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diff --git a/docs/src/signals.dox b/docs/src/signals.dox new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1d05f0f2019 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/src/signals.dox @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +/*! @page signals WiredTiger signal handling + +WiredTiger has no signal handlers and does not modify process signal handler behavior in any way. + +WiredTiger restarts any system calls interrupted by a signal. + +WiredTiger applications exiting as a result of a signal should exit WiredTiger gracefully, closing any open WiredTiger handles, before terminating the process. + +WiredTiger is not re-entrant, and applications using WiredTiger should not make WiredTiger API calls from signal handlers. + +*/ |