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PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap) Signal Tapset PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)

NAME

probe::signal.sys_tkill - Sending a kill signal to a thread

SYNOPSIS

signal.sys_tkill

VALUES

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
sig_pid
The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

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)
March 2016 SystemTap Tapset Reference