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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-16 19:23:18 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-16 19:23:18 +0000 |
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diff --git a/src/os/signal/doc.go b/src/os/signal/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b9f40d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/os/signal/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,232 @@ +// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +/* +Package signal implements access to incoming signals. + +Signals are primarily used on Unix-like systems. For the use of this +package on Windows and Plan 9, see below. + +# Types of signals + +The signals SIGKILL and SIGSTOP may not be caught by a program, and +therefore cannot be affected by this package. + +Synchronous signals are signals triggered by errors in program +execution: SIGBUS, SIGFPE, and SIGSEGV. These are only considered +synchronous when caused by program execution, not when sent using +os.Process.Kill or the kill program or some similar mechanism. In +general, except as discussed below, Go programs will convert a +synchronous signal into a run-time panic. + +The remaining signals are asynchronous signals. They are not +triggered by program errors, but are instead sent from the kernel or +from some other program. + +Of the asynchronous signals, the SIGHUP signal is sent when a program +loses its controlling terminal. The SIGINT signal is sent when the +user at the controlling terminal presses the interrupt character, +which by default is ^C (Control-C). The SIGQUIT signal is sent when +the user at the controlling terminal presses the quit character, which +by default is ^\ (Control-Backslash). In general you can cause a +program to simply exit by pressing ^C, and you can cause it to exit +with a stack dump by pressing ^\. + +# Default behavior of signals in Go programs + +By default, a synchronous signal is converted into a run-time panic. A +SIGHUP, SIGINT, or SIGTERM signal causes the program to exit. A +SIGQUIT, SIGILL, SIGTRAP, SIGABRT, SIGSTKFLT, SIGEMT, or SIGSYS signal +causes the program to exit with a stack dump. A SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, or +SIGTTOU signal gets the system default behavior (these signals are +used by the shell for job control). The SIGPROF signal is handled +directly by the Go runtime to implement runtime.CPUProfile. Other +signals will be caught but no action will be taken. + +If the Go program is started with either SIGHUP or SIGINT ignored +(signal handler set to SIG_IGN), they will remain ignored. + +If the Go program is started with a non-empty signal mask, that will +generally be honored. However, some signals are explicitly unblocked: +the synchronous signals, SIGILL, SIGTRAP, SIGSTKFLT, SIGCHLD, SIGPROF, +and, on Linux, signals 32 (SIGCANCEL) and 33 (SIGSETXID) +(SIGCANCEL and SIGSETXID are used internally by glibc). Subprocesses +started by os.Exec, or by the os/exec package, will inherit the +modified signal mask. + +# Changing the behavior of signals in Go programs + +The functions in this package allow a program to change the way Go +programs handle signals. + +Notify disables the default behavior for a given set of asynchronous +signals and instead delivers them over one or more registered +channels. Specifically, it applies to the signals SIGHUP, SIGINT, +SIGQUIT, SIGABRT, and SIGTERM. It also applies to the job control +signals SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, and SIGTTOU, in which case the system +default behavior does not occur. It also applies to some signals that +otherwise cause no action: SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2, SIGPIPE, SIGALRM, +SIGCHLD, SIGCONT, SIGURG, SIGXCPU, SIGXFSZ, SIGVTALRM, SIGWINCH, +SIGIO, SIGPWR, SIGSYS, SIGINFO, SIGTHR, SIGWAITING, SIGLWP, SIGFREEZE, +SIGTHAW, SIGLOST, SIGXRES, SIGJVM1, SIGJVM2, and any real time signals +used on the system. Note that not all of these signals are available +on all systems. + +If the program was started with SIGHUP or SIGINT ignored, and Notify +is called for either signal, a signal handler will be installed for +that signal and it will no longer be ignored. If, later, Reset or +Ignore is called for that signal, or Stop is called on all channels +passed to Notify for that signal, the signal will once again be +ignored. Reset will restore the system default behavior for the +signal, while Ignore will cause the system to ignore the signal +entirely. + +If the program is started with a non-empty signal mask, some signals +will be explicitly unblocked as described above. If Notify is called +for a blocked signal, it will be unblocked. If, later, Reset is +called for that signal, or Stop is called on all channels passed to +Notify for that signal, the signal will once again be blocked. + +# SIGPIPE + +When a Go program writes to a broken pipe, the kernel will raise a +SIGPIPE signal. + +If the program has not called Notify to receive SIGPIPE signals, then +the behavior depends on the file descriptor number. A write to a +broken pipe on file descriptors 1 or 2 (standard output or standard +error) will cause the program to exit with a SIGPIPE signal. A write +to a broken pipe on some other file descriptor will take no action on +the SIGPIPE signal, and the write will fail with an EPIPE error. + +If the program has called Notify to receive SIGPIPE signals, the file +descriptor number does not matter. The SIGPIPE signal will be +delivered to the Notify channel, and the write will fail with an EPIPE +error. + +This means that, by default, command line programs will behave like +typical Unix command line programs, while other programs will not +crash with SIGPIPE when writing to a closed network connection. + +# Go programs that use cgo or SWIG + +In a Go program that includes non-Go code, typically C/C++ code +accessed using cgo or SWIG, Go's startup code normally runs first. It +configures the signal handlers as expected by the Go runtime, before +the non-Go startup code runs. If the non-Go startup code wishes to +install its own signal handlers, it must take certain steps to keep Go +working well. This section documents those steps and the overall +effect changes to signal handler settings by the non-Go code can have +on Go programs. In rare cases, the non-Go code may run before the Go +code, in which case the next section also applies. + +If the non-Go code called by the Go program does not change any signal +handlers or masks, then the behavior is the same as for a pure Go +program. + +If the non-Go code installs any signal handlers, it must use the +SA_ONSTACK flag with sigaction. Failing to do so is likely to cause +the program to crash if the signal is received. Go programs routinely +run with a limited stack, and therefore set up an alternate signal +stack. + +If the non-Go code installs a signal handler for any of the +synchronous signals (SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGSEGV), then it should record +the existing Go signal handler. If those signals occur while +executing Go code, it should invoke the Go signal handler (whether the +signal occurs while executing Go code can be determined by looking at +the PC passed to the signal handler). Otherwise some Go run-time +panics will not occur as expected. + +If the non-Go code installs a signal handler for any of the +asynchronous signals, it may invoke the Go signal handler or not as it +chooses. Naturally, if it does not invoke the Go signal handler, the +Go behavior described above will not occur. This can be an issue with +the SIGPROF signal in particular. + +The non-Go code should not change the signal mask on any threads +created by the Go runtime. If the non-Go code starts new threads of +its own, it may set the signal mask as it pleases. + +If the non-Go code starts a new thread, changes the signal mask, and +then invokes a Go function in that thread, the Go runtime will +automatically unblock certain signals: the synchronous signals, +SIGILL, SIGTRAP, SIGSTKFLT, SIGCHLD, SIGPROF, SIGCANCEL, and +SIGSETXID. When the Go function returns, the non-Go signal mask will +be restored. + +If the Go signal handler is invoked on a non-Go thread not running Go +code, the handler generally forwards the signal to the non-Go code, as +follows. If the signal is SIGPROF, the Go handler does +nothing. Otherwise, the Go handler removes itself, unblocks the +signal, and raises it again, to invoke any non-Go handler or default +system handler. If the program does not exit, the Go handler then +reinstalls itself and continues execution of the program. + +If a SIGPIPE signal is received, the Go program will invoke the +special handling described above if the SIGPIPE is received on a Go +thread. If the SIGPIPE is received on a non-Go thread the signal will +be forwarded to the non-Go handler, if any; if there is none the +default system handler will cause the program to terminate. + +# Non-Go programs that call Go code + +When Go code is built with options like -buildmode=c-shared, it will +be run as part of an existing non-Go program. The non-Go code may +have already installed signal handlers when the Go code starts (that +may also happen in unusual cases when using cgo or SWIG; in that case, +the discussion here applies). For -buildmode=c-archive the Go runtime +will initialize signals at global constructor time. For +-buildmode=c-shared the Go runtime will initialize signals when the +shared library is loaded. + +If the Go runtime sees an existing signal handler for the SIGCANCEL or +SIGSETXID signals (which are used only on Linux), it will turn on +the SA_ONSTACK flag and otherwise keep the signal handler. + +For the synchronous signals and SIGPIPE, the Go runtime will install a +signal handler. It will save any existing signal handler. If a +synchronous signal arrives while executing non-Go code, the Go runtime +will invoke the existing signal handler instead of the Go signal +handler. + +Go code built with -buildmode=c-archive or -buildmode=c-shared will +not install any other signal handlers by default. If there is an +existing signal handler, the Go runtime will turn on the SA_ONSTACK +flag and otherwise keep the signal handler. If Notify is called for an +asynchronous signal, a Go signal handler will be installed for that +signal. If, later, Reset is called for that signal, the original +handling for that signal will be reinstalled, restoring the non-Go +signal handler if any. + +Go code built without -buildmode=c-archive or -buildmode=c-shared will +install a signal handler for the asynchronous signals listed above, +and save any existing signal handler. If a signal is delivered to a +non-Go thread, it will act as described above, except that if there is +an existing non-Go signal handler, that handler will be installed +before raising the signal. + +# Windows + +On Windows a ^C (Control-C) or ^BREAK (Control-Break) normally cause +the program to exit. If Notify is called for os.Interrupt, ^C or ^BREAK +will cause os.Interrupt to be sent on the channel, and the program will +not exit. If Reset is called, or Stop is called on all channels passed +to Notify, then the default behavior will be restored. + +Additionally, if Notify is called, and Windows sends CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT, +CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT or CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT to the process, Notify will +return syscall.SIGTERM. Unlike Control-C and Control-Break, Notify does +not change process behavior when either CTRL_CLOSE_EVENT, +CTRL_LOGOFF_EVENT or CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT is received - the process will +still get terminated unless it exits. But receiving syscall.SIGTERM will +give the process an opportunity to clean up before termination. + +# Plan 9 + +On Plan 9, signals have type syscall.Note, which is a string. Calling +Notify with a syscall.Note will cause that value to be sent on the +channel when that string is posted as a note. +*/ +package signal |