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26 .TH PTHREAD_SIGMASK 3 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_sigmask \- examine and change mask of blocked signals
31 .B #include <signal.h>
33 .BI "int pthread_sigmask(int " how ", const sigset_t *" set \
34 ", sigset_t *" oldset );
37 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
40 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
41 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
44 .BR pthread_sigmask ():
46 _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199506L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
50 .BR pthread_sigmask ()
53 with the difference that its use in multithreaded programs
54 is explicitly specified by POSIX.1.
55 Other differences are noted in this page.
57 For a description of the arguments and operation of this function, see
61 .BR pthread_sigmask ()
63 on error, it returns an error number.
68 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
76 Interface Attribute Value
78 .BR pthread_sigmask ()
79 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
85 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
87 A new thread inherits a copy of its creator's signal mask.
90 .BR pthread_sigmask ()
91 function silently ignores attempts to block the two real-time signals that
92 are used internally by the NPTL threading implementation.
97 The program below blocks some signals in the main thread,
98 and then creates a dedicated thread to fetch those signals via
100 The following shell session demonstrates its use:
106 .RB "$" " kill \-QUIT %1"
107 Signal handling thread got signal 3
108 .RB "$" " kill \-USR1 %1"
109 Signal handling thread got signal 10
110 .RB "$" " kill \-TERM %1"
111 [1]+ Terminated ./a.out
124 /* Simple error handling functions */
126 #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \e
127 do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
130 sig_thread(void *arg)
136 s = sigwait(set, &sig);
138 handle_error_en(s, "sigwait");
139 printf("Signal handling thread got signal %d\en", sig);
144 main(int argc, char *argv[])
150 /* Block SIGQUIT and SIGUSR1; other threads created by main()
151 will inherit a copy of the signal mask. */
154 sigaddset(&set, SIGQUIT);
155 sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
156 s = pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
158 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_sigmask");
160 s = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &sig_thread, &set);
162 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create");
164 /* Main thread carries on to create other threads and/or do
167 pause(); /* Dummy pause so we can test program */
174 .BR pthread_attr_setsigmask_np (3),
175 .BR pthread_create (3),
176 .BR pthread_kill (3),