sigaction(2)

DESCRIPTION

Gets or changes a signal disposition.

SYNOPSIS

long sigaction(int signal, const action *, action *old);

RETURN VALUE

  • Returns a non-negative result on success. Negative values are ABI errno codes.

ERRORS

  • -EFAULT
    • The old or new action pointer is not accessible userspace memory.
  • -EINVAL
    • The signal number is invalid or uncatchable.
  • -ESRCH
    • There is no current process.

ABI

Arguments enter through the direct syscall ABI; validation is performed before entering the process subsystem.