probe::signal.sys_tgkill
Sending kill signal to a thread group
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SYNOPSIS
signal.sys_tgkill
VALUES
pid_name
The name of the signal recipient
sig_pid
The PID of the thread receiving the kill signal
sig_name
A string representation of the signal
name
Name of the probe point
tgid
The thread group ID of the thread receiving the kill
signal
sig
The specific kill signal sent to the process
DESCRIPTION
The tgkill call is similar to tkill, except that it also allows the caller to specify the thread group ID of the thread to be signalled. This protects against TID reuse.