Name
probe::signal.sys_tkill —
Sending a kill signal to a thread
Values
name
Name of the probe point
sig
The specific signal sent to the process
task
A task handle to the signal recipient
sig_pid
The PID of the process receiving the kill signal
pid_name
The name of the signal recipient
sig_name
A string representation of the signal
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).