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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man9/psignal.9 b/static/openbsd/man9/psignal.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..254fe3ee --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man9/psignal.9 @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: psignal.9,v 1.8 2022/03/31 17:27:23 naddy Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: psignal.9,v 1.5 1999/03/16 00:40:47 garbled Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Paul Kranenburg. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dt PSIGNAL 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm psignal , +.Nm pgsignal , +.Nm pgsigio +.Nd post signal to a process +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Ft void +.Fn psignal "struct proc *p" "int signum" +.Ft void +.Fn pgsignal "struct pgrp *pgrp" "int signum" "int checkctty" +.Ft void +.Fn pgsigio "struct sigio_ref *sir" "int sigum" "int checkctty" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +These functions post a signal to one or more processes. +The argument +.Fa signum +common to all three functions should be in the range +.Bq 1- Ns Dv NSIG . +.Pp +The +.Fn psignal +function posts signal number +.Fa signum +to the process represented by the process structure +.Fa p . +With a few exceptions noted below, the target process signal disposition is +updated and is marked as runnable, so further handling of the signal is done +in the context of the target process after a context switch. +Note that +.Fn psignal +does not by itself cause a context switch to happen. +.Pp +The target process is not marked as runnable in the following cases: +.Bl -bullet -offset indent +.It +The target process is sleeping uninterruptibly. +The signal will be +noticed when the process returns from the system call or trap. +.It +The target process is currently ignoring the signal. +.It +If a stop signal is sent to a sleeping process that takes the +default action +.Pq see Xr sigaction 2 , +the process is stopped without awakening it. +.It +.Dv SIGCONT +restarts a stopped process +.Pq or puts them back to sleep +regardless of the signal action +.Pq e.g., blocked or ignored . +.El +.Pp +If the target process is being traced, +.Fn psignal +behaves as if the target process were taking the default action for +.Fa signum . +This allows the tracing process to be notified of the signal. +.Pp +The +.Fn pgsignal +function posts signal number +.Fa signum +to each member of the process group described by +.Fa pgrp . +If +.Fa checkctty +is non-zero, the signal will be posted only to processes that have +a controlling terminal. +If +.Fa pgrp +is +.Dv NULL , +no action is taken. +.Pp +The +.Fn pgsigio +function posts signal number +.Fa signum +to the process or each member of the process group indicated by reference +.Fa sir . +If +.Fa checkctty +is non-zero, the signal will be posted only to processes that have +a controlling terminal. +.Sh CODE REFERENCES +These functions are implemented in the file +.Pa sys/kern/kern_sig.c . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sigio_setown 9 , +.Xr tsleep 9 |
