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POSIX recommends sigaction() and deprecates the use of signal() to register signal handlers. Unfortunately, sigaction() is not defined in the C Standard and is consequently not as portable a solution.
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Tool | Version | Checker | Description | |||||||||||||
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| CodeSonar |
| BADFUNC.SIGNAL | Use of signal | |||||||||||||
| Helix QAC |
| C5019 | ||||||||||||||
| LDRA tool suite |
| 44 S | Enhanced enforcement | |||||||||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
| MISRA2004-20_8_b | Use of signal | PRQA QA-C | ||||||||||||
| Include Page | PRQA QA-C_v | PRQA QA-C_v | 5019 | CERT_C-SIG00-a | The signal handling facilities of <signal.h> shall not be used | |||||||||||
| PC-lint Plus |
| 586 | Assistance provided: reports use of the signal function | Partially implemented
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