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27.Dd February 19, 2011
28.Dt PTHREAD_SIGMASK 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_sigmask
32.Nd examine and/or change a thread's signal mask
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread.h
37.In signal.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_sigmask "int how" "const sigset_t * restrict set" \
40    "sigset_t * restrict oset"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn pthread_sigmask
44function examines and/or changes the calling thread's signal mask.
45.Pp
46If
47.Fa set
48is not
49.Dv NULL ,
50it specifies a set of signals to be modified, and
51.Fa how
52specifies what to set the signal mask to:
53.Bl -tag -width SIG_UNBLOCK
54.It Dv SIG_BLOCK
55Union of the current mask and
56.Fa set .
57.It Dv SIG_UNBLOCK
58Intersection of the current mask and the complement of
59.Fa set .
60.It Dv SIG_SETMASK
61.Fa set .
62.El
63.Pp
64If
65.Fa oset
66is not NULL, the previous signal mask is stored in the location pointed to by
67.Fa oset .
68.Pp
69.Dv SIGKILL
70and
71.Dv SIGSTOP
72cannot be blocked, and will be silently ignored if included in the signal mask.
73.Sh RETURN VALUES
74If successful,
75.Fn pthread_sigmask
76returns 0.
77Otherwise, an error is returned.
78.Sh ERRORS
79The
80.Fn pthread_sigmask
81function will fail if:
82.Bl -tag -width Er
83.It Bq Er EINVAL
84.Fa how
85is not one of the defined values.
86.El
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr sigaction 2 ,
89.Xr sigpending 2 ,
90.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
91.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
92.Xr sigsetops 3
93.Sh STANDARDS
94The
95.Fn pthread_sigmask
96function conforms to
97.St -p1003.1-96
98