man signal.h () - signals

NAME

signal.h - signals

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

DESCRIPTION

Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends the ISO C standard. Applications shall define the appropriate feature test macro (see the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 2.2, The Compilation Environment) to enable the visibility of these symbols in this header.

The <signal.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants, each of which expands to a distinct constant expression of the type: 

void (*)(int)




whose value matches no declarable function.

SIG_DFL

Request for default signal handling.

SIG_ERR

Return value from signal() in case of error.

SIG_HOLD

Request that signal be held. 

SIG_IGN

Request that signal be ignored.



The following data types shall be defined through typedef:

sig_atomic_t

Possibly volatile-qualified integer type of an object that can be
accessed as an atomic entity, even in the presence of
asynchronous interrupts.

sigset_t

Integer or structure type of an object used to represent sets of signals.

pid_t

As
described in <sys/types.h> . 



The <signal.h> header shall define the sigevent structure,
which has at least the following members:


int                    sigev_notify            Notification type. 
int                    sigev_signo             Signal number. 
union sigval           sigev_value             Signal value. 
void(*)(union sigval)  sigev_notify_function   Notification function. 
(pthread_attr_t *)     sigev_notify_attributes Notification attributes. 




The following values of sigev_notify shall be defined:

SIGEV_NONE

No asynchronous notification is delivered when the event of interest
occurs.

SIGEV_SIGNAL

A queued signal, with an application-defined value, is generated when
the event of interest occurs.

SIGEV_THREAD

A notification function is called to perform notification.



The sigval union shall be defined as:


int    sival_int    Integer signal value. 
void  *sival_ptr    Pointer signal value. 




This header shall also declare the macros SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX, which
evaluate to integer expressions, and specify a range of
signal numbers that are reserved for application use and for which
the realtime signal behavior specified in this volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 is supported. The signal numbers in this range
do not overlap any of the signals specified in the
following table.


The range SIGRTMIN through SIGRTMAX inclusive shall include at least
{RTSIG_MAX} signal numbers.


It is implementation-defined whether realtime signal behavior is supported
for other signals. 


This header also declares the constants that are used to refer to
the signals that occur in the system. Signals defined here
begin with the letters SIG. Each of the signals have distinct positive
integer values. The value 0 is reserved for use as the null
signal (see kill()). Additional implementation-defined signals
may occur in the
system.


The
ISO C standard only requires the signal names SIGABRT, SIGFPE, SIGILL,
SIGINT, SIGSEGV, and SIGTERM to be defined. 


The following signals shall be supported on all implementations (default
actions are explained below the table):
center; l1 l1 lw(4).
Signal	Default Action	T{
Description
T}
SIGABRT	A	T{
Process abort signal.
T}
SIGALRM	T	T{
Alarm clock.
T}
SIGBUS	A	T{
Access to an undefined portion of a memory object.
T}
SIGCHLD	I	T{
Child process terminated, stopped,
T}
 	 	T{
or continued.
T}
SIGCONT	C	T{
Continue executing, if stopped.
T}
SIGFPE	A	T{
Erroneous arithmetic operation.
T}
SIGHUP	T	T{
Hangup.
T}
SIGILL	A	T{
Illegal instruction.
T}
SIGINT	T	T{
Terminal interrupt signal.
T}
SIGKILL	T	T{
Kill (cannot be caught or ignored).
T}
SIGPIPE	T	T{
Write on a pipe with no one to read it.
T}
SIGQUIT	A	T{
Terminal quit signal.
T}
SIGSEGV	A	T{
Invalid memory reference.
T}
SIGSTOP	S	T{
Stop executing (cannot be caught or ignored).
T}
SIGTERM	T	T{
Termination signal.
T}
SIGTSTP	S	T{
Terminal stop signal.
T}
SIGTTIN	S	T{
Background process attempting read.
T}
SIGTTOU	S	T{
Background process attempting write.
T}
SIGUSR1	T	T{
User-defined signal 1.
T}
SIGUSR2	T	T{
User-defined signal 2.
T}
SIGPOLL	T	T{
Pollable event.
T}
SIGPROF	T	T{
Profiling timer expired.
T}
SIGSYS	A	T{
Bad system call.
T}
SIGTRAP	A	T{
Trace/breakpoint trap.
T}
SIGURG	I	T{
High bandwidth data is available at a socket.
T}
SIGVTALRM	T	T{
Virtual timer expired.
T}
SIGXCPU	A	T{
CPU time limit exceeded.
T}
SIGXFSZ	A	T{
File size limit exceeded.
T}


The default actions are as follows:

T

Abnormal termination of the process. The process is terminated with
all the consequences of _exit() except that the status made
available to wait() and waitpid() indicates abnormal
termination by the specified signal.

