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.\"	@(#)sigsuspend.2	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt SIGSUSPEND 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sigsuspend
.Nd atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <signal.h>
.Ft int
.Fo sigsuspend
.Fa "const sigset_t *sigmask"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn Sigsuspend
temporarily changes the blocked signal mask to the set to which
.Fa sigmask
points,
and then waits for a signal to arrive;
on return the previous set of masked signals is restored.
The signal mask set
is usually empty to indicate that all
signals are to be unblocked for the duration of the call.
.Pp
In normal usage, a signal is blocked using
.Xr sigprocmask 2
to begin a critical section, variables modified on the occurrence
of the signal are examined to determine that there is no work
to be done, and the process pauses awaiting work by using
.Fn sigsuspend
with the previous mask returned by
.Xr sigprocmask .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn sigsuspend
function
always terminates by being interrupted, returning -1 with
.Va errno
set to
.Dv EINTR .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sigaction 2 ,
.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
.Xr sigsetops 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm sigsuspend
function call
conforms to
.St -p1003.1-88 .
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	27	.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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	34	.\" @(#)sigsuspend.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
	35	.\"
	36	.Dd June 4, 1993
	37	.Dt SIGSUSPEND 2
	38	.Os
	39	.Sh NAME
	40	.Nm sigsuspend
	41	.Nd atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
	42	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	43	.Fd #include <signal.h>
	44	.Ft int
2d21ac55 A	45	.Fo sigsuspend
	46	.Fa "const sigset_t *sigmask"
	47	.Fc
9bccf70c A	48	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	49	.Fn Sigsuspend
	50	temporarily changes the blocked signal mask to the set to which
	51	.Fa sigmask
	52	points,
	53	and then waits for a signal to arrive;
	54	on return the previous set of masked signals is restored.
	55	The signal mask set
	56	is usually empty to indicate that all
	57	signals are to be unblocked for the duration of the call.
	58	.Pp
	59	In normal usage, a signal is blocked using
	60	.Xr sigprocmask 2
	61	to begin a critical section, variables modified on the occurrence
	62	of the signal are examined to determine that there is no work
	63	to be done, and the process pauses awaiting work by using
	64	.Fn sigsuspend
	65	with the previous mask returned by
	66	.Xr sigprocmask .
	67	.Sh RETURN VALUES
	68	The
	69	.Fn sigsuspend
	70	function
	71	always terminates by being interrupted, returning -1 with
	72	.Va errno
	73	set to
	74	.Dv EINTR .
	75	.Sh SEE ALSO
9bccf70c	76	.Xr sigaction 2 ,
2d21ac55	77	.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
9bccf70c A	78	.Xr sigsetops 3
	79	.Sh STANDARDS
	80	The
2d21ac55	81	.Nm sigsuspend
9bccf70c A	82	function call
	83	conforms to
	84	.St -p1003.1-88 .