systemd/man/sd_event_add_signal.xml
Lennart Poettering 68765d94fe man: don't claim we'd unblock the specified signal in sd_event_add_signal()
We don't, the signal remains blocked. We use signalfd() to be able to
read the signal events without unblocking the signal.

While we are at it, mention that pthread_sigmask() is fine too.
2019-12-04 10:35:42 +01:00

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<refentry id="sd_event_add_signal" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>sd_event_add_signal</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>sd_event_add_signal</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_event_add_signal</refname>
<refname>sd_event_source_get_signal</refname>
<refname>sd_event_signal_handler_t</refname>
<refpurpose>Add a UNIX process signal event source to an event
loop</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;systemd/sd-event.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcsynopsisinfo><token>typedef</token> struct sd_event_source sd_event_source;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>typedef int (*<function>sd_event_signal_handler_t</function>)</funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>s</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>const struct signalfd_siginfo *<parameter>si</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_event_add_signal</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_event *<parameter>event</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>sd_event_source **<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>signal</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>sd_event_signal_handler_t <parameter>handler</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>void *<parameter>userdata</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>sd_event_source_get_signal</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_event_source *<parameter>source</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><function>sd_event_add_signal()</function> adds a new UNIX
process signal event source to an event loop. The event loop
object is specified in the <parameter>event</parameter> parameter,
and the event source object is returned in the
<parameter>source</parameter> parameter. The
<parameter>signal</parameter> parameter specifies the numeric
signal to be handled (see <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
The <parameter>handler</parameter> parameter must reference a
function to call when the signal is received or be
<constant>NULL</constant>. The handler function will be passed
the <parameter>userdata</parameter> pointer, which may be chosen
freely by the caller. The handler also receives a pointer to a
<structname>signalfd_siginfo</structname> structure containing
information about the received signal. See <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for further information.</para>
<para>Only a single handler may be installed for a specific signal. The signal must be blocked in all
threads before this function is called (using <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sigprocmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> or
<citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pthread_sigmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>). If
the handler is not specified (<parameter>handler</parameter> is <constant>NULL</constant>), a default
handler which causes the program to exit cleanly will be used.</para>
<para>By default, the event source is enabled permanently
(<constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant>), but this may be changed with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
If the handler function returns a negative error code, it will be
disabled after the invocation, even if the
<constant>SD_EVENT_ON</constant> mode was requested before.
</para>
<para>To destroy an event source object use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
but note that the event source is only removed from the event loop
when all references to the event source are dropped. To make sure
an event source does not fire anymore, even if it is still referenced,
disable the event source using
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
with <constant>SD_EVENT_OFF</constant>.</para>
<para>If the second parameter of
<function>sd_event_add_signal()</function> is
<constant>NULL</constant> no reference to the event source object
is returned. In this case the event source is considered
"floating", and will be destroyed implicitly when the event loop
itself is destroyed.</para>
<para><function>sd_event_source_get_signal()</function> returns
the configured signal number of an event source created previously
with <function>sd_event_add_signal()</function>. It takes the
event source object as the <parameter>source</parameter>
parameter.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<para>On success, these functions return 0 or a positive
integer. On failure, they return a negative errno-style error
code.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Errors</title>
<para>Returned errors may indicate the following problems:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ENOMEM</constant></term>
<listitem><para>Not enough memory to allocate an object.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EINVAL</constant></term>
<listitem><para>An invalid argument has been passed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EBUSY</constant></term>
<listitem><para>A handler is already installed for this
signal or the signal was not blocked previously.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ESTALE</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The event loop is already terminated.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-ECHILD</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The event loop has been created in a different process.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>-EDOM</constant></term>
<listitem><para>The passed event source is not a signal event source.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" />
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-event</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_new</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_now</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_io</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_time</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_child</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_add_defer</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_enabled</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_description</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_userdata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_event_source_set_floating</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signalfd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sigprocmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pthread_sigmask</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>