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6 sigevent - structure for notification from asynchronous routines
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9 #include <signal.h>
10 union sigval { /* Data passed with notification */
12 int sival_int; /* Integer value */
13 void *sival_ptr; /* Pointer value */
14 };
15 struct sigevent {
17 int sigev_notify; /* Notification method */
18 int sigev_signo; /* Notification signal */
19 union sigval sigev_value; /* Data passed with
20 notification */
21 void (*sigev_notify_function) (union sigval);
22 /* Function used for thread
23 notification (SIGEV_THREAD) */
24 void *sigev_notify_attributes;
25 /* Attributes for notification thread
26 (SIGEV_THREAD) */
27 pid_t sigev_notify_thread_id;
28 /* ID of thread to signal (SIGEV_THREAD_ID) */
29 };
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32 The sigevent structure is used by various APIs to describe the way a
33 process is to be notified about an event (e.g., completion of an asyn‐
34 chronous request, expiration of a timer, or the arrival of a message).
35 The definition shown in the SYNOPSIS is approximate: some of the fields
37 in the sigevent structure may be defined as part of a union. Programs
38 should employ only those fields relevant to the value specified in
39 sigev_notify.
40 The sigev_notify field specifies how notification is to be performed.
42 This field can have one of the following values:
43 SIGEV_NONE
45 A "null" notification: don't do anything when the event occurs.
46 SIGEV_SIGNAL
48 Notify the process by sending the signal specified in
49 sigev_signo.
50 If the signal is caught with a signal handler that was regis‐
52 tered using the sigaction(2) SA_SIGINFO flag, then the follow‐
53 ing fields are set in the siginfo_t structure that is passed as
54 the second argument of the handler:
55 si_code This field is set to a value that depends on the API
57 delivering the notification.
58 si_signo This field is set to the signal number (i.e., the
60 same value as in sigev_signo).
61 si_value This field is set to the value specified in
63 sigev_value.
64 Depending on the API, other fields may also be set in the sig‐
66 info_t structure.
67 The same information is also available if the signal is
69 accepted using sigwaitinfo(2).
70 SIGEV_THREAD
72 Notify the process by invoking sigev_notify_function "as if" it
73 were the start function of a new thread. (Among the implemen‐
74 tation possibilities here are that each timer notification
75 could result in the creation of a new thread, or that a single
76 thread is created to receive all notifications.) The function
77 is invoked with sigev_value as its sole argument. If
78 sigev_notify_attributes is not NULL, it should point to a
79 pthread_attr_t structure that defines attributes for the new
80 thread (see pthread_attr_init(3)).
81 SIGEV_THREAD_ID (Linux-specific)
83 Currently used only by POSIX timers; see timer_create(2).
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86 timer_create(2), aio_fsync(3), aio_read(3), aio_write(3), getad‐
87 drinfo_a(3), lio_listio(3), mq_notify(3), aio(7), pthreads(7)
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