Please review an API addition to handle signals such as SIGINT, SIGHUP,
and SIGTERM.
This JEP 260 motivated alternative to sun.misc.Signal supports the use
case for
interactive applications that need to handle Control-C and other signals.
The new java.util.Signal class provides a settable primary signal
handler and a default
signal handler. The primary signal handler can be unregistered and
handling is restored
to the default signal handler. System initialization registers default
signal handlers
to terminate on SIGINT, SIGHUP, and SIGTERM. Use of the Signal API requires
a permission if a SecurityManager is set.
The sun.misc.Signal implementation is modified to be layered on a common
thread and dispatch mechanism. The VM handling of native signals is not
affected.
The command option to reduce signal use by the runtime with -Xrs is
unmodified.
The changes to hotspot are minimal to rename the hardcoded callback to
the Java
Signal dispatcher.
Please review and comment on the API and implementation.
javadoc:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/signal-doc/
Webrev:
jdk: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-signal-8087286/
hotspot: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-hs-signal-8087286/
Issue:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8087286
JEP 260:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132928
Thanks, Roger
