PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap) Signal Tapset PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)NAMEprobe::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 November 2013 PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)