Replace the deprecated signal() function by sigaction(). The signal() function has some disadvantages. This patch replaces signal() by sigaction() to install the signal handlers. Changes in v2: Zero sigaction structure. sensord.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: quilt-sensors/prog/sensord/sensord.c =================================================================== --- quilt-sensors.orig/prog/sensord/sensord.c 2009-05-08 19:55:45.000000000 +0200 +++ quilt-sensors/prog/sensord/sensord.c 2009-05-08 21:18:30.000000000 +0200 @@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static void signalHandler(int sig) { - signal(sig, signalHandler); switch (sig) { case SIGTERM: done = 1; @@ -147,6 +146,31 @@ logOpened = 1; } +static void install_sighandler(void) +{ + struct sigaction new; + int ret; + + memset(&new, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction)); + new.sa_handler = signalHandler; + sigemptyset(&new.sa_mask); + new.sa_flags = SA_RESTART; + + ret = sigaction(SIGTERM, &new, NULL); + if (ret == -1) { + fprintf(stderr, "Could not set sighandler for SIGTERM: %s\n", + strerror(errno)); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } + + ret = sigaction(SIGHUP, &new, NULL); + if (ret == -1) { + fprintf(stderr, "Could not set sighandler for SIGHUP: %s\n", + strerror(errno)); + exit(EXIT_FAILURE); + } +} + static void daemonize(void) { int pid; @@ -172,12 +196,7 @@ exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } - /* I should use sigaction but... */ - if (signal(SIGTERM, signalHandler) == SIG_ERR || - signal (SIGHUP, signalHandler) == SIG_ERR) { - perror("signal"); - exit(EXIT_FAILURE); - } + install_sighandler(); if ((pid = fork()) == -1) { perror("fork()");