probe_signal.sys_tgkill

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Version: February 2009 (ubuntu - 08/07/09)

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NAME

probe_signal.sys_tgkill - Fires when the kernel function <command>tgkill</command>

SYNOPSIS

 probe signal.sys_tgkill

VALUES

sig

The specific kill signal sent to the process The <command>tgkill</command> call is similar to <command>tkill</command>, except that it also allows the caller to specify the thread group ID of the thread to be signalled. This protects against TID reuse.

pid

The PID of the thread receiving the kill signal

tgid

The thread group ID of the thread receiving the kill signal

DESCRIPTION

sends a kill signal to a specific thread group

AUTHOR

William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>