A

Abnormal termination of the process.



Additionally, implementation-defined abnormal termination actions,
such as creation of a core file, may occur. 

I

Ignore the signal.

S

Stop the process.

C

Continue the process, if it is stopped; otherwise, ignore the signal.




The
header shall provide a declaration of struct sigaction, including
at least the following members:


void (*sa_handler)(int)  Pointer to a signal-catching function or one of the macros 
                         SIG_IGN or SIG_DFL. 
sigset_t sa_mask         Set of signals to be blocked during execution of the signal 
                         handling function. 
int      sa_flags        Special flags. 
void (*sa_sigaction)(int, siginfo_t *, void *)
                         Pointer to a signal-catching function. 




The storage occupied by sa_handler and sa_sigaction may
overlap, and a conforming application shall not use both
simultaneously. 


The following shall be declared as constants:

SA_NOCLDSTOP

Do
not generate SIGCHLD when children stop 



or
stopped children continue. 

SIG_BLOCK

The resulting set is the union of the current set and the signal set
pointed to by the argument set. 

SIG_UNBLOCK

The resulting set is the intersection of the current set and the complement
of the signal set pointed to by the argument
set. 

SIG_SETMASK

The resulting set is the signal set pointed to by the argument set.

SA_ONSTACK

Causes signal delivery to occur on an alternate stack. 

SA_RESETHAND

Causes signal dispositions to be set to SIG_DFL on entry to signal
handlers. 

SA_RESTART

Causes certain functions to become restartable. 

SA_SIGINFO

Causes extra information to be passed to signal handlers at the time
of receipt of a signal. 

SA_NOCLDWAIT

Causes implementations not to create zombie processes on child death.

SA_NODEFER

Causes signal not to be automatically blocked on entry to signal handler.

SS_ONSTACK

Process is executing on an alternate signal stack. 

SS_DISABLE

Alternate signal stack is disabled. 

MINSIGSTKSZ

Minimum stack size for a signal handler. 

SIGSTKSZ

Default size in bytes for the alternate signal stack. 



The ucontext_t structure shall be defined through typedef
as described in <ucontext.h>.


The mcontext_t type shall be defined through typedef as
described in <ucontext.h>.


The <signal.h> header shall define the stack_t type as
a structure that includes at least the following
members:


void     *ss_sp       Stack base or pointer. 
size_t    ss_size     Stack size. 
int       ss_flags    Flags. 




The <signal.h> header shall define the sigstack structure
that includes at least the following members:


int       ss_onstack  Non-zero when signal stack is in use. 
void     *ss_sp       Signal stack pointer. 




The
<signal.h> header shall define the siginfo_t type as a
structure that includes at least the following members:



int           si_signo  Signal number. 

int           si_errno  If non-zero, an errno value associated with 
                        this signal, as defined in <errno.h>. 

int           si_code   Signal code. 

pid_t         si_pid    Sending process ID. 
uid_t         si_uid    Real user ID of sending process. 
void         *si_addr   Address of faulting instruction. 
int           si_status Exit value or signal. 
long          si_band   Band event for SIGPOLL. 

union sigval  si_value  Signal value. 





