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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2025-04-28 08:44:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com> | 2025-04-28 08:44:56 +0000 |
| commit | e92e5cbc9c42a7f926eb4b25fdf6e52ec9d2fa4c (patch) | |
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Update docs to latest posix version
Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
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diff --git a/doc/libstddjb/selfpipe.html b/doc/libstddjb/selfpipe.html index 54c0f36..ebed941 100644 --- a/doc/libstddjb/selfpipe.html +++ b/doc/libstddjb/selfpipe.html @@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ be trapped anymore. <li> The selfpipe library uses a global pipe; so, it's theoretically not safe for multithreading. However, as long as you dedicate one thread to signal handling and block signals in all the other threads -(see <a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_sigmask.html">pthread_sigmask()</a>) +(see <a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/pthread_sigmask.html">pthread_sigmask()</a>) then you should be able to use the selfpipe in the thread that handles signals without trouble. Since reading the selfpipe involves waiting for a file descriptor to become readable, it is recommended to do this in a thread that will already have a regular input/output loop (via -<a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/poll.html">poll()</a> +<a href="https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/poll.html">poll()</a> or <a href="iopause.html">iopause()</a>) so you can just add the selfpipe to the list of fds you're reading on. </li> <li> In rare cases, the self-pipe can theoretically be filled, if some |