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/* The program creates a child process and waits for it to finish. If a timeout
 * elapses the child is killed. Waiting is done using sigtimedwait().

/** This program blocks SIGTERM signal for 10 seconds using sigprocmask(2)
 * After that the signal is unblocked and the queued signal is handled.
 */
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
static int got_signal = 0;
 
static void hdl (int sig)
{
	got_signal = 1;
}
 
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
	sigset_t mask;
	sigset_t orig_mask;
	struct sigaction act;
 
	memset (&act, 0, sizeof(act));
	act.sa_handler = hdl;
 
	if (sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, 0)) {
		perror ("sigaction");
		return 1;
	}
 
	sigemptyset (&mask);
	sigaddset (

/** Example of handling cases when system calls are interrupted by
 * a signal. This program copies its standard input to the standard output.
 * Here read() and write() may be interrupted.

/* Example of use of a Linux-specific call - signalfd() to handle signals using
 * a file descriptor.
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/signalfd.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int sfd;
	sigset_t mask;
 
	/* We will handle SIGTERM and SIGINT. */
	sigemptyset (&mask);
	sigaddset (&mask, SIGTERM);
	sigaddset (&mask, SIGINT);
 
	/* Block the signals thet we handle using signalfd(), so they don't
	 * cause signal handlers or default signal actions to execute.

/* Example of using sigaction() to setup a signal handler with 3 arguments
 * including siginfo_t.
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <string.h>
 
static void hdl (int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context)
{
	printf ("Sending PID: %ld, UID: %ld\n",
			(long)siginfo->si_pid, (long)siginfo->si_uid);
}
 
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
	struct sigaction act;
 
	memset (&act, '\0', sizeof(act));
 
	/* Use the sa_sigaction field because the handles has two additional parameters */
	act.sa_sigaction = &hdl;
 
	/* The SA_SIGINFO flag tells 

/* Example of SIGBUS handling. A read from mmap()ed memory is invalid because
 * a file was shrinked. SIGBUS is sent to the process, but we handle it and
 * jump to another place in the program so it doesn't crash.
 *
 * Run this program with or without the 'shrink' argument.
 */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
 
/* Size of the file in pages.

/* Simplest dead child cleanup in a SIGCHLD handler. Prevent zombie processes
 * but don't actually do anything with the information that a child died.
 */
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
 
/* SIGCHLD handler. */
static void sigchld_hdl (int sig)
{
	/* Wait for all dead processes.
	 * We use a non-blocking call to be sure this signal handler will not
	 * block if a child was cleaned up in another part of the program.

/* An example of a free of signal race program using sigprocmask() and
 * pselect(). */
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/ip.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
 
/* Flag that tells the daemon to exit. */
static volatile int exit_request = 0;
 
/* Signal handler.

/* An example of a signal race condition using the traditional UNIX functions:
 * signal(), select(), accept ().
 */
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/ip.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
 
/* Flag that tells the daemon to exit. */
static volatile int exit_request = 0;
 
/* Signal handler.