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System.Posix.Signals

Portability | non-portable (requires POSIX)
Stability | provisional
Maintainer | libraries@haskell.org

Contents

The Signal type
Specific signals
Sending signals
Handling signals
Signal sets
The process signal mask
The alarm timer
Waiting for signals
The `NOCLDSTOP` flag

Description
POSIX signal support
Synopsis

type Signal = CInt
nullSignal :: Signal
internalAbort :: Signal
sigABRT :: CInt
realTimeAlarm :: Signal
sigALRM :: CInt
busError :: Signal
sigBUS :: CInt
processStatusChanged :: Signal
sigCHLD :: CInt
continueProcess :: Signal
sigCONT :: CInt
floatingPointException :: Signal
sigFPE :: CInt
lostConnection :: Signal
sigHUP :: CInt
illegalInstruction :: Signal
sigILL :: CInt
keyboardSignal :: Signal
sigINT :: CInt
killProcess :: Signal
sigKILL :: CInt
openEndedPipe :: Signal
sigPIPE :: CInt
keyboardTermination :: Signal
sigQUIT :: CInt
segmentationViolation :: Signal
sigSEGV :: CInt
softwareStop :: Signal
sigSTOP :: CInt
softwareTermination :: Signal
sigTERM :: CInt
keyboardStop :: Signal
sigTSTP :: CInt
backgroundRead :: Signal
sigTTIN :: CInt
backgroundWrite :: Signal
sigTTOU :: CInt
userDefinedSignal1 :: Signal
sigUSR1 :: CInt
userDefinedSignal2 :: Signal
sigUSR2 :: CInt
pollableEvent :: Signal
sigPOLL :: CInt
profilingTimerExpired :: Signal
sigPROF :: CInt
badSystemCall :: Signal
sigSYS :: CInt
breakpointTrap :: Signal
sigTRAP :: CInt
urgentDataAvailable :: Signal
sigURG :: CInt
virtualTimerExpired :: Signal
sigVTALRM :: CInt
cpuTimeLimitExceeded :: Signal
sigXCPU :: CInt
fileSizeLimitExceeded :: Signal
sigXFSZ :: CInt
raiseSignal :: Signal -> IO ()
signalProcess :: Signal -> ProcessID -> IO ()
signalProcessGroup :: Signal -> ProcessGroupID -> IO ()

data Handler

= Default
| Ignore
| Catch (IO ())
| CatchOnce (IO ())

installHandler :: Signal -> Handler -> Maybe SignalSet -> IO Handler
data SignalSet
emptySignalSet :: SignalSet
fullSignalSet :: SignalSet
addSignal :: Signal -> SignalSet -> SignalSet
deleteSignal :: Signal -> SignalSet -> SignalSet
inSignalSet :: Signal -> SignalSet -> Bool
getSignalMask :: IO SignalSet
setSignalMask :: SignalSet -> IO ()
blockSignals :: SignalSet -> IO ()
unblockSignals :: SignalSet -> IO ()
scheduleAlarm :: Int -> IO Int
getPendingSignals :: IO SignalSet
awaitSignal :: Maybe SignalSet -> IO ()
setStoppedChildFlag :: Bool -> IO Bool
queryStoppedChildFlag :: IO Bool

