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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3/sigwait.3 (renamed from man3/sigwait.3) | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/sigwait.3 b/man/man3/sigwait.3 index 2ac7d0e..f79c917 100644 --- a/man3/sigwait.3 +++ b/man/man3/sigwait.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH sigwait 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" +.TH sigwait 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" .SH NAME sigwait \- wait for a signal .SH LIBRARY @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function suspends execution of the calling thread until one of the signals specified in the signal set .I set becomes pending. +For a signal to become pending, +it must first be blocked with +.BR sigprocmask (2). The function accepts the signal (removes it from the pending list of signals), and returns the signal number in @@ -81,7 +84,9 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Safe .SH VERSIONS .BR sigwait () is implemented using -.BR sigtimedwait (2). +.BR sigtimedwait (2); +consult its +.BR NOTES . .P The glibc implementation of .BR sigwait () |