siginterrupt(3) Library Functions Manual siginterrupt(3)
NAME
siginterrupt - allow signals to interrupt system calls
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
[[deprecated]] 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 <= 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 speci-
fied 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 error.
ERRORS
EINVAL The specified signal number is invalid.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attrib-
utes(7).
┌────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│ siginterrupt() │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe const:sigintr │
└────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. Obsolete in POSIX.1-2008, recommending the use
of sigaction(2) with the SA_RESTART flag instead.
SEE ALSO
signal(2)
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