The Signal type
type Signal = CInt
Specific signals
nullSignal :: Signal
internalAbort :: Signal
sigABRT :: CInt
realTimeAlarm :: Signal
sigALRM :: CInt
busError :: Signal
sigBUS :: CInt
processStatusChanged :: Signal
sigCHLD :: CInt
continueProcess :: Signal
sigCONT :: CInt
floatingPointException :: Signal
sigFPE :: CInt
lostConnection :: Signal
sigHUP :: CInt
illegalInstruction :: Signal
sigILL :: CInt
keyboardSignal :: Signal
sigINT :: CInt
killProcess :: Signal
sigKILL :: CInt
openEndedPipe :: Signal
sigPIPE :: CInt
keyboardTermination :: Signal
sigQUIT :: CInt
segmentationViolation :: Signal
sigSEGV :: CInt
softwareStop :: Signal
sigSTOP :: CInt
softwareTermination :: Signal
sigTERM :: CInt
keyboardStop :: Signal
sigTSTP :: CInt
backgroundRead :: Signal
sigTTIN :: CInt
backgroundWrite :: Signal
sigTTOU :: CInt
userDefinedSignal1 :: Signal
sigUSR1 :: CInt
userDefinedSignal2 :: Signal
sigUSR2 :: CInt
pollableEvent :: Signal
sigPOLL :: CInt
profilingTimerExpired :: Signal
sigPROF :: CInt
badSystemCall :: Signal
sigSYS :: CInt
breakpointTrap :: Signal
sigTRAP :: CInt
urgentDataAvailable :: Signal
sigURG :: CInt
virtualTimerExpired :: Signal
sigVTALRM :: CInt
cpuTimeLimitExceeded :: Signal
sigXCPU :: CInt
fileSizeLimitExceeded :: Signal
sigXFSZ :: CInt
Sending signals
raiseSignal :: Signal -> IO ()
`raiseSignal int` calls `kill` to signal the current process with interrupt signal `int`.
signalProcess :: Signal -> ProcessID -> IO ()
`signalProcess int pid` calls `kill` to signal process `pid` with interrupt signal `int`.
signalProcessGroup :: Signal -> ProcessGroupID -> IO ()
`signalProcessGroup int pgid` calls `kill` to signal all processes in group `pgid` with interrupt signal `int`.
Handling signals
data Handler

Constructors

Default |
Ignore |
Catch (IO ()) |
CatchOnce (IO ()) |

installHandler

:: Signal |
-> Handler |
-> Maybe SignalSet | other signals to block
-> IO Handler | old handler

`installHandler int handler iset` calls `sigaction` to install an interrupt handler for signal `int`. If `handler` is `Default`, `SIG_DFL` is installed; if `handler` is `Ignore`, `SIG_IGN` is installed; if `handler` is `Catch action`, a handler is installed which will invoke `action` in a new thread when (or shortly after) the signal is received. If `iset` is `Just s`, then the `sa_mask` of the `sigaction` structure is set to `s`; otherwise it is cleared. The previously installed signal handler for `int` is returned

Signal sets
data SignalSet

emptySignalSet :: SignalSet
fullSignalSet :: SignalSet
addSignal :: Signal -> SignalSet -> SignalSet
deleteSignal :: Signal -> SignalSet -> SignalSet
inSignalSet :: Signal -> SignalSet -> Bool
The process signal mask
getSignalMask :: IO SignalSet
`getSignalMask` calls `sigprocmask` to determine the set of interrupts which are currently being blocked.
setSignalMask :: SignalSet -> IO ()
`setSignalMask mask` calls `sigprocmask` with `SIG_SETMASK` to block all interrupts in `mask`.
blockSignals :: SignalSet -> IO ()
`blockSignals mask` calls `sigprocmask` with `SIG_BLOCK` to add all interrupts in `mask` to the set of blocked interrupts.
unblockSignals :: SignalSet -> IO ()
`unblockSignals mask` calls `sigprocmask` with `SIG_UNBLOCK` to remove all interrupts in `mask` from the set of blocked interrupts.
The alarm timer
scheduleAlarm :: Int -> IO Int
`scheduleAlarm i` calls `alarm` to schedule a real time alarm at least `i` seconds in the future.
Waiting for signals
getPendingSignals :: IO SignalSet
`getPendingSignals` calls `sigpending` to obtain the set of interrupts which have been received but are currently blocked.
awaitSignal :: Maybe SignalSet -> IO ()

`awaitSignal iset` suspends execution until an interrupt is received. If `iset` is `Just s`, `awaitSignal` calls `sigsuspend`, installing `s` as the new signal mask before suspending execution; otherwise, it calls `pause`. `awaitSignal` returns on receipt of a signal. If you have installed any signal handlers with `installHandler`, it may be wise to call `yield` directly after `awaitSignal` to ensure that the signal handler runs as promptly as possible.

The `NOCLDSTOP` flag
setStoppedChildFlag :: Bool -> IO Bool
Tells the system whether or not to set the `SA_NOCLDSTOP` flag when installing new signal handlers.
queryStoppedChildFlag :: IO Bool
Queries the current state of the stopped child flag.
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