/*
This file is part of GNUnet.
- (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+ by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
option) any later version.
GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
- Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
/**
#endif
#endif
+/**
+ * Context created when a signal handler is installed;
+ * can be used to restore it to the previous state later.
+ */
struct GNUNET_SIGNAL_Context;
+
/**
* A signal handler. Since different OSes have different signatures
* for their handlers, the API only gives the most restrictive
* the implementation must guarantee that this handler is not called
* for signals other than the one that it has been registered for.
*/
-typedef void (*GNUNET_SIGNAL_Handler) (void);
+typedef void
+(*GNUNET_SIGNAL_Handler) (void);
+
/**
* Install a signal handler that will be run if the
* given signal is received.
+ *
+ * @param signal the number of the signal
+ * @param handler the function to call
+ * @return context that can be used to restore, NULL on error
*/
-struct GNUNET_SIGNAL_Context *GNUNET_SIGNAL_handler_install (int signal,
- GNUNET_SIGNAL_Handler
- handler);
+struct GNUNET_SIGNAL_Context *
+GNUNET_SIGNAL_handler_install (int signal,
+ GNUNET_SIGNAL_Handler handler);
+
/**
* Uninstall a previously installed signal hander.
+ *
+ * @param ctx context that was returned when the
+ * signal handler was installed
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_SIGNAL_handler_uninstall (struct GNUNET_SIGNAL_Context *ctx);
+
+
+/**
+ * Raise the given signal by calling the installed signal handlers. This will
+ * not use the @em raise() system call but only calls the handlers registered
+ * through GNUNET_SIGNAL_handler_install().
+ *
+ * @param sig the signal to raise
*/
-void GNUNET_SIGNAL_handler_uninstall (struct GNUNET_SIGNAL_Context *ctx);
+void
+GNUNET_SIGNAL_raise (const int sig);
#if 0 /* keep Emacsens' auto-indent happy */