NAME

       sigsuspend - wait for a signal

SYNOPSIS

       #include <signal.h>

       int sigsuspend(const sigset_t *sigmask);

DESCRIPTION

       The  sigsuspend()  function  shall  replace the current signal mask of the calling thread with the set of
       signals pointed to by sigmask and then suspend the thread until delivery of  a  signal  whose  action  is
       either  to execute a signal-catching function or to terminate the process. This shall not cause any other
       signals that may have been pending on the process to become pending on the thread.

       If the action is to terminate the process then sigsuspend() shall never  return.  If  the  action  is  to
       execute  a  signal-catching  function,  then sigsuspend() shall return after the signal-catching function
       returns, with the signal mask restored to the set that existed prior to the sigsuspend() call.

       It is not possible to block signals that cannot be ignored.  This  is  enforced  by  the  system  without
       causing an error to be indicated.

RETURN VALUE

       Since  sigsuspend()  suspends  thread  execution  indefinitely,  there is no successful completion return
       value. If a return occurs, -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The sigsuspend() function shall fail if:

       EINTR  A signal is caught by the calling  process  and  control  is  returned  from  the  signal-catching
              function.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Normally,  at  the  beginning of a critical code section, a specified set of signals is blocked using the
       sigprocmask() function.  When the thread has completed the critical section and needs  to  wait  for  the
       previously  blocked  signal(s),  it pauses by calling sigsuspend() with the mask that was returned by the
       sigprocmask() call.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Signal Concepts , pause() , sigaction() , sigaddset() , sigdelset() , sigemptyset() , sigfillset() ,  the
       Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <signal.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition,
       Standard  for  Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                                   2003                                         SIGSUSPEND(P)