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 creates 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 = (sigset_t *) arg;
	   int s, sig;

	   for (;;) {
	       s = sigwait(set, &sig);
	       if (s != 0)
		   handle_error_en(s, "sigwait");
	       printf("Signal handling thread got signal %d
", sig);
	   }
       }

       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
	   pthread_t thread;
	   sigset_t set;
	   int s;

	   /* Block SIGINT; 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)

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Linux								    2009-01-25							PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)