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
       name
           Name of the probe point

       sig_name
           A string representation of the signal

       sig
           The specific signal sent to the process

       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).



SystemTap Tapset Reference                                 August 2011                                 PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)