signalhandling.hpp

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 *   Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Theory Group
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#pragma once
 
#include "errorhandling.hpp"
 
#include <csignal>
 
/** @brief RAII guard for signal handling
 *
 * This object saves the current signal handler for @p signal,
 * replaces it with a custom handler @p handler and restores it on
 * destruction.
 */
class SignalHandler {
  int m_signal;
  struct sigaction old_action;
 
public:
  // Delete all copy and move constructors
  SignalHandler(SignalHandler &&) = delete;
  SignalHandler(SignalHandler const &) = delete;
  SignalHandler &operator=(SignalHandler &&) = delete;
  SignalHandler &operator=(SignalHandler const &) = delete;
 
  /** @brief Constructor
   *
   * @param[in] signal  Number of signal to replace
   * @param[in] handler Function to handle the signal
   */
  SignalHandler(int signal, void (*handler)(int)) {
    m_signal = signal;
    struct sigaction new_action;
    new_action.sa_handler = handler;
    sigemptyset(&new_action.sa_mask);
    new_action.sa_flags = 0;
 
    if (sigaction(m_signal, &new_action, &old_action) < 0) {
      runtimeErrorMsg() << "Failed to replace signal handler!";
    }
  }
 
  /** @brief Destructor
   *
   * Restores the handler which was active at the time of
   * construction.
   */
  ~SignalHandler() {
    if (sigaction(m_signal, &old_action, nullptr) < 0) {
      runtimeErrorMsg() << "Failed to restore signal handler!";
    }
  }
};