SIGINTERRUPT(3) Linux Programmer's Manual SIGINTERRUPT(3)
NAME
siginterrupt - allow signals to interrupt system calls
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int siginterrupt(int sig, int flag);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
siginterrupt():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
|| /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The siginterrupt() function changes the restart behavior when a system call is interrupted by the signal sig. If the flag argument is
false (0), then system calls will be restarted if interrupted by the specified signal sig. This is the default behavior in Linux.
If the flag argument is true (1) and no data has been transferred, then a system call interrupted by the signal sig will return -1 and
errno will be set to EINTR.
If the flag argument is true (1) and data transfer has started, then the system call will be interrupted and will return the actual amount
of data transferred.
RETURN VALUE
The siginterrupt() function returns 0 on success. It returns -1 if the signal number sig is invalid, with errno set to indicate the cause
of the error.
ERRORS
EINVAL The specified signal number is invalid.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
+---------------+---------------+-------------------------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+---------------+---------------+-------------------------+
|siginterrupt() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe const:sigintr |
+---------------+---------------+-------------------------+
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2008 marks siginterrupt() as obsolete, recommending the use of sigaction(2) with the SA_RESTART flag
instead.
SEE ALSO
signal(2)
COLOPHON
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2016-03-15 SIGINTERRUPT(3)