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sgetmask(2) System Calls Manualsgetmask(2)sgetmask, ssetmask - manipulation of signal mask (obsolete)
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <sys/syscall.h>/* Definition ofSYS_*constants */#include <unistd.h>[[deprecated]] long syscall(SYS_sgetmask, void);[[deprecated]] long syscall(SYS_ssetmask, longnewmask);
These system calls are obsolete.Do not use them; usesigprocmask(2) instead.sgetmask() returns the signal mask of the calling process.ssetmask() sets the signal mask of the calling process to the value given innewmask. The previous signal mask is returned. The signal masks dealt with by these two system calls are plain bit masks (unlike thesigset_t used bysigprocmask(2)); usesigmask(3) to create and inspect these masks.
sgetmask() always successfully returns the signal mask.ssetmask() always succeeds, and returns the previous signal mask.
These system calls always succeed.
Linux.
Since Linux 3.16, support for these system calls is optional, depending on whether the kernel was built with theCONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALLoption.
These system calls are unaware of signal numbers greater than 31 (i.e., real-time signals). These system calls do not exist on x86-64. It is not possible to blockSIGSTOPorSIGKILL.
sigprocmask(2),signal(7)
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