Patch #1583 by Adam Olsen.

This adds signal.set_wakeup_fd(fd) which sets a file descriptor to
which a zero byte will be written whenever a C exception handler runs.

I added a simple C API as well, PySignal_SetWakeupFd(fd).

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 54cce53..afb3166 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
    :manpage:`signal(2)`.)
 
 
+.. function:: set_wakeup_fd(fd)
+
+   Set the wakeup fd to *fd*.  When a signal is received, a ``'\0'`` byte is
+   written to the fd.  This can be used by a library to wakeup a poll or select
+   call, allowing the signal to be fully processed.
+
+   The old wakeup fd is returned.  *fd* must be non-blocking.  It is up to the
+   library to remove any bytes before calling poll or select again.
+
+   When threads are enabled, this function can only be called from the main thread;
+   attempting to call it from other threads will cause a :exc:`ValueError`
+   exception to be raised.
+
+
 .. function:: signal(signalnum, handler)
 
    Set the handler for signal *signalnum* to the function *handler*.  *handler* can