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HP-UX Reference > Ssigqueue(2)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMEsigqueue() — queue a signal to a process DESCRIPTIONThe sigqueue() system call causes the signal specified by signo to be sent with the value specified by value to the process specified by pid. If signo is zero (the null signal), error checking is performed but no signal is actually sent. The null signal can be used to check the validity of pid. The conditions required for a process to have permission to queue a signal to another process are the same as for the kill() system call. The sigqueue() system call returns immediately. If SA_SIGINFO is set for signo at the receiving process (see sigqueue(2)) and if resources are available to queue the signal, the signal will be queued and sent to the receiving process. When the signal is delivered or accepted, the field si_value of the siginfo parameter (see signal(5)) will be set to value. If SA_SIGINFO is not set for signo, then signo, but not necessarily value, will be sent at least once to the receiving process. If the value of pid causes signo to be generated for the sending process, and if signo is not blocked, either signo or at least one pending unblocked signal will be delivered to the sending process before the sigqueue() system call returns. Should any of multiple pending signals in the range SIGRTMIN to SIGRTMAX be selected for delivery or acceptance, it will be the lowest numbered one. The selection order between realtime and non-realtime signals, or between multiple pending non-realtime signals, is unspecified. Application UsageThreads Considerations sigqueue() can be used to post signals to another process but can not be used to post signals to a specific thread in another process. If the value of pid causes signo to be generated for the sending process, and if signo is not blocked for the calling thread and if no other thread has signo unblocked or is waiting in a sigwait() function for signo, either signo or at least one pending unblocked signal will be delivered to the calling thread before the sigqueue() function returns. LWP Considerations Signals can not be posted to specific Lightweight Processes (LWPs) in another process. Security RestrictionsSome or all of the actions associated with this system call are subject to compartmental restrictions. See compartments(5) for more information about compartmentalization on systems that support that feature. Compartmental restrictions can be overridden if the process possesses the PRIV_COMMALLOWED privilege (COMMALLOWED). Processes owned by the superuser may not have this privilege. Processes owned by any user may have this privilege, depending on system configuration. Some or all of the actions associated with this system call require one or more privileges. Processes owned by the superuser have many, though not all, privileges. Processes owned by other users may have privilege(s), depending on system configuration. See privileges(5) for more information about privileged access on systems that support fine-grained privileges. RETURN VALUEUpon successful completion, the specified signal will be queued, and the sigqueue() function returns a value of 0 (zero). Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORSsigqueue() fails and no signal is sent if any of the following conditions occur:
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