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12 .TH SIGQUEUE 3C "Feb 5, 2008"
14 sigqueue \- queue a signal to a process
18 #include <sys/types.h>
21 \fBint\fR \fBsigqueue\fR(\fBpid_t\fR \fIpid\fR, \fBint\fR \fIsigno\fR, \fBconst union sigval\fR \fIvalue\fR);
27 The \fBsigqueue()\fR function causes the signal specified by \fIsigno\fR to be
28 sent with the value specified by \fIvalue\fR to the process specified by
29 \fIpid\fR. If \fIsigno\fR is 0 (the null signal), error checking is performed
30 but no signal is actually sent. The null signal can be used to check the
31 validity of \fIpid\fR.
34 The conditions required for a process to have permission to queue a signal to
35 another process are the same as for the \fBkill\fR(2) function.
38 The \fBsigqueue()\fR function returns immediately. If \fBSA_SIGINFO\fR is set
39 for \fIsigno\fR and if the resources were available to queue the signal, the
40 signal is queued and sent to the receiving process. If \fBSA_SIGINFO\fR is not
41 set for \fIsigno\fR, then \fIsigno\fR is sent at least once to the receiving
42 process; it is unspecified whether \fIvalue\fR will be sent to the receiving
43 process as a result of this call.
46 If the value of \fIpid\fR causes \fIsigno\fR to be generated for the sending
47 process, and if \fIsigno\fR is not blocked for the calling thread and if no
48 other thread has \fIsigno\fR unblocked or is waiting in a \fBsigwait\fR(2)
49 function for \fIsigno\fR, either \fIsigno\fR or at least the pending, unblocked
50 signal will be delivered to the calling thread before the \fBsigqueue()\fR
51 function returns. Should any of multiple pending signals in the range
52 \fBSIGRTMIN\fR to \fBSIGRTMAX\fR be selected for delivery, it will be the
53 lowest numbered one. The selection order between realtime and non-realtime
54 signals, or between multiple pending non-realtime signals, is unspecified.
58 Upon successful completion, the specified signal will have been queued, and the
59 \fBsigqueue()\fR function returns \fB0\fR. Otherwise, the function returns
60 \fB\(mi1\fR and sets \fBerrno\fR to indicate the error.
64 The \fBsigqueue()\fR function will fail if:
71 No resources are available to queue the signal. The process has already queued
72 \fBSIGQUEUE_MAX\fR signals that are still pending at the receiver(s), or a
73 system wide resource limit has been exceeded.
82 The value of \fIsigno\fR is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
91 The \fBsigqueue()\fR function is not supported by the system.
100 The process does not have the appropriate privilege to send the signal to the
110 The process \fIpid\fR does not exist.
116 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
124 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
126 Interface Stability Committed
128 MT-Level Async-Signal-Safe
130 Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
136 \fBkill\fR(2), \fBsiginfo.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBsignal.h\fR(3HEAD),
137 \fBsigwaitinfo\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)