X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=signal.c;h=59a0d45aba7ad975fc287862308891435c4e9095;hp=9a1dcfb0ac5f4ef240e627e80a26ee0379c94519;hb=8ea8abb73199b32fdd7afdf8825afa42ed8de244;hpb=d6598752ab09b188178f1891c47efdf97fbc0bac

diff --git a/signal.c b/signal.c
index 9a1dcfb0..59a0d45a 100644
--- a/signal.c
+++ b/signal.c
@@ -117,20 +117,21 @@ void para_reap_children(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * Install the generic signal handler for the given signal number.
+ * Install the given handler for the given signal.
  *
  * \param sig The number of the signal to catch.
+ * \param handler to be installed, \p SIG_IGN, or \p SIG_DFL.
  *
- * \return This function returns 1 on success and \p -E_SIGNAL_SIG_ERR on errors.
+ * This either succeeds or calls exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
  *
- * \sa signal(2), sigaction(2).
+ * \sa sigaction(2).
  */
-int para_install_sighandler(int sig)
+void para_sigaction(int sig, void (*handler)(int))
 {
 	struct sigaction act;
 
 	PARA_DEBUG_LOG("catching signal %d\n", sig);
-	act.sa_handler = &generic_signal_handler;
+	act.sa_handler = handler;
 	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
 	act.sa_flags = 0;
 	if (sig == SIGALRM) {
@@ -142,9 +143,23 @@ int para_install_sighandler(int sig)
 			act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART;
 		#endif
 	}
-	if (sigaction(sig, &act, NULL) < 0)
-		return -E_SIGNAL_SIG_ERR;
-	return 1;
+	if (sigaction(sig, &act, NULL) >= 0)
+		return;
+	PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to install signal handler for signal %d\n",
+		sig);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Install the generic signal handler for the given signal number.
+ *
+ * \param sig The number of the signal to catch.
+ *
+ * \sa signal(2), sigaction(2).
+ */
+void para_install_sighandler(int sig)
+{
+	para_sigaction(sig, &generic_signal_handler);
 }
 
 /**