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.\" Copyright (c) 2020 by Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
.\" and Copyright (c) 2020 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
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.TH system_data_types 7 2024-06-15 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
system_data_types \- overview of system data types
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Layout:
.\" A list of type names (the struct/union keyword will be omitted).
.\" Each entry will have the following parts:
.\" * Include (see NOTES)
.\"
.\" * Definition (no "Definition" header)
.\" Only struct/union types will have definition;
.\" typedefs will remain opaque.
.\"
.\" * Description (no "Description" header)
.\" A few lines describing the type.
.\"
.\" * Versions (optional)
.\"
.\" * Conforming to (see NOTES)
.\" Format: CXY and later; POSIX.1-XXXX and later.
.\"
.\" * Notes (optional)
.\"
.\" * Bugs (if any)
.\"
.\" * See also
.\"------------------------------------- aiocb ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- blkcnt_t ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- blksize_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- cc_t -------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- clock_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- clockid_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- dev_t ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- div_t ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- double_t ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- fd_set -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- fenv_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- fexcept_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- FILE -------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- float_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- gid_t ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- id_t -------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- imaxdiv_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- intmax_t ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- intN_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- intptr_t ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- lconv ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- ldiv_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- lldiv_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- mode_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- off64_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- off_t ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- pid_t ------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- ptrdiff_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- regex_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- regmatch_t -------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- regoff_t ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- sigevent ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- siginfo_t --------------------/
.TP
.I siginfo_t
.RS
.IR Include :
.IR <signal.h> .
Alternatively,
.IR <sys/wait.h> .
.P
.EX
typedef struct {
int si_signo; /* Signal number */
int si_code; /* Signal code */
pid_t si_pid; /* Sending process ID */
uid_t si_uid; /* Real user ID of sending process */
void *si_addr; /* Memory location which caused fault */
int si_status; /* Exit value or signal */
union sigval si_value; /* Signal value */
} siginfo_t;
.EE
.P
Information associated with a signal.
For further details on this structure
(including additional, Linux-specific fields), see
.BR sigaction (2).
.P
.IR "Conforming to" :
POSIX.1-2001 and later.
.P
.IR "See also" :
.BR pidfd_send_signal (2),
.BR rt_sigqueueinfo (2),
.BR sigaction (2),
.BR sigwaitinfo (2),
.BR psiginfo (3)
.RE
.\"------------------------------------- sigset_t ---------------------/
.TP
.I sigset_t
.RS
.IR Include :
.IR <signal.h> .
Alternatively,
.IR <spawn.h> ,
or
.IR <sys/select.h> .
.P
This is a type that represents a set of signals.
According to POSIX, this shall be an integer or structure type.
.P
.IR "Conforming to" :
POSIX.1-2001 and later.
.P
.IR "See also" :
.BR epoll_pwait (2),
.BR ppoll (2),
.BR pselect (2),
.BR sigaction (2),
.BR signalfd (2),
.BR sigpending (2),
.BR sigprocmask (2),
.BR sigsuspend (2),
.BR sigwaitinfo (2),
.BR signal (7)
.RE
.\"------------------------------------- sigval -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- size_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- sockaddr ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- socklen_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- ssize_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- stat -------------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- suseconds_t ------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- time_t -----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- timer_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- timespec ---------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- timeval ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- uid_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- uintmax_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- uintN_t ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- uintptr_t --------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- useconds_t -------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- va_list ----------------------/
.\"------------------------------------- void * -----------------------/
.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------/
.SH NOTES
The structures described in this manual page shall contain,
at least, the members shown in their definition, in no particular order.
.P
Most of the integer types described in this page don't have
a corresponding length modifier for the
.BR printf (3)
and the
.BR scanf (3)
families of functions.
To print a value of an integer type that doesn't have a length modifier,
it should be converted to
.I intmax_t
or
.I uintmax_t
by an explicit cast.
To scan into a variable of an integer type
that doesn't have a length modifier,
an intermediate temporary variable of type
.I intmax_t
or
.I uintmax_t
should be used.
When copying from the temporary variable to the destination variable,
the value could overflow.
If the type has upper and lower limits,
the user should check that the value is within those limits,
before actually copying the value.
The example below shows how these conversions should be done.
.SS Conventions used in this page
In "Conforming to" we only concern ourselves with
C99 and later and POSIX.1-2001 and later.
Some types may be specified in earlier versions of one of these standards,
but in the interests of simplicity we omit details from earlier standards.
.P
In "Include", we first note the "primary" header(s) that
define the type according to either the C or POSIX.1 standards.
Under "Alternatively", we note additional headers that
the standards specify shall define the type.
.SH EXAMPLES
The program shown below scans from a string and prints a value stored in
a variable of an integer type that doesn't have a length modifier.
The appropriate conversions from and to
.IR intmax_t ,
and the appropriate range checks,
are used as explained in the notes section above.
.P
.EX
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
\&
int
main (void)
{
static const char *const str = "500000 us in half a second";
suseconds_t us;
intmax_t tmp;
\&
/* Scan the number from the string into the temporary variable. */
\&
sscanf(str, "%jd", &tmp);
\&
/* Check that the value is within the valid range of suseconds_t. */
\&
if (tmp < \-1 || tmp > 1000000) {
fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value outside valid range!\[rs]n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
\&
/* Copy the value to the suseconds_t variable \[aq]us\[aq]. */
\&
us = tmp;
\&
/* Even though suseconds_t can hold the value \-1, this isn\[aq]t
a sensible number of microseconds. */
\&
if (us < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value shouldn\[aq]t be negative!\[rs]n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
\&
/* Print the value. */
\&
printf("There are %jd microseconds in half a second.\[rs]n",
(intmax_t) us);
\&
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR feature_test_macros (7),
.BR standards (7)
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