RT_SIGQUEUEINFO(2) Linux Programmer's Manual RT_SIGQUEUEINFO(2)NAME
rt_sigqueueinfo, rt_tgsigqueueinfo - queue a signal and data
SYNOPSIS
int rt_sigqueueinfo(pid_t tgid, int sig, siginfo_t *uinfo);
int rt_tgsigqueueinfo(pid_t tgid, pid_t tid, int sig,
siginfo_t *uinfo);
DESCRIPTION
The rt_sigqueueinfo() and rt_tgsigqueueinfo() system calls are the low-
level interfaces used to send a signal plus data to a process or
thread. The receiver of the signal can obtain the accompanying data by
establishing a signal handler with the sigaction(2) SA_SIGINFO flag.
These system calls are not intended for direct application use; they
are provided to allow the implementation of sigqueue(3) and
pthread_sigqueue(3).
The rt_sigqueueinfo() system call sends the signal sig to the thread
group with the ID tgid. (The term "thread group" is synonymous with
"process", and tid corresponds to the traditional UNIX process ID.)
The signal will be delivered to an arbitrary member of the thread group
(i.e., one of the threads that is not currently blocking the signal).
The uinfo argument specifies the data to accompany the signal. This
argument is a pointer to a structure of type siginfo_t, described in
sigaction(2) (and defined by including <sigaction.h>). The caller
should set the following fields in this structure:
si_code
This must be one of the SI_* codes in the kernel source file
include/asm-generic/siginfo.h, with the restriction that the
code must be negative (i.e., cannot be SI_USER, which is used by
the kernel to indicate a signal sent by kill(2)) and cannot
(since Linux 2.6.39) be SI_TKILL (which is used by the kernel to
indicate a signal sent using tgkill(2)).
si_pid This should be set to a process ID, typically the process ID of
the sender.
si_uid This should be set to a user ID, typically the real user ID of
the sender.
si_value
This field contains the user data to accompany the signal. For
more information, see the description of the last (union sigval)
argument of sigqueue(3).
Internally, the kernel sets the si_signo field to the value specified
in sig, so that the receiver of the signal can also obtain the signal
number via that field.
The rt_tgsigueueinfo() system call is like rt_sigueueinfo(), but sends
the signal and data to the single thread specified by the combination
of tgid, a thread group ID, and tid, a thread in that thread group.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these system calls return 0. On error, they return -1 and
errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
EAGAIN The limit of signals which may be queued has been reached. (See
signal(7) for further information.)
EINVAL sig, tgid, or tid was invalid.
EPERM The caller does not have permission to send the signal to the
target. For the required permissions, see kill(2). Or:
uinfo->si_code is invalid.
ESRCH rt_sigqueinfo(): No thread group matching tgid was found.
rt_rtsigqueinfo(): No thread matching tgid and tid was found.
VERSIONS
The rt_sigqueueinfo() system call was added to Linux in version 2.2.
The rt_tgsigqueueinfo() system call was added to Linux in version
2.6.31.
CONFORMING TO
These system calls are Linux-specific.
NOTES
Since these system calls are not intended for application use, there
are no glibc wrapper functions; use syscall(2) in the unlikely case
that you want to call them directly.
As with kill(2), the null signal (0) can be used to check if the speci‐
fied process or thread exists.
SEE ALSOkill(2), sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), tgkill(2), pthread_sigqueue(3),
sigqueue(3), signal(7)COLOPHON
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