When aio_sigevent.sigev_notify is set to SIGEV_SIGNAL, signal handlers called for asychronous I/O operations will have si->si_code set to SI_ASYNCIO. Check to make sure that si->si_value.sival_ptr is defined. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> --- aio.7 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/aio.7 b/aio.7 index 1f861da..21193fd 100644 --- a/aio.7 +++ b/aio.7 @@ -281,12 +281,14 @@ quitHandler(int sig) static void /* Handler for I/O completion signal */ aioSigHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ucontext) { - write(STDOUT_FILENO, "I/O completion signal received\\n", 31); + if (si->si_code == SI_ASYNCIO) { + write(STDOUT_FILENO, "I/O completion signal received\\n", 31); - /* The corresponding ioRequest structure would be available as - struct ioRequest *ioReq = si\->si_value.sival_ptr; - and the file descriptor would then be available via - ioReq\->aiocbp\->aio_fildes */ + /* The corresponding ioRequest structure would be available as + struct ioRequest *ioReq = si\->si_value.sival_ptr; + and the file descriptor would then be available via + ioReq\->aiocbp\->aio_fildes */ + } } int -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html