[SOLVED] sigprocmask( ) blocking signals in UNIX

[kingsmasher1]

Hi All, i have written a small piece of code. This code first blocks the {SIGSEGV}, then adds SIGRTMIN to the same set. So, my final signal set is, {SIGSEGV,SIGRTMIN}. Thus, if i use SIG_UNBLOCK, as per my understanding, first SIGRTMIN should be unblocked, and then again if i invoke SIG_UNBLOCK, SIGSEGV should be unblocked.

That is, 1) {SIGSEGV,SIGRTMIN} 2) SIG_UNBLOCK = unblock SIGRTMIN, 3) Again invoke SIG_UNBLOCK = unblock SIGSEGV. I am giving the process a SIGRTMIN only, thus my second unblock should halt the process with SIGRTMIN. But it is not.

#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
 sigset_t old_set,new_set;
 sigemptyset(&old_set);
 sigemptyset(&new_set);

 if(sigaddset(&old_set,SIGSEGV)==0)
 {
   printf("sigaddset successfully added for SIGSEGV\n");
 }
 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&old_set,NULL); // SIGSEGV signal is masked
 kill(0,SIGSEGV);


 //*****************************************************************

 if(sigaddset(&new_set,SIGRTMIN)==0)
 {
  printf("sigaddset successfully added for SIGRTMIN\n");
 }
  sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&new_set,&old_set); // SIGRTMIN signal is masked
 kill(0,SIGSEGV);

 //****************** Unblock one signal at a time ******************

 sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&new_set,&old_set); // SIGRTMIN signal is unmasked
 sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&new_set,&old_set); // SIGSEGV signal is unmasked

Output:

 [root@dhcppc0 signals]# ./a.out
  sigaddset successfully added for SIGSEGV
  sigaddset successfully added for SIGRTMIN
  (Note:SIGSEGV is not received even after sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&new_set,&old_set); a second time)

[kingsmasher1]

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