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.TH SIGINFO.H 3HEAD "Feb 5, 2008"
.SH NAME
siginfo.h, siginfo \- signal generation information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <siginfo.h>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
If a process is catching a signal,  it might request information that tells why
the system generated that signal. See  \fBsigaction\fR(2). If a process is
monitoring its children, it might receive information that tells why a child
changed state. See  \fBwaitid\fR(2). In either case, the system returns the
information in a structure of type  \fBsiginfo_t\fR, which includes the
following information:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
int            si_signo        /* signal number */
int            si_errno        /* error number */
int            si_code         /* signal code */
union sigval   si_value        /* signal value */
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
\fBsi_signo\fR contains the system-generated signal number. For the
\fBwaitid\fR(2) function,  \fBsi_signo\fR is always  \fBSIGCHLD\fR.
.sp
.LP
If  \fBsi_errno\fR is non-zero, it contains an error number associated with
this signal, as defined in  \fB<errno.h>\fR\&.
.sp
.LP
\fBsi_code\fR contains a code identifying the cause of the signal.
.sp
.LP
If the value of the  \fBsi_code\fR member is  \fBSI_NOINFO,\fR only the
\fBsi_signo\fR member of  \fBsiginfo_t\fR is meaningful, and the value of all
other members is unspecified.
.SS "User Signals"
.sp
.LP
If the value of  \fBsi_code\fR is less than or equal to 0, then the signal was
generated by a user process (see  \fBkill\fR(2), \fB_lwp_kill\fR(2),
\fBsigqueue\fR(3C), \fBsigsend\fR(2), \fBabort\fR(3C), and \fBraise\fR(3C)) and
the  \fBsiginfo\fR structure contains the following additional information:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
pid_t        si_pid      /* sending process ID */
uid_t        si_uid      /* sending user ID */
ctid_t       si_ctid     /* sending contract ID */
zoneid_t     si_zoneid   /* sending zone ID */S
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
If the signal was generated by a user process, the following values are defined
for \fBsi_code\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_USER\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The implementation sets \fBsi_code\fR to \fBSI_USER\fR if the signal was sent
by \fBkill\fR(2), \fBsigsend\fR(2), \fBraise\fR(3C) or \fBabort\fR(3C).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_LWP\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The signal was sent by \fB_lwp_kill\fR(2).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_QUEUE\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The signal was sent by \fBsigqueue\fR(3C).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_TIMER\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The signal was generated by the expiration of a timer created by
\fBtimer_settime\fR(3C).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_ASYNCIO\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The signal was generated by the completion of an asynchronous  \fBI/O\fR
request.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBSI_MESGQ\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 15n
The signal was generated by the arrival of a message on an empty message queue.
See \fBmq_notify\fR(3C).
.RE

.sp
.LP
\fBsi_value\fR contains the application specified value, which is passed to the
application's signal-catching function at the time of the signal delivery if
\fBsi_code\fR is any of \fBSI_QUEUE\fR, \fBSI_TIMER\fR, \fBSI_ASYNCHIO\fR, or
\fBSI_MESGQ\fR.
.SS "System Signals"
.sp
.LP
Non-user generated signals can arise for a number of reasons. For all of these
cases, \fBsi_code\fR contains a positive value reflecting the reason why the
system generated the signal:
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l l
l l l .
Signal	Code	Reason
_
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	co-processor 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-existent 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 was killed
	CLD_DUMPED	child terminated abnormally
	CLD_TRAPPED	traced child has trapped
	CLD_STOPPED	child has stopped
	CLD_CONTINUED	stopped child had 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
.TE

.sp
.LP
Signals can also be generated from the resource control subsystem. Where these
signals do not already possess kernel-level \fBsiginfo\fR codes, the
\fBsiginfo\fR \fBsi_code\fR will be filled with \fBSI_RCTL\fR to indicate a
kernel-generated signal from an established resource control value.
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c c
l l l .
Signal	Code	Reason
_
SIGXRES	SI_RCTL	resource-control generated signal
_
SIGHUP		
SIGTERM		
.TE

.sp
.LP
The uncatchable signals \fBSIGSTOP\fR and \fBSIGKILL\fR have undefined
\fBsiginfo\fR codes.
.sp
.LP
Signals sent with a \fBsiginfo\fR code of \fBSI_RCTL\fR contain code-dependent
information for kernel-generated signals:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c c
l l l .
Code 	Field	Value
_
SI_RCTL	hr_time si_entity	process-model entity of control
.TE

.sp
.LP
In addition, the following signal-dependent information is available for
kernel-generated signals:
.sp

.sp
.TS
c c c
l l l .
Signal	Field	Value
_
SIGILL	caddr_t si_addr	address of faulting instruction
_
SIGFPE		
_
SIGSEGV	caddr_t si_addr	address of faulting memory reference
SIGBUS		
_
SIGCHLD	pid_t si_pid	child process ID
	int si_status	exit value or signal
_
SIGPOLL	long si_band	T{
band event for \fBPOLL_IN\fR, \fBPOLL_OUT\fR, or \fBPOLL_MSG\fR
T}
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fB_lwp_kill\fR(2), \fBkill\fR(2), \fBsetrctl\fR(2), \fBsigaction\fR(2),
\fBsigsend\fR(2), \fBwaitid\fR(2), \fBabort\fR(3C), \fBaio_read\fR(3C),
\fBmq_notify\fR(3C), \fBraise\fR(3C), \fBsignal.h\fR(3HEAD),
\fBsigqueue\fR(3C), \fBtimer_create\fR(3C), \fBtimer_settime\fR(3C)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
For  \fBSIGCHLD\fR signals, if  \fBsi_code\fR is equal to  \fBCLD_EXITED,\fR
then  \fBsi_status\fR is equal to the exit value of the process; otherwise, it
is equal to the signal that caused the process to  change state. For some
implementations, the exact value of \fBsi_addr\fR might not be available; in
that case, \fBsi_addr\fR is guaranteed to be on the same page as the faulting
instruction or memory reference.