JDK-8257795 : Release Note: Parts of the Signal-Chaining API Are Deprecated
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 16
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Delivered
  • Submitted: 2020-12-05
  • Updated: 2021-12-02
  • Resolved: 2020-12-07
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JDK 16
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Description
The signal-chaining facility was introduced in JDK 1.4 and supported three different Linux signal-handling API's: `sigset`, `signal` and `sigaction`. Only `sigaction` is a cross-platform, supported, API for multi-threaded processes. Both `signal` and `sigset` are considered obsolete on those platforms that still define them. Consequently, the use of `signal` and `sigset` with the signal-chaining facility are now deprecated, and support for their use will be removed in a future release.