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- // $Id: SignalB.h,v 1.13 1998/03/25 12:44:12 zeller Exp $ -*- C++ -*-
- // Block signals for the lifetime of this object (protect critical sections)
-
- // Copyright (C) 1996 Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany.
- // Written by Andreas Zeller <zeller@ips.cs.tu-bs.de>.
- //
- // This file is part of DDD.
- //
- // DDD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- // modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
- // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- // version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- //
- // DDD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- // See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- //
- // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
- // License along with DDD -- see the file COPYING.
- // If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- // 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- //
- // DDD is the data display debugger.
- // For details, see the DDD World-Wide-Web page,
- // `http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/softech/ddd/',
- // or send a mail to the DDD developers <ddd@ips.cs.tu-bs.de>.
-
- #ifndef _DDD_SignalBlocker_h
- #define _DDD_SignalBlocker_h
-
- #ifdef __GNUG__
- #pragma interface
- #endif
-
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <signal.h>
- #include "assert.h"
-
- // A SignalBlocker is used to protect critical sections:
- //
- // {
- // SignalBlocker sb(<signal name>);
- // ... critical section protected against <signal name>...
- // }
- //
- // For instance, to protect a critical section against SIGCHLD signals,
- // you would write:
- //
- // {
- // SignalBlocker sb(SIGCHLD);
- // ... critical section ...
- // }
- //
- // A SignalBlocker without arguments blocks all signals.
-
- class SignalBlocker {
- private:
- #ifdef SIG_SETMASK
- sigset_t old_set; // POSIX interface
- #else
- int old_mask; // BSD interface
- #endif
-
- // No assignments and copies
- SignalBlocker& operator = (const SignalBlocker&)
- {
- assert(0);
- return *this;
- }
-
- SignalBlocker(const SignalBlocker& sb)
- :
- #ifdef SIG_SETMASK
- old_set(sb.old_set)
- #else
- old_mask(sb.old_mask)
- #endif
- {
- assert(0);
- }
-
- public:
- // Constructor - block signal SIGNUM
- SignalBlocker(int signum);
-
- // Constructor - block all signals
- SignalBlocker();
-
- // Destructor - restore state
- ~SignalBlocker();
- };
-
- #endif // _DDD_SignalBlocker_h
- // DON'T ADD ANYTHING BEHIND THIS #endif
-