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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_pid
           The PID of the process receiving the kill signal

       task
           A task handle to the signal recipient

       sig
           The specific signal sent to the process

       pid_name
           The name of the signal recipient

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)