RAISE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL(3) Library Functions Manual RAISE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL(3)
NAME
raise_default_signalraise the default signal handler
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
int
raise_default_signal(int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The raise_default_signal() function raises the default signal handler for the signal sig. This function may be used by a user-defined signal handler router to ensure that a parent process receives the correct notification of a process termination by a signal. This can be used to avoid a common programming mistake when terminating a process from a custom SIGINT or SIGQUIT signal handler.
 
The operations performed are:
1.
Block all signals, using sigprocmask(3).
2.
Set the signal handler for signal sig to the default signal handler (SIG_DFL).
3.
raise(3) signal sig.
4.
Unblock signal sig to deliver it.
5.
Restore the original signal mask and handler, even if there was a failure.
 
See signal(7) for a table of signals and default actions.
 
The raise_default_signal() function should be async-signal-safe.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The raise_default_signal() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the functions sigemptyset(3), sigfillset(3), sigaddset(3), sigprocmask(2), sigaction(2), or raise(3).
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The raise_default_signal() function first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.