diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index 4353cc7cdf4..05b285ed110 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -91,6 +91,110 @@ The variables defined in the :mod:`signal` module are: signal. +.. data:: SIGABRT + + Abort signal from :manpage:`abort(3)`. + +.. data:: SIGALRM + + Timer signal from :manpage:`alarm(2)`. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGBREAK + + Interrupt from keyboard (CTRL + BREAK). + + .. availability:: Windows. + +.. data:: SIGBUS + + Bus error (bad memory access). + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGCHLD + + Child process stopped or terminated. + + .. availability:: Windows. + +.. data:: SIGCLD + + Alias to :data:`SIGCHLD`. + +.. data:: SIGCONT + + Continue the process if it is currently stopped + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGFPE + + Floating-point exception. For example, division by zero. + + .. seealso:: + :exc:`ZeroDivisionError` is raised when the second argument of a division + or modulo operation is zero. + +.. data:: SIGHUP + + Hangup detected on controlling terminal or death of controlling process. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGILL + + Illegal instruction. + +.. data:: SIGINT + + Interrupt from keyboard (CTRL + C). + + Default action is to raise :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt`. + +.. data:: SIGKILL + + Kill signal. + + It cannot be caught, blocked, or ignored. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGPIPE + + Broken pipe: write to pipe with no readers. + + Default action is to ignore the signal. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGSEGV + + Segmentation fault: invalid memory reference. + +.. data:: SIGTERM + + Termination signal. + +.. data:: SIGUSR1 + + User-defined signal 1. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGUSR2 + + User-defined signal 2. + + .. availability:: Unix. + +.. data:: SIGWINCH + + Window resize signal. + + .. availability:: Unix. + .. data:: SIG* All the signal numbers are defined symbolically. For example, the hangup signal @@ -310,6 +414,8 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions: For example, ``signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, [])`` reads the signal mask of the calling thread. + :data:`SIGKILL` and :data:`SIGSTOP` cannot be blocked. + .. availability:: Unix. See the man page :manpage:`sigprocmask(3)` and :manpage:`pthread_sigmask(3)` for further information. diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c index 4c27738693a..2d5cb0ff78f 100644 --- a/Python/pylifecycle.c +++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c @@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ init_signals(PyThreadState *tstate) #ifdef SIGXFSZ PyOS_setsig(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN); #endif - PyOS_InitInterrupts(); /* May imply initsignal() */ + PyOS_InitInterrupts(); /* May imply init_signals() */ if (_PyErr_Occurred(tstate)) { return _PyStatus_ERR("can't import signal"); }