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PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)					   Signal Tapset					 PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)

NAME
       probe::signal.sys_tkill - Sending a kill signal to a thread

SYNOPSIS
       signal.sys_tkill

VALUES
       name
	   Name of the probe point

       sig_name
	   A string representation of the signal

       sig
	   The specific signal sent to the process

       pid_name
	   The name of the signal recipient

       sig_pid
	   The PID of the process receiving the kill 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).

SystemTap Tapset Reference					     June 2014						 PROBE::SIGNAL.SYS_(3stap)