PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)

NAME
probe::signal.sys_tkill - Sending a kill signal to a thread

SYNOPSIS

signal.sys_tkill

VALUES

task
    A task handle to the signal recipient

sig_name
    A string representation of the signal

pid_name
    The name of the signal recipient

sig_pid
    The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

name
    Name of the probe point

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).

SEE ALSO
tapset::signal(3stap)