sigaction overhaul as described in docs/sigaction.txt
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1 /* The proper definitions for Linux's sigaction.
2 Copyright (C) 1993-1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #ifndef _SIGNAL_H
21 # error "Never include <bits/sigaction.h> directly; use <signal.h> instead."
22 #endif
24 /* Structure describing the action to be taken when a signal arrives.
25 * In uclibc, it is identical to "new" struct kernel_sigaction
26 * (one from the Linux 2.1.68 kernel).
27 * This minimizes amount of translation in sigaction().
29 struct sigaction {
30 #ifdef __USE_POSIX199309
31 union {
32 __sighandler_t sa_handler;
33 void (*sa_sigaction)(int, siginfo_t *, void *);
34 } __sigaction_handler;
35 # define sa_handler __sigaction_handler.sa_handler
36 # define sa_sigaction __sigaction_handler.sa_sigaction
37 #else
38 __sighandler_t sa_handler;
39 #endif
40 unsigned long sa_flags;
41 void (*sa_restorer)(void);
42 sigset_t sa_mask;
45 /* Bits in `sa_flags'. */
46 #define SA_NOCLDSTOP 1 /* Don't send SIGCHLD when children stop. */
47 #define SA_NOCLDWAIT 2 /* Don't create zombie on child death. */
48 #define SA_SIGINFO 4 /* Invoke signal-catching function with
49 three arguments instead of one. */
50 #if defined __USE_UNIX98 || defined __USE_MISC
51 # define SA_ONSTACK 0x08000000 /* Use signal stack by using `sa_restorer'. */
52 # define SA_RESTART 0x10000000 /* Restart syscall on signal return. */
53 # define SA_NODEFER 0x40000000 /* Don't automatically block the signal when
54 its handler is being executed. */
55 # define SA_RESETHAND 0x80000000 /* Reset to SIG_DFL on entry to handler. */
56 #endif
57 #ifdef __USE_MISC
58 # define SA_INTERRUPT 0x20000000 /* Historical no-op. */
60 /* Some aliases for the SA_ constants. */
61 # define SA_NOMASK SA_NODEFER
62 # define SA_ONESHOT SA_RESETHAND
63 # define SA_STACK SA_ONSTACK
64 #endif
66 /* Values for the HOW argument to `sigprocmask'. */
67 #define SIG_BLOCK 0 /* Block signals. */
68 #define SIG_UNBLOCK 1 /* Unblock signals. */
69 #define SIG_SETMASK 2 /* Set the set of blocked signals. */