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29.Dd April 27, 2000
30.Dt PTHREAD_SIGMASK 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm pthread_sigmask
34.Nd examine and/or change a thread's signal mask
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libpthread
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In pthread.h
39.In signal.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn pthread_sigmask "int how" "const sigset_t *set" "sigset_t *oset"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn pthread_sigmask
45function examines and/or changes the calling thread's signal mask.
46.Pp
47If
48.Fa set
49is not
50.Dv NULL ,
51it specifies a set of signals to be modified, and
52.Fa how
53specifies what to set the signal mask to:
54.Bl -tag -width SIG_UNBLOCK
55.It Dv SIG_BLOCK
56Union of the current mask and
57.Fa set .
58.It Dv SIG_UNBLOCK
59Intersection of the current mask and the complement of
60.Fa set .
61.It Dv SIG_SETMASK
62.Fa set .
63.El
64.Pp
65If
66.Fa oset
67is not NULL, the previous signal mask is stored in the location pointed to by
68.Fa oset .
69.Pp
70.Dv SIGKILL
71and
72.Dv SIGSTOP
73cannot be blocked, and will be silently ignored if included in the signal mask.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75If successful,
76.Fn pthread_sigmask
77returns 0.
78Otherwise, an error is returned.
79.Sh ERRORS
80The
81.Fn pthread_sigmask
82function will fail if:
83.Bl -tag -width Er
84.It Bq Er EINVAL
85.Fa how
86is not one of the defined values.
87.El
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr sigaction 2 ,
90.Xr sigpending 2 ,
91.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
92.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
93.Xr sigsetops 3
94.Sh STANDARDS
95The
96.Fn pthread_sigmask
97function conforms to
98.St -p1003.1-96
99