Handle SIGINT etc. via a sigwait() signal handler thread

This allows other threads to install callbacks that run in a regular,
non-signal context. In particular, we can use this to signal the
downloader thread to quit.

Closes #1183.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 679c3a1b6df4..052173ff9976 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void restoreSIGPIPE();
 
 /* User interruption. */
 
-extern volatile sig_atomic_t _isInterrupted;
+extern bool _isInterrupted;
 
 extern thread_local bool interruptThrown;
 
@@ -416,4 +416,19 @@ void callSuccess(
 }
 
 
+/* Start a thread that handles various signals. Also block those signals
+   on the current thread (and thus any threads created by it). */
+void startSignalHandlerThread();
+
+struct InterruptCallback
+{
+    virtual ~InterruptCallback() { };
+};
+
+/* Register a function that gets called on SIGINT (in a non-signal
+   context). */
+std::unique_ptr<InterruptCallback> createInterruptCallback(
+    std::function<void()> callback);
+
+
 }