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<H1>SIGSUSPEND</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)<BR>Updated: 2019-03-06<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
sigsuspend, rt_sigsuspend - wait for a signal
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/signal.h">signal.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>int sigsuspend(const sigset_t *</B><I>mask</I><B>);</B>
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>sigsuspend</B>():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
temporarily replaces the signal mask of the calling thread with the
mask given by
<I>mask</I>
and then suspends the thread until delivery of a signal whose
action is to invoke a signal handler or to terminate a process.
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If the signal terminates the process, then
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
does not return.
If the signal is caught, then
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
returns after the signal handler returns,
and the signal mask is restored to the state before the call to
<B>sigsuspend</B>().
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It is not possible to block
<B>SIGKILL</B>
or
<B>SIGSTOP</B>;
specifying these signals in
<I>mask</I>,
has no effect on the thread's signal mask.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
always returns -1, with
<I>errno</I>
set to indicate the error (normally,
<B>EINTR</B>).
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="1"><B>EFAULT</B>
<DD>
<I>mask</I>
points to memory which is not a valid part of the process address space.
<DT id="2"><B>EINTR</B>
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The call was interrupted by a signal;
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7).
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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Normally,
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
is used in conjunction with
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigprocmask">sigprocmask</A></B>(2)
in order to prevent delivery of a signal during the execution of a
critical code section.
The caller first blocks the signals with
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigprocmask">sigprocmask</A></B>(2).
When the critical code has completed, the caller then waits for the
signals by calling
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
with the signal mask that was returned by
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigprocmask">sigprocmask</A></B>(2)
(in the
<I>oldset</I>
argument).
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See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sigsetops">sigsetops</A></B>(3)
for details on manipulating signal sets.
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<H3>C library/kernel differences</H3>
The original Linux system call was named
<B>sigsuspend</B>().
However, with the addition of real-time signals in Linux 2.2,
the fixed-size, 32-bit
<I>sigset_t</I>
type supported by that system call was no longer fit for purpose.
Consequently, a new system call,
<B>rt_sigsuspend</B>(),
was added to support an enlarged
<I>sigset_t</I>
type.
The new system call takes a second argument,
<I>size_t sigsetsize</I>,
which specifies the size in bytes of the signal set in
<I>mask</I>.
This argument is currently required to have the value
<I>sizeof(sigset_t)</I>
(or the error
<B>EINVAL</B>
results).
The glibc
<B>sigsuspend</B>()
wrapper function hides these details from us, transparently calling
<B>rt_sigsuspend</B>()
when the kernel provides it.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+kill">kill</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+pause">pause</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigaction">sigaction</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+signal">signal</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigprocmask">sigprocmask</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+sigwaitinfo">sigwaitinfo</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sigsetops">sigsetops</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sigwait">sigwait</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
<DL>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAI">C library/kernel differences</A><DD>
</DL>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAK">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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