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PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)         Linux Programmer's Manual        PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)

NAME
       pthread_sigmask - examine and change mask of blocked signals
SYNOPSIS
       #include <signal.h>
       int pthread_sigmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset);
       Compile and link with -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
       The  pthread_sigmask()  function  is just like sigprocmask(2), with the
       difference that its use in multithreaded programs is explicitly  speci-
       fied by POSIX.1-2001.  Other differences are noted in this page.
       For  a description of the arguments and operation of this function, see
       sigprocmask(2).
RETURN VALUE
       On success, pthread_sigmask() returns 0; on error, it returns an  error
       number.
ERRORS
       See sigprocmask(2).
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
       A new thread inherits a copy of its creator's signal mask.
EXAMPLE
       The program below blocks some signals in the main thread, and then cre-
       ates a dedicated thread to fetch those  signals  via  sigwait(3).   The
       following shell session demonstrates its use:
           $ ./a.out &
           [1] 5423
           $ kill -QUIT %1
           Signal handling thread got signal 3
           $ kill -USR1 %1
           Signal handling thread got signal 10
           $ kill -TERM %1
           [1]+  Terminated              ./a.out
   Program source
       #include <pthread.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <unistd.h>
       #include <signal.h>
       #include <errno.h>
       /* Simple error handling functions */
       #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \
               do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
       static void *
       sig_thread(void *arg)
       {
           sigset_t *set = arg;
           int s, sig;
           for (;;) {
               s = sigwait(set, &sig);
               if (s != 0)
                   handle_error_en(s, "sigwait");
               printf("Signal handling thread got signal %d\n", sig);
           }
       }
       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           pthread_t thread;
           sigset_t set;
           int s;
           /* Block SIGQUIT and SIGUSR1; other threads created by main()
              will inherit a copy of the signal mask. */
           sigemptyset(&set);
           sigaddset(&set, SIGQUIT);
           sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
           s = pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
           if (s != 0)
               handle_error_en(s, "pthread_sigmask");
           s = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &sig_thread, (void *) &set);
           if (s != 0)
               handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create");
           /* Main thread carries on to create other threads and/or do
              other work */
           pause();            /* Dummy pause so we can test program */
       }
SEE ALSO
       sigaction(2),    sigpending(2),    sigprocmask(2),   pthread_create(3),
       pthread_kill(3), sigsetops(3), pthreads(7), signal(7)
COLOPHON
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       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux                             2012-08-03                PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)