PROBE::SIGNAL\&.SYS_
Section: Signal Tapset (3stap)
Updated: November 2020
Page Index
NAME
probe::signal.sys_tkill - Sending a kill signal to a thread
SYNOPSIS
signal.sys_tkill
VALUES
pid_name
-
The name of the signal recipient
task
-
A task handle to the signal recipient
sig
-
The specific signal sent to the process
sig_pid
-
The PID of the process receiving the kill signal
name
-
Name of the probe point
sig_name
-
A string representation of the 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 ALSO
tapset::signal(3stap)