The set of blocked signals is updated from struct sigaction after the
kernel dumps ucontext. Mention this to avoid misunderstanding.
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <[email protected]>
---
man/man7/signal.7 | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man7/signal.7 b/man/man7/signal.7
index 4ba5306c8..7d22a7cfe 100644
--- a/man/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man/man7/signal.7
@@ -282,7 +282,13 @@ the thread's alternate signal stack settings.
.B SA_SIGINFO
flag, then the above information is accessible via the
.I ucontext_t
-object that is pointed to by the third argument of the signal handler.)
+object that is pointed to by the third argument of the signal handler.
+This object reflects the state at which the signal is delivered, rather
+than in the handler;
+for example, the mask of blocked signals stored in this object will not
+contain the mask of new signals blocked through
+.BR sigaction(2)).
+
.IP (1.4)
Any signals specified in
.I act\->sa_mask
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2.34.1