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31 .TH SIGINTERRUPT 3 2016-03-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
33 siginterrupt \- allow signals to interrupt system calls
36 .B #include <signal.h>
38 .BI "int siginterrupt(int " sig ", int " flag );
42 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
43 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
49 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500
50 .\" || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
51 || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
52 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
58 function changes the restart behavior when
59 a system call is interrupted by the signal \fIsig\fP.
61 argument is false (0), then system calls will be restarted if interrupted
62 by the specified signal \fIsig\fP.
63 This is the default behavior in Linux.
65 If the \fIflag\fP argument is true (1) and no data has been transferred,
66 then a system call interrupted by the signal \fIsig\fP will return \-1
67 and \fIerrno\fP will be set to
70 If the \fIflag\fP argument is true (1) and data transfer has started,
71 then the system call will be interrupted and will return the actual
72 amount of data transferred.
76 function returns 0 on success.
82 set to indicate the cause of the error.
86 The specified signal number is invalid.
88 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
94 Interface Attribute Value
97 T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe const:sigintr
100 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
103 as obsolete, recommending the use of