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diff --git a/man3/sigqueue.3 b/man3/sigqueue.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 3d8c78736..000000000 --- a/man3/sigqueue.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,162 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" added note on self-signaling, aeb, 2002-06-07 -.\" added note on CAP_KILL, mtk, 2004-06-16 -.\" -.TH sigqueue 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" -.SH NAME -sigqueue \- queue a signal and data to a process -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <signal.h> -.P -.BI "int sigqueue(pid_t " pid ", int " sig ", const union sigval " value ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR sigqueue (): -.nf - _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309L -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -.BR sigqueue () -sends the signal specified in -.I sig -to the process whose PID is given in -.IR pid . -The permissions required to send a signal are the same as for -.BR kill (2). -As with -.BR kill (2), -the null signal (0) can be used to check if a process with a given -PID exists. -.P -The -.I value -argument is used to specify an accompanying item of data (either an integer -or a pointer value) to be sent with the signal, and has the following type: -.P -.in +4n -.EX -union sigval { - int sival_int; - void *sival_ptr; -}; -.EE -.in -.P -If the receiving process has installed a handler for this signal using the -.B SA_SIGINFO -flag to -.BR sigaction (2), -then it can obtain this data via the -.I si_value -field of the -.I siginfo_t -structure passed as the second argument to the handler. -Furthermore, the -.I si_code -field of that structure will be set to -.BR SI_QUEUE . -.SH RETURN VALUE -On success, -.BR sigqueue () -returns 0, indicating that the signal was successfully -queued to the receiving process. -Otherwise, \-1 is returned and -.I errno -is set to indicate the error. -.SH ERRORS -.TP -.B EAGAIN -The limit of signals which may be queued has been reached. -(See -.BR signal (7) -for further information.) -.TP -.B EINVAL -.I sig -was invalid. -.TP -.B EPERM -The process does not have permission to send the signal -to the receiving process. -For the required permissions, see -.BR kill (2). -.TP -.B ESRCH -No process has a PID matching -.IR pid . -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR sigqueue () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH VERSIONS -.SS C library/kernel differences -On Linux, -.BR sigqueue () -is implemented using the -.BR rt_sigqueueinfo (2) -system call. -The system call differs in its third argument, which is the -.I siginfo_t -structure that will be supplied to the receiving process's -signal handler or returned by the receiving process's -.BR sigtimedwait (2) -call. -Inside the glibc -.BR sigqueue () -wrapper, this argument, -.IR uinfo , -is initialized as follows: -.P -.in +4n -.EX -uinfo.si_signo = sig; /* Argument supplied to sigqueue() */ -uinfo.si_code = SI_QUEUE; -uinfo.si_pid = getpid(); /* Process ID of sender */ -uinfo.si_uid = getuid(); /* Real UID of sender */ -uinfo.si_value = val; /* Argument supplied to sigqueue() */ -.EE -.in -.SH STANDARDS -POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -Linux 2.2. -POSIX.1-2001. -.SH NOTES -If this function results in the sending of a signal to the process -that invoked it, and that signal was not blocked by the calling thread, -and no other threads were willing to handle this signal (either by -having it unblocked, or by waiting for it using -.BR sigwait (3)), -then at least some signal must be delivered to this thread before this -function returns. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR kill (2), -.BR rt_sigqueueinfo (2), -.BR sigaction (2), -.BR signal (2), -.BR pthread_sigqueue (3), -.BR sigwait (3), -.BR signal (7) |