git: ef86876b846e - main - pselect(2): Document what a null pointer for the signalmask means
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Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 19:42:30 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ef86876b846e523e7ccc2940c37db4279db95d05 commit ef86876b846e523e7ccc2940c37db4279db95d05 Author: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-07-02 19:39:24 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-07-02 19:41:46 +0000 pselect(2): Document what a null pointer for the signalmask means When pselect is passed a null pointer for the signal mask, the standard says it shall behave like select (except for the different timeout arg). Make a note of that here. Sponsored by: Netflix --- lib/libc/sys/pselect.2 | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/pselect.2 b/lib/libc/sys/pselect.2 index 6221c473e7d7..c8104b936319 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/pselect.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/pselect.2 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 16, 2013 +.Dd July 2, 2022 .Dt PSELECT 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ argument in .Fn pselect points to a .Vt "const struct timespec" -rather than the (modifiable) +rather than the potentially modifiable .Vt "struct timeval" used by .Fn select ; @@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ specifies a signal mask which is set while waiting for input. When .Fn pselect returns, the original signal mask is restored. +If +.Fa newsigmask +is a null pointer, +.Fn pselect +behaves like +.Fn select +with no setting or restoration of the signal mask. .Pp See .Xr select 2