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SIGEVENT(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual SIGEVENT(3)
NAME sigevent - asynchronous event notification
SYNOPSIS #include <signal.h>
DESCRIPTION Some operations permit threads to request asynchronous notification of events via a struct sigevent structure. This structure contains several fields that describe the requested notification:
Type Member Description int sigev_notify notification method int sigev_signo signal number union sigval sigev_value signal value int sigev_notify_kqueue kqueue(2) file descriptor unsigned short sigev_notify_kevent_flags kevent flags lwpid_t sigev_notify_thread_id LWP ID void (*)(union sigval) sigev_notify_function callback function pointer pthread_attr_t * sigev_notify_attributes callback thread attributes
The sigev_notify field specifies the notification method used when the event triggers:
SIGEV_NONE No notification is sent.
SIGEV_SIGNAL The signal sigev_signo is queued as a real-time signal to the calling process. The value stored in sigev_value will be present in the si_value of the siginfo_t structure of the queued signal.
SIGEV_THREAD The notification function in sigev_notify_function is called in a separate thread context. The thread is created with the attributes specified in *sigev_notify_attributes. The value stored in sigev_value is passed as the sole argument to sigev_notify_function. If sigev_notify_attributes is NULL, the thread is created with default attributes.
SIGEV_KEVENT A new kevent is posted to the kqueue sigev_notify_kqueue. The udata member of the kevent structure contains the value stored in sigev_value. The meaning of other fields in the kevent are specific to the type of triggered event.
SIGEV_THREAD_ID The signal sigev_signo is queued to the thread whose LWP ID is sigev_notify_thread_id. The value stored in
SEE ALSO aio_read(2), mq_notify(2), timer_create(2), siginfo(3)
STANDARDS The struct sigevent type conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2004 ("POSIX.1").
HISTORY The sigevent structure first appeared in FreeBSD 3.3.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 February 25, 2020 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11