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[PATCH 1/5] progress.c: replace signal() with sigaction()

From
Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
Date
May 28, 2014, 06:14 UTC
Message-ID
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From signal(2)
  The behavior of signal() varies across UNIX versions, and has also var‐
  ied historically across different versions of Linux.   Avoid  its  use:
  use sigaction(2) instead.  See Portability below.
Replaced signal() with sigaction() in progress.c
Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
---
 progress.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
index 261314e..24df263 100644
--- a/progress.c
+++ b/progress.c
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ static void set_progress_signal(void)
 static void clear_progress_signal(void)
 {
 	struct itimerval v = {{0,},};
+	struct sigaction sa;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
 	setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &v, NULL);
-	signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
+	sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, 0);
 	progress_update = 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.0.0.rc4.6.g127602c
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Message 2 of 16 in “replace signal() with sigaction()”
  1. 0/5 replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  2. 1/5 progress.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  3. Chris PackhamMay 28, 2014
  4. David KastrupMay 28, 2014
  5. Erik Faye-LundMay 28, 2014
  6. David KastrupMay 28, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2014
  8. Jeremiah MahlerMay 28, 2014
  9. 2/5 daemon.c run_service(): replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  10. 3/5 daemon.c child_handler(): replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  11. 4/5 daemon.c service_loop(): replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  12. 5/5 connect.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, May 28, 2014
  13. Johannes SixtMay 28, 2014
  14. Chris PackhamMay 28, 2014
  15. Erik Faye-LundMay 28, 2014
  16. Jeremiah MahlerMay 28, 2014

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