git: 89ecdff2c32c - main - Fix sigtimedwait manpage.
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:52:52 UTC
The branch main has been updated by dchagin:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=89ecdff2c32c4e8975f8652c5cb913eba8642204
commit 89ecdff2c32c4e8975f8652c5cb913eba8642204
Author: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-04-21 07:52:29 +0000
Commit: Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-04-21 07:52:29 +0000
Fix sigtimedwait manpage.
Historically, sigtimedwait() blocks indefinitely if timeout is NULL.
Reviewed by: jilles, imp
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34985
MFC after: 2 weeks
---
lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2 | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2
index b497592ed1f3..bb060811f5d7 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sigwaitinfo.2
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd September 27, 2012
+.Dd April 21, 2022
.Dt SIGTIMEDWAIT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ If
.Fa timeout
is the
.Dv NULL
-pointer, the behavior is unspecified.
+pointer,
+.Fn sigtimedwait
+blocks indefinitely.
.Dv CLOCK_MONOTONIC
clock is used to measure the time interval specified by the
.Fa timeout
@@ -204,3 +206,10 @@ and
.Fn sigwaitinfo
system calls conform to
.St -p1003.1-96 .
+POSIX
+leaves the behavior of
+.Fn sigtimedwait
+with a
+.Dv NULL
+.Fa timeout
+pointer unspecified.