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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/signal.rst | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst | 7 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index 8fecc2b..a79fc50 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -247,6 +247,19 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions: .. versionadded:: 3.8 +.. function:: pidfd_send_signal(pidfd, sig, siginfo=None, flags=0) + + Send signal *sig* to the process referred to by file descriptor *pidfd*. + Python does not currently support the *siginfo* parameter; it must be + ``None``. The *flags* argument is provided for future extensions; no flag + values are currently defined. + + See the :manpage:`pidfd_send_signal(2)` man page for more information. + + .. availability:: Linux 5.1+ + .. versionadded:: 3.9 + + .. function:: pthread_kill(thread_id, signalnum) Send the signal *signalnum* to the thread *thread_id*, another thread in the diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index ddb295f..ce1d3e0 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -197,6 +197,13 @@ now raises :exc:`ImportError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` for invalid relative import attempts. (Contributed by Ngalim Siregar in :issue:`37444`.) +signal +------ + +Exposed the Linux-specific :func:`signal.pidfd_send_signal` for sending to +signals to a process using a file descriptor instead of a pid. (:issue:`38712`) + + Optimizations ============= |