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+/*!
+ \page unix-signals.html
+ \title Calling Qt Functions From Unix Signal Handlers
+ \ingroup platform-notes
+ \brief You can't. But don't despair, there is a way...
+
+ You \e can't call Qt functions from Unix signal handlers. The
+ standard POSIX rule applies: You can only call async-signal-safe
+ functions from signal handlers. See \l
+ {http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html#tag_02_04_01}
+ {Signal Actions} for the complete list of functions you can call
+ from Unix signal handlers.
+
+ But don't despair, there is a way to use Unix signal handlers with
+ Qt. The strategy is to have your Unix signal handler do something
+ that will eventually cause a Qt signal to be emitted, and then you
+ simply return from your Unix signal handler. Back in your Qt
+ program, that Qt signal gets emitted and then received by your Qt
+ slot function, where you can safely do whatever Qt stuff you
+ weren't allowed to do in the Unix signal handler.
+
+ One simple way to make this happen is to declare a socket pair in
+ your class for each Unix signal you want to handle. The socket
+ pairs are declared as static data members. You also create a
+ QSocketNotifier to monitor the \e read end of each socket pair,
+ declare your Unix signal handlers to be static class methods, and
+ declare a slot function corresponding to each of your Unix signal
+ handlers. In this example, we intend to handle both the SIGHUP and
+ SIGTERM signals. Note: You should read the socketpair(2) and the
+ sigaction(2) man pages before plowing through the following code
+ snippets.
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_unix-signal-handlers.qdoc 0
+
+ In the MyDaemon constructor, use the socketpair(2) function to
+ initialize each file descriptor pair, and then create the
+ QSocketNotifier to monitor the \e read end of each pair. The
+ activated() signal of each QSocketNotifier is connected to the
+ appropriate slot function, which effectively converts the Unix
+ signal to the QSocketNotifier::activated() signal.
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_unix-signal-handlers.qdoc 1
+
+ Somewhere else in your startup code, you install your Unix signal
+ handlers with sigaction(2).
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_unix-signal-handlers.qdoc 2
+
+ In your Unix signal handlers, you write a byte to the \e write end
+ of a socket pair and return. This will cause the corresponding
+ QSocketNotifier to emit its activated() signal, which will in turn
+ cause the appropriate Qt slott function to run.
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_unix-signal-handlers.qdoc 3
+
+ In the slot functions connected to the
+ QSocketNotifier::activated() signals, you \e read the byte. Now
+ you are safely back in Qt with your signal, and you can do all the
+ Qt stuff you weren'tr allowed to do in the Unix signal handler.
+
+ \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_unix-signal-handlers.qdoc 4
+*/