by a signal and the return value is \-1
57 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
65 Interface Attribute Value
68 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
73 .\" FIXME: The marking is different from that in the glibc manual,
74 .\" marking in glibc manual is more detailed:
76 .\" sigpause: MT-Unsafe race:sigprocmask/!bsd!linux
78 .\" glibc manual says /!linux!bsd indicate the preceding marker only applies
79 .\" when the underlying kernel is neither Linux nor a BSD kernel.
80 .\" So, it is safe in Linux kernel.
82 The System V version of
84 is standardized in POSIX.1-2001.
85 It is also specified in POSIX.1-2008, where it is marked obsolete.
88 The classical BSD version of this function appeared in 4.2BSD.
89 It sets the process's signal mask to
91 UNIX 95 standardized the incompatible System V version of
92 this function, which removes only the specified signal
94 from the process's signal mask.
95 .\" __xpg_sigpause: UNIX 95, spec 1170, SVID, SVr4, XPG
96 The unfortunate situation with two incompatible functions with the
97 same name was solved by the
99 function, that takes a
101 argument (instead of an
104 On Linux, this routine is a system call only on the Sparc (sparc64)
107 .\" Libc4 and libc5 know only about the BSD version.
109 Glibc uses the BSD version if the
111 feature test macro is defined and none of
113 .BR _POSIX_C_SOURCE ,
119 Otherwise, the System V version is used,
120 and feature test macros must be defined as follows to obtain the declaration:
124 .\" || (_XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED)
126 Glibc 2.25 and earlier: _XOPEN_SOURCE
128 Since glibc 2.19, only the System V version is exposed by
130 applications that formerly used the BSD
132 should be amended to use
135 .\" For the BSD version, one usually uses a zero
137 .\" to indicate that no signals are to be blocked.
145 .BR feature_test_macros (7)