sgetmask
Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: 2022-10-30
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NAME
sgetmask, ssetmask - manipulation of signal mask (obsolete)
LIBRARY
Standard C library
(libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/syscall.h> /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>
[[deprecated]] long syscall(SYS_sgetmask, void);
[[deprecated]] long syscall(SYS_ssetmask, long newmask);
DESCRIPTION
These system calls are obsolete.
Do not use them;
use
sigprocmask(2)
instead.
sgetmask()
returns the signal mask of the calling process.
ssetmask()
sets the signal mask of the calling process to the value given in
newmask.
The previous signal mask is returned.
The signal masks dealt with by these two system calls
are plain bit masks (unlike the
sigset_t
used by
sigprocmask(2));
use
sigmask(3)
to create and inspect these masks.
RETURN VALUE
sgetmask()
always successfully returns the signal mask.
ssetmask()
always succeeds, and returns the previous signal mask.
ERRORS
These system calls always succeed.
VERSIONS
Since Linux 3.16,
support for these system calls is optional,
depending on whether the kernel was built with the
CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL
option.
STANDARDS
These system calls are Linux-specific.
NOTES
These system calls are unaware of signal numbers greater than 31
(i.e., real-time signals).
These system calls do not exist on x86-64.
It is not possible to block
SIGSTOP
or
SIGKILL.
SEE ALSO
sigprocmask(2),
signal(7)
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