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diff --git a/man2/sigaction.2 b/man2/sigaction.2 index 48cf121747..bf5d2bb297 100644 --- a/man2/sigaction.2 +++ b/man2/sigaction.2 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .\" 2005-09-15, mtk, split sigpending(), sigprocmask(), sigsuspend() .\" out of this page into separate pages. .\" -.TH SIGACTION 2 2008-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SIGACTION 2 2008-10-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME sigaction \- examine and change a signal action .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -142,8 +142,10 @@ as its second argument and a pointer to a (cast to \fIvoid\ *\fP) as its third argument. .PP .I sa_mask -gives a mask of signals which should be blocked during execution of -the signal handler. +specifies a mask of signals which should be blocked +(i.e., added to the signal mask of the thread in which +the signal handler is invoked) +during execution of the signal handler. In addition, the signal which triggered the handler will be blocked, unless the .B SA_NODEFER |