signals/demo_SIGFPE.c

This is signals/demo_SIGFPE.c, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

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The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

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/* demo_SIGFPE.c

   Demonstrate the generation of the SIGFPE signal.

   Usage: demo_SIGFPE [optstr]

   The main program executes code the generates a SIGFPE signal. Before doing
   so, the program optionally ignores and/or blocks SIGFPE. If 'optstr'
   contains 'i', then SIGFPE is ignored, otherwise it is caught by a handler.
   If 'optstr' contains 'b', then SIGFPE is blocked before it is delivered.
   The behavior that occurs when SIGFPE is generated depends on the kernel
   version (Linux 2.6 is different from Linux 2.4 and earlier).

   NOTE: Don't compile this program with optimization, as the arithmetic
   below is likely to be optimized away completely, with the result that
   we don't get SIGFPE at all.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE     /* Get strsignal() declaration from <string.h> */
#include <string.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include "tlpi_hdr.h"
static void
sigfpeCatcher(int sig)
{
    printf("Caught signal %d (%s)\n", sig, strsignal(sig));
                                /* UNSAFE (see Section 21.1.2) */
    sleep(1);                   /* Slow down execution of handler */
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    /* If no command-line arguments specified, catch SIGFPE, else ignore it */

    if (argc > 1 && strchr(argv[1], 'i') != NULL) {
        printf("Ignoring SIGFPE\n");
        if (signal(SIGFPE, SIG_IGN) == SIG_ERR)     errExit("signal");
    } else {
        printf("Catching SIGFPE\n");

        struct sigaction sa;
        sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
        sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
        sa.sa_handler = sigfpeCatcher;
        if (sigaction(SIGFPE, &sa, NULL) == -1)
            errExit("sigaction");
    }

    bool blocking = argc > 1 && strchr(argv[1], 'b') != NULL;
    sigset_t prevMask;
    if (blocking) {
        printf("Blocking SIGFPE\n");

        sigset_t blockSet;
        sigemptyset(&blockSet);
        sigaddset(&blockSet, SIGFPE);
        if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &blockSet, &prevMask) == -1)
            errExit("sigprocmask");
    }

    printf("About to generate SIGFPE\n");
    int x, y;
    y = 0;
    x = 1 / y;
    y = x;      /* Avoid complaints from "gcc -Wunused-but-set-variable" */

    if (blocking) {
        printf("Sleeping before unblocking\n");
        sleep(2);
        printf("Unblocking SIGFPE\n");
        if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &prevMask, NULL) == -1)
            errExit("sigprocmask");
    }

    printf("Shouldn't get here!\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

 

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