#include <signal.h> int pthread_sigmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset);
Compile and link with -pthread.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
pthread_sigmask():
For a description of the arguments and operation of this function, see sigprocmask(2).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
| pthread_sigmask() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
The glibc pthread_sigmask() function silently ignores attempts to block the two real-time signals that are used internally by the NPTL threading implementation. See nptl(7) for details.
$ ./a.out & [1] 5423 $ kill -QUIT %1 Signal handling thread got signal 3 $ kill -USR1 %1 Signal handling thread got signal 10 $ kill -TERM %1 [1]+ Terminated ./a.out
#include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <signal.h> #include <errno.h> /* Simple error handling functions */ #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \ do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0) static void * sig_thread(void *arg) { sigset_t *set = arg; int s, sig; for (;;) { s = sigwait(set, &sig); if (s != 0) handle_error_en(s, "sigwait"); printf("Signal handling thread got signal %d\n", sig); } } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { pthread_t thread; sigset_t set; int s; /* Block SIGQUIT and SIGUSR1; other threads created by main() will inherit a copy of the signal mask. */ sigemptyset(&set); sigaddset(&set, SIGQUIT); sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1); s = pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL); if (s != 0) handle_error_en(s, "pthread_sigmask"); s = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &sig_thread, (void *) &set); if (s != 0) handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create"); /* Main thread carries on to create other threads and/or do other work */ pause(); /* Dummy pause so we can test program */ }