The macros specified in the Code column of the following table
are defined for use as values of si_code that are
 signal-specific or  non-signal-specific reasons why the signal
was generated.
center; l l lw(4).
Signal	Code	T{
Reason
T}
SIGILL	ILL_ILLOPC	T{
Illegal opcode.
T}
 	ILL_ILLOPN	T{
Illegal operand.
T}
 	ILL_ILLADR	T{
Illegal addressing mode.
T}
 	ILL_ILLTRP	T{
Illegal trap.
T}
 	ILL_PRVOPC	T{
Privileged opcode.
T}
 	ILL_PRVREG	T{
Privileged register.
T}
 	ILL_COPROC	T{
Coprocessor error.
T}
 	ILL_BADSTK	T{
Internal stack error.
T}
SIGFPE	FPE_INTDIV	T{
Integer divide by zero.
T}
 	FPE_INTOVF	T{
Integer overflow.
T}
 	FPE_FLTDIV	T{
Floating-point divide by zero.
T}
 	FPE_FLTOVF	T{
Floating-point overflow.
T}
 	FPE_FLTUND	T{
Floating-point underflow.
T}
 	FPE_FLTRES	T{
Floating-point inexact result.
T}
 	FPE_FLTINV	T{
Invalid floating-point operation.
T}
 	FPE_FLTSUB	T{
Subscript out of range.
T}
SIGSEGV	SEGV_MAPERR	T{
Address not mapped to object.
T}
 	SEGV_ACCERR	T{
Invalid permissions for mapped object.
T}
SIGBUS	BUS_ADRALN	T{
Invalid address alignment.
T}
 	BUS_ADRERR	T{
Nonexistent physical address.
T}
 	BUS_OBJERR	T{
Object-specific hardware error.
T}
SIGTRAP	TRAP_BRKPT	T{
Process breakpoint.
T}
 	TRAP_TRACE	T{
Process trace trap.
T}
SIGCHLD	CLD_EXITED	T{
Child has exited.
T}
 	CLD_KILLED	T{
Child has terminated abnormally and did not create a core file.
T}
 	CLD_DUMPED	T{
Child has terminated abnormally and created a core file.
T}
 	CLD_TRAPPED	T{
Traced child has trapped.
T}
 	CLD_STOPPED	T{
Child has stopped.
T}
 	CLD_CONTINUED	T{
Stopped child has continued.
T}
SIGPOLL	POLL_IN	T{
Data input available.
T}
 	POLL_OUT	T{
Output buffers available.
T}
 	POLL_MSG	T{
Input message available.
T}
 	POLL_ERR	T{
I/O error.
T}
 	POLL_PRI	T{
High priority input available.
T}
 	POLL_HUP	T{
Device disconnected.
T}
Any	SI_USER	T{
Signal sent by kill().
T}
 	SI_QUEUE	T{
Signal sent by the sigqueue().
T}
 	SI_TIMER	T{
Signal generated by expiration of a timer set by timer_settime().
T}
 	SI_ASYNCIO	T{
Signal generated by completion of an asynchronous I/O request.
T}
 	SI_MESGQ	T{
Signal generated by arrival of a message on an empty message queue.
T}


Implementations may support additional si_code values not included
in this list, may generate values included in this list
under circumstances other than those described in this list, and may
contain extensions or limitations that prevent some values
from being generated. Implementations do not generate a different
value from the ones described in this list for circumstances
described in this list.


In addition, the following signal-specific information shall be available:
center; l1 l1 l.
Signal	Member	Value
SIGILL	void * si_addr	Address of faulting instruction.
SIGFPE	 	 
SIGSEGV	void * si_addr	Address of faulting memory reference.
SIGBUS	 	 
SIGCHLD	pid_t si_pid	Child process ID.
 	int si_status	Exit value or signal.
 	uid_t si_uid	Real user ID of the process that sent the signal.
SIGPOLL	long si_band	Band event for POLL_IN, POLL_OUT, or POLL_MSG.


For some implementations, the value of si_addr may be inaccurate.


The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined
as macros:



void (*bsd_signal(int, void (*)(int)))(int);

int    kill(pid_t, int);

int    killpg(pid_t, int);

int    pthread_kill(pthread_t, int);
int    pthread_sigmask(int, const sigset_t *, sigset_t *);

int    raise(int);

int    sigaction(int, const struct sigaction *restrict,
           struct sigaction *restrict);
int    sigaddset(sigset_t *, int);

int    sigaltstack(const stack_t *restrict, stack_t *restrict);

int    sigdelset(sigset_t *, int);
int    sigemptyset(sigset_t *);
int    sigfillset(sigset_t *);

int    sighold(int);
int    sigignore(int);
int    siginterrupt(int, int);

int    sigismember(const sigset_t *, int);

void (*signal(int, void (*)(int)))(int);

int    sigpause(int);

int    sigpending(sigset_t *);
int    sigprocmask(int, const sigset_t *restrict, sigset_t *restrict);

int    sigqueue(pid_t, int, const union sigval);

int    sigrelse(int);
void (*sigset(int, void (*)(int)))(int);

int    sigsuspend(const sigset_t *);

int    sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *restrict, siginfo_t *restrict,
           const struct timespec *restrict);

int    sigwait(const sigset_t *restrict, int *restrict);

int    sigwaitinfo(const sigset_t *restrict, siginfo_t *restrict);





Inclusion of the <signal.h> header may make visible all symbols
from the <time.h> header. 


The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<errno.h> , <stropts.h> , <sys/types.h> , <time.h>
, <ucontext.h> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
alarm(), bsd_signal(), ioctl(), kill(), killpg(),
raise(), sigaction(), sigaddset(), sigaltstack(),
sigdelset(), sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), siginterrupt(),
sigismember(), signal(), sigpending(), sigprocmask(),
sigqueue(), sigsuspend(), sigwaitinfo(), wait(),
waitid()

COPYRIGHT
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
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