[PATCH 2/5] nptl: Add __pthread_kill_self
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Fri Aug 29 20:26:37 GMT 2025
* Adhemerval Zanella:
> +int
> +__pthread_kill_self (int signo)
> +{
> + /* Use the actual TID from the kernel, so that it refers to the
> + current thread even if called after vfork. There is no
> + signal blocking in this case, so that the signal is delivered
> + immediately, before __pthread_kill_internal returns: a signal
> + sent to the thread itself needs to be delivered
> + synchronously. (It is unclear if Linux guarantees the
> + delivery of all pending signals after unblocking in the code
> + below. POSIX only guarantees delivery of a single signal,
> + which may not be the right one.) */
> + pid_t tid = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (gettid);
> + pid_t pid = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (getpid);
> + int ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (tgkill, pid, tid, signo);
> + return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (ret) ? INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (ret) : 0;
> +}
Part of the comment makes not much sense in the new context.
This could be called __raise_nostatus or something like that.
Thanks,
Florian
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