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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

DESCRIPTION top

Thesigwait() function shall select a pending signal fromset, atomically clear it from the system's set of pending signals, and return that signal number in the location referenced bysig. If prior to the call tosigwait() there are multiple pending instances of a single signal number, it is implementation-defined whether upon successful return there are any remaining pending signals for that signal number. If the implementation supports queued signals and there are multiple signals queued for the signal number selected, the first such queued signal shall cause a return fromsigwait() and the remainder shall remain queued. If no signal inset is pending at the time of the call, the thread shall be suspended until one or more becomes pending. The signals defined byset shall have been blocked at the time of the call tosigwait(); otherwise, the behavior is undefined. The effect ofsigwait() on the signal actions for the signals inset is unspecified. If more than one thread is usingsigwait() to wait for the same signal, no more than one of these threads shall return fromsigwait() with the signal number. If more than a single thread is blocked insigwait() for a signal when that signal is generated for the process, it is unspecified which of the waiting threads returns fromsigwait(). If the signal is generated for a specific thread, as bypthread_kill(), only that thread shall return. Should any of the multiple pending signals in the range SIGRTMIN to SIGRTMAX be selected, it shall be the lowest numbered one. The selection order between realtime and non-realtime signals, or between multiple pending non-realtime signals, is unspecified.

Upon successful completion,sigwait() shall store the signal number of the received signal at the location referenced bysig and return zero. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

RATIONALE top

To provide a convenient way for a thread to wait for a signal, this volume of POSIX.1‐2017 provides thesigwait() function. For most cases where a thread has to wait for a signal, thesigwait() function should be quite convenient, efficient, and adequate. However, requests were made for a lower-level primitive thansigwait() and for semaphores that could be used by threads. After some consideration, threads were allowed to use semaphores andsem_post() was defined to be async-signal-safe. In summary, when it is necessary for code run in response to an asynchronous signal to notify a thread,sigwait() should be used to handle the signal. Alternatively, if the implementation provides semaphores, they also can be used, either followingsigwait() or from within a signal handling routine previously registered withsigaction().

Section 2.4,Signal Concepts,Section 2.8.1,Realtime Signals,pause(3p),pthread_sigmask(3p),sigaction(3p),sigpending(3p),sigsuspend(3p),sigtimedwait(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,signal.h(0p),time.h(0p)

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017SIGWAIT(3P)

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