sigwait() and signal handler

Question

If I setup and signal handler for SIGABRT and meanwhile I have a thread that waits on sigwait() for SIGABRT to come (I have a blocked SIGABRT in other threads by pthread_sigmask).

So which one will be processed first ? Signal handler or sigwait() ?

[I am facing some issues that sigwait() is get blocked for ever. I am debugging it currently]

main()
{
    sigset_t                    signal_set;

    sigemptyset(&signal_set);
    sigaddset(&signal_set, SIGABRT); 
    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &signal_set, NULL); 

    // Dont deliver SIGABORT while running this thread and it's kids.
    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &signal_set, NULL);

    pthread_create(&tAbortWaitThread, NULL, WaitForAbortThread, NULL);
    ..
    Create all other threads
    ...
}   

static void*    WaitForAbortThread(void* v)
{
    sigset_t signal_set;
    int stat;
    int sig;

    sigfillset( &signal_set);
    pthread_sigmask( SIG_BLOCK, &signal_set, NULL ); // Dont want any signals


    sigemptyset(&signal_set);
    sigaddset(&signal_set, SIGABRT);     // Add only SIGABRT

    // This thread while executing , will handle the SIGABORT signal via signal handler.
    pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &signal_set, NULL); 
    stat= sigwait( &signal_set, &sig  ); // lets wait for signal handled in CatchAbort().
    while (stat == -1)
    {
        stat= sigwait( &signal_set, &sig  );
    }

    TellAllThreadsWeAreGoingDown();

    sleep(10);

    return null;
}

// Abort signal handler executed via sigaction().
static void CatchAbort(int i, siginfo_t* info, void* v)
{
    sleep(20); // Dont return , hold on till the other threads are down.
}

Here at sigwait(), i will come to know that SIGABRT is received. I will tell other threads about it. Then will hold abort signal handler so that process is not terminated.

I wanted to know the interaction of sigwait() and the signal handler.

Answer 1

From sigwait() documentation :

The sigwait() function suspends execution of the calling thread until one of the signals specified in the signal set becomes pending.

A pending signal means a blocked signal waiting to be delivered to one of the thread/process. Therefore, you need not to unblock the signal like you did with your pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &signal_set, NULL) call.

This should work :

static void* WaitForAbortThread(void* v){
    sigset_t signal_set;

    sigemptyset(&signal_set);
    sigaddset(&signal_set, SIGABRT); 

    sigwait( &signal_set, &sig  );

    TellAllThreadsWeAreGoingDown();

    sleep(10);

    return null;
}

Answer 2

I got some information from this <link>

It says :

To allow a thread to wait for asynchronously generated signals, the threads library provides the sigwait subroutine. The sigwait subroutine blocks the calling thread until one of the awaited signals is sent to the process or to the thread. There must not be a signal handler installed on the awaited signal using the sigwait subroutine.

I will remove the sigaction() handler and try only sigwait().