PROBE::SIGNAL\&.SYS_

Section: Signal Tapset (3stap)
Updated: November 2022
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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

name

: Name of the probe point

sig_name

: A string representation of the signal

sig_pid

: The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

sig

: The specific signal sent to the process

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).