SIGINFO(2) System Calls Manual SIGINFO(2)

NAME

siginfosignal information

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

DESCRIPTION

siginfo is a structure type which contains information about a signal delivered to a process.

siginfo includes the following members:

int si_signo; 
int si_errno; 
int si_code;

si_signo contains the signal number generated by the system.

If si_errno is non-zero, then it contains a system specific error number associated with this signal. This number is defined in errno(2).

If si_code is less than or equal to zero, the signal was generated by a user process or a user requested service:

SI_USER
The signal was generated via kill(2). The siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

pid_t si_pid; 
uid_t si_uid;

The si_pid field contains the pid of the sending process and the si_uid field contains the user id of the sending process.

SI_TIMER
The signal was generated because a timer set by timer_settime(2) has expired. The siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

sigval_t si_value;

The si_value field contains the value set via timer_create(2).

SI_ASYNCIO
The signal was generated by completion of an asynchronous I/O operation. The siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

int si_fd; 
long si_band;

The si_fd argument contains the file descriptor number on which the operation was completed and the si_band field contains the side and priority of the operation. If the operation was a normal read, si_band will contain POLLIN | POLLRDNORM; on an out-of-band read it will contain POLLPRI | POLLRDBAND; on a normal write it will contain POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM; on an out-of-band write it will contain POLLPRI | POLLWRBAND.

If si_code is positive, then it contains a signal specific reason why the signal was generated:

SIGILL
ILL_ILLOPC
Illegal opcode
ILL_ILLOPN
Illegal operand
ILL_ILLADR
Illegal addressing mode
ILL_ILLTRP
Illegal trap
ILL_PRVOPC
Privileged opcode
ILL_PRVREG
Privileged register
ILL_COPROC
Coprocessor error
ILL_BADSTK
Internal stack error
SIGFPE
FPE_INTDIV
Integer divide by zero
FPE_INTOVF
Integer overflow
FPE_FLTDIV
Floating point divide by zero
FPE_FLTOVF
Floating point overflow
FPE_FLTUND
Floating point underflow
FPE_FLTRES
Floating point inexact result
FPE_FLTINV
Invalid Floating point operation
FPE_FLTSUB
Subscript out of range
SIGSEGV
SEGV_MAPERR
Address not mapped to object
SEGV_ACCERR
Invalid permissions for mapped object
SIGBUS
BUS_ADRALN
Invalid address alignment
BUS_ADRERR
Non-existant physical address
BUS_OBJERR
Object specific hardware error
SIGTRAP
TRAP_BRKPT
Process breakpoint
TRAP_TRACE
Process trace trap
SIGCHLD
CLD_EXITED
Child has exited
CLD_KILLED
Child has terminated abnormally but did not create a core file
CLD_DUMPED
Child has terminated abnormally and created a core file
CLD_TRAPPED
Traced child has trapped
CLD_STOPPED
Child has stopped
CLD_CONTINUED
Stopped child has continued
SIGPOLL
POLL_IN
Data input available
POLL_OUT
Output buffers available
POLL_MSG
Input message available
POLL_ERR
I/O Error
POLL_PRI
High priority input available
POLL_HUP
Device disconnected

For SIGILL, SIGFPE, and SIGTRAP the siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

void *si_addr; 
int si_trap;

si_addr contains the address of the faulting instruction and si_trap contains a hardware specific reason.

For SIGBUS and SIGSEGV the siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

void *si_addr; 
int si_trap;

si_addr contains the address of the faulting data and si_trap contains a hardware specific reason.

For SIGPOLL the siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

int si_fd; 
long si_band;

The si_fd argument contains the file descriptor number on which the operation was completed and the si_band field contains the side and priority of the operation as described above.

Finally, for SIGCHLD the siginfo structure contains the following additional members:

pid_t si_pid; 
uid_t si_uid; 
int si_status; 
clock_t	si_utime; 
clock_t	si_stime;

The si_pid field contains the pid of the process who's status changed, the si_uid field contains the user id of the that process, the si_status field contains a status code described in waitpid(2), and the si_utime and si_stime fields contain the user and system process accounting time.

STANDARDS

The siginfo type conforms to X/Open System Interfaces and Headers Issue 5 (“XSH5”).

HISTORY

The siginfo functionality first appeared in AT&T System V Release 4 UNIX.
July 26, 2010 NetBSD 6.1