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)

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