probe::signal.sys_tkill.3stap - Man Page

Sending a kill signal to a thread

Synopsis

signal.sys_tkill

Values

sig_pid

The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

sig

The specific signal sent to the process

sig_name

A string representation of the signal

name

Name of the probe point

task

A task handle to the signal recipient

pid_name

The name of the signal recipient

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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