5 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
16 my $handler = \&handler_traceback;
24 if (/^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*$/) {
26 unless ($untrapped and $SIG{$_} and $SIG{$_} ne 'DEFAULT') {
27 print "Installing handler $handler for $_\n" if $Verbose;
31 elsif ($_ eq 'normal-signals') {
32 unshift @_, grep(exists $SIG{$_}, qw(HUP INT PIPE TERM));
34 elsif ($_ eq 'error-signals') {
35 unshift @_, grep(exists $SIG{$_},
36 qw(ABRT BUS EMT FPE ILL QUIT SEGV SYS TRAP));
38 elsif ($_ eq 'old-interface-signals') {
41 qw(ABRT BUS EMT FPE ILL PIPE QUIT SEGV SYS TERM TRAP));
43 elsif ($_ eq 'stack-trace') {
44 $handler = \&handler_traceback;
47 $handler = \&handler_die;
49 elsif ($_ eq 'handler') {
50 @_ or croak "No argument specified after 'handler'";
52 unless (ref $handler or $handler eq 'IGNORE'
53 or $handler eq 'DEFAULT') {
55 $handler = Symbol::qualify($handler, (caller)[0]);
58 elsif ($_ eq 'untrapped') {
65 $VERSION >= $_ or croak "sigtrap.pm version $_ required,"
66 . " but this is only version $VERSION";
69 croak "Unrecognized argument $_";
73 @_ = qw(old-interface-signals);
79 croak "Caught a SIG$_[0]";
82 sub handler_traceback {
83 package DB; # To get subroutine args.
84 $SIG{'ABRT'} = DEFAULT;
85 kill 'ABRT', $$ if $panic++;
86 syswrite(STDERR, 'Caught a SIG', 12);
87 syswrite(STDERR, $_[0], length($_[0]));
88 syswrite(STDERR, ' at ', 4);
89 ($pack,$file,$line) = caller;
90 syswrite(STDERR, $file, length($file));
91 syswrite(STDERR, ' line ', 6);
92 syswrite(STDERR, $line, length($line));
93 syswrite(STDERR, "\n", 1);
96 for ($i = 1; ($p,$f,$l,$s,$h,$w,$e,$r) = caller($i); $i++) {
102 unless /^(?: -?[\d.]+ | \*[\w:]* )$/x;
103 s/([\200-\377])/sprintf("M-%c",ord($1)&0177)/eg;
104 s/([\0-\37\177])/sprintf("^%c",ord($1)^64)/eg;
107 $w = $w ? '@ = ' : '$ = ';
108 $a = $h ? '(' . join(', ', @a) . ')' : '';
109 $e =~ s/\n\s*\;\s*\Z// if $e;
110 $e =~ s/[\\\']/\\$1/g if $e;
113 } elsif (defined $r) {
115 } elsif ($s eq '(eval)') {
118 $f = "file `$f'" unless $f eq '-e';
119 $mess = "$w$s$a called from $f line $l\n";
120 syswrite(STDERR, $mess, length($mess));
132 use sigtrap qw(stack-trace old-interface-signals); # equivalent
133 use sigtrap qw(BUS SEGV PIPE ABRT);
134 use sigtrap qw(die INT QUIT);
135 use sigtrap qw(die normal-signals);
136 use sigtrap qw(die untrapped normal-signals);
137 use sigtrap qw(die untrapped normal-signals
138 stack-trace any error-signals);
139 use sigtrap 'handler' => \&my_handler, 'normal-signals';
140 use sigtrap qw(handler my_handler normal-signals
141 stack-trace error-signals);
145 The B<sigtrap> pragma is a simple interface to installing signal
146 handlers. You can have it install one of two handlers supplied by
147 B<sigtrap> itself (one which provides a Perl stack trace and one which
148 simply C<die()>s), or alternately you can supply your own handler for it
149 to install. It can be told only to install a handler for signals which
150 are either untrapped or ignored. It has a couple of lists of signals to
151 trap, plus you can supply your own list of signals.
153 The arguments passed to the C<use> statement which invokes B<sigtrap>
154 are processed in order. When a signal name or the name of one of
155 B<sigtrap>'s signal lists is encountered a handler is immediately
156 installed, when an option is encountered it affects subsequently
161 =head2 SIGNAL HANDLERS
163 These options affect which handler will be used for subsequently
170 The handler used for subsequently installed signals outputs a Perl stack
171 trace to STDERR and then tries to dump core. This is the default signal
176 The handler used for subsequently installed signals calls C<die>
177 (actually C<croak>) with a message indicating which signal was caught.
179 =item B<handler> I<your-handler>
181 I<your-handler> will be used as the handler for subsequently installed
182 signals. I<your-handler> can be any value which is valid as an
183 assignment to an element of C<%SIG>.
189 B<sigtrap> has a few built-in lists of signals to trap. They are:
193 =item B<normal-signals>
195 These are the signals which a program might normally expect to encounter
196 and which by default cause it to terminate. They are HUP, INT, PIPE and
199 =item B<error-signals>
201 These signals usually indicate a serious problem with the Perl
202 interpreter or with your script. They are ABRT, BUS, EMT, FPE, ILL,
203 QUIT, SEGV, SYS and TRAP.
205 =item B<old-interface-signals>
207 These are the signals which were trapped by default by the old
208 B<sigtrap> interface, they are ABRT, BUS, EMT, FPE, ILL, PIPE, QUIT,
209 SEGV, SYS, TERM, and TRAP. If no signals or signals lists are passed to
210 B<sigtrap>, this list is used.
214 For each of these three lists, the collection of signals set to be
215 trapped is checked before trapping; if your architecture does not
216 implement a particular signal, it will not be trapped but rather
225 This token tells B<sigtrap> to install handlers only for subsequently
226 listed signals which aren't already trapped or ignored.
230 This token tells B<sigtrap> to install handlers for all subsequently
231 listed signals. This is the default behavior.
235 Any argument which looks like a signal name (that is,
236 C</^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*$/>) indicates that B<sigtrap> should install a
237 handler for that name.
241 Require that at least version I<number> of B<sigtrap> is being used.
247 Provide a stack trace for the old-interface-signals:
253 use sigtrap qw(stack-trace old-interface-signals);
255 Provide a stack trace on the 4 listed signals only:
257 use sigtrap qw(BUS SEGV PIPE ABRT);
261 use sigtrap qw(die INT QUIT);
263 Die on HUP, INT, PIPE or TERM:
265 use sigtrap qw(die normal-signals);
267 Die on HUP, INT, PIPE or TERM, except don't change the behavior for
268 signals which are already trapped or ignored:
270 use sigtrap qw(die untrapped normal-signals);
272 Die on receipt one of an of the B<normal-signals> which is currently
273 B<untrapped>, provide a stack trace on receipt of B<any> of the
276 use sigtrap qw(die untrapped normal-signals
277 stack-trace any error-signals);
279 Install my_handler() as the handler for the B<normal-signals>:
281 use sigtrap 'handler', \&my_handler, 'normal-signals';
283 Install my_handler() as the handler for the normal-signals, provide a
284 Perl stack trace on receipt of one of the error-signals:
286 use sigtrap qw(handler my_handler normal-signals
287 stack-trace error-signals);