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probe::signal.sys_tgkill
Name
probe::signal.sys_tgkill — Sending kill signal to a thread group
Synopsis
signal.sys_tgkill
Values
name- Name of the probe point
sig_name- A string representation of the signal
sig- The specific kill signal sent to the process
tgid- The thread group ID of the thread receiving the kill signal
pid_name- The name of the signal recipient
sig_pid- The PID of the thread receiving the kill signal
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.
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