probe::signal.sys_tkill.3stap - Man Page
Sending a kill signal to a thread
Synopsis
signal.sys_tkill
Values
- task
A task handle to the signal recipient
- sig_name
A string representation of the signal
- pid_name
The name of the signal recipient
- sig_pid
The PID of the process receiving the kill signal
- name
Name of the probe point
- sig
The specific signal sent to the process
Description
The tkill call is analogous to kill(2), except that it also allows a process within a specific thread group to be targeted. Such processes are targeted through their unique thread IDs (TID).
See Also0
tapset::signal(3stap)
Info
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