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[PATCH v3 5/9] daemon.c: replace signal() with sigaction()

From
Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 1, 2014, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID
<77e2c9ce430a7682371ab76d151aab25201c68dd.1401645403.git.jmmahler@gmail.com>
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From the signal(2) man page:
  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.
Replaced signal() with sigaction() in daemon.c
Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
---
 daemon.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index eba1255..615426e 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ static int run_service(char *dir, struct daemon_service *service)
 {
 	const char *path;
 	int enabled = service->enabled;
+	struct sigaction sa;
 
 	loginfo("Request %s for '%s'", service->name, dir);
 
@@ -376,7 +377,9 @@ static int run_service(char *dir, struct daemon_service *service)
 	 * We'll ignore SIGTERM from now on, we have a
 	 * good client.
 	 */
-	signal(SIGTERM, SIG_IGN);
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+	sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL);
 
 	return service->fn();
 }
@@ -788,12 +791,16 @@ static void handle(int incoming, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen)
 
 static void child_handler(int signo)
 {
+	struct sigaction sa;
+
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise empty handler because systemcalls will get interrupted
 	 * upon signal receipt
 	 * SysV needs the handler to be rearmed
 	 */
-	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = child_handler;
+	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
 }
 
 static int set_reuse_addr(int sockfd)
@@ -996,6 +1003,7 @@ static int service_loop(struct socketlist *socklist)
 {
 	struct pollfd *pfd;
 	int i;
+	struct sigaction sa;
 
 	pfd = xcalloc(socklist->nr, sizeof(struct pollfd));
 
@@ -1004,7 +1012,9 @@ static int service_loop(struct socketlist *socklist)
 		pfd[i].events = POLLIN;
 	}
 
-	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_handler = child_handler;
+	sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		int i;
-- 
2.0.0.8.g7bf6e1f.dirty
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  2. 1/9 compat/mingw.c: expand MinGW support for sigactionJeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  3. Johannes SixtJun 2, 2014
  4. 2/9 connect.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  5. 3/9 progress.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  6. 4/9 write_or_die.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  7. 5/9 daemon.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  8. 6/9 builtin/log.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  9. 7/9 builtin/merge-index.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  10. 8/9 builtin/verify-tag.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  11. 9/9 sigchain.c: replace signal() with sigaction()Jeremiah Mahler, Jun 1, 2014
  12. Johannes SixtJun 2, 2014
  13. Jeremiah MahlerJun 2, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2014
  15. Jeremiah MahlerJun 2, 2014

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