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| author | Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-07-17 21:54:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-07-17 21:54:23 +0000 |
| commit | 863a8774c7604884a85add0290052ad817b26bb6 (patch) | |
| tree | a0ca98b2b66b01760ae71bb886e625f82ec535fb /lib/libc | |
| parent | f8c76347e1bb493bf9daf5d5d1da5a01baf9e725 (diff) | |
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/signal.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/signal.3 b/lib/libc/gen/signal.3 index 4086f6870805..866eee373a6c 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/signal.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/signal.3 @@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ func() remains installed after a signal has been delivered. For some system calls, if a signal is caught while the call is executing and the call is prematurely terminated, the call is automatically restarted. -(The handler is installed using the +Any handler installed with +.Xr signal 3 +will have the .Dv SA_RESTART -flag with -.Xr sigaction 2 . ) +flag set, meaning that any restartable system call will not return on +receipt of a signal. The affected system calls include .Xr read 2 , .Xr write 2 , |