[clang] [clang-tools-extra] [llvm] [LLVM][CLANG] Update signal-handling behavior to comply with POSIX (PR #169340)
Xing Xue via llvm-commits
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Mon Feb 9 08:26:49 PST 2026
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@@ -321,14 +323,23 @@ static void RegisterHandlers() { // Not signal-safe.
NewHandler.sa_flags = SA_NODEFER | SA_RESETHAND | SA_ONSTACK | SA_SIGINFO;
break;
case SignalKind::IsInfo:
- NewHandler.sa_handler = InfoSignalHandler;
+ if (NeedsPOSIXUtilitySignalHandling)
+ // If POSIX signal-handling semantics are followed, the signal handler
+ // resignal itself to terminate after handling the signal.
+ NewHandler.sa_handler = InfoSignalHandlerTerminate;
+ else
+ NewHandler.sa_handler = InfoSignalHandler;
NewHandler.sa_flags = SA_ONSTACK;
break;
}
sigemptyset(&NewHandler.sa_mask);
- // Install the new handler, save the old one in RegisteredSignalInfo.
- sigaction(Signal, &NewHandler, &RegisteredSignalInfo[Index].SA);
+ // Install the new handler if the signal disposition isn't SIG_IGN,
+ // save the old one in RegisteredSignalInfo.
+ struct sigaction act;
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xingxue-ibm wrote:
I thought that if the signal disposition is explicitly set to `SIG_IGN`, it should be honored. I agree that this patch should change the behavior of `clang` only and not affect other utilities. Changed to guard the new behavior with `NeedsPOSIXUtilitySignalHandling`.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/169340
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