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 .\"
 .TH SIGSUSPEND 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
-sigsuspend \- wait for a signal
+sigsuspend, rt_sigsuspend \- wait for a signal
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B #include <signal.h>
 .sp
@@ -105,6 +105,34 @@ argument).
 See
 .BR sigsetops (3)
 for details on manipulating signal sets.
+.\"
+.SS C library/kernel ABI differences
+The original Linux system call was named
+.BR sigsuspend ().
+However, with the addition of real-time signals in Linux 2.2,
+the fixed-size, 32-bit
+.IR sigset_t
+type supported by that system call was no longer fit for purpose.
+Consequently, a new system call,
+.BR rt_sigsuspend (),
+was added to support an enlarged
+.IR sigset_t
+type.
+The new system call takes a second argument,
+.IR "size_t sigsetsize" ,
+which specifies the size in bytes of the signal set in
+.IR mask .
+This argument is currently required to have the value
+.IR sizeof(sigset_t)
+(or the error
+.B EINVAL
+results).
+The glibc
+.BR sigsuspend ()
+wrapper function hides these details from us, transparently calling
+.BR rt_sigsuspend ()
+when the kernel provides it.
+.\"
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR kill (2),
 .BR pause (2),