Name
probe::signal.sys_tgkill —
Sending kill signal to a thread group
Synopsis
signal.sys_tgkill
Values
-
name
Name of the probe point
-
sig_name
A string representation of the signal
-
sig
The specific kill signal sent to the process
-
tgid
The thread group ID of the thread receiving the kill signal
-
pid_name
The name of the signal recipient
-
sig_pid
The PID of the thread receiving the kill signal
Description
The tgkill call is similar to tkill,
except that it also allows the caller to specify the thread group ID of
the thread to be signalled. This protects against TID reuse.