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THR_kill(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual THR_kill(2)
NAME
thr_kill - send signal to thread
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/thr.h>
int
thr_kill(long id, int sig);
int
thr_kill2(pid_t pid, long id, int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The thr_kill() and thr_kill2() system calls allow sending a signal,
specified by the sig argument, to some threads in a process. For the
thr_kill() function, signalled threads are always limited to the current
process. For the thr_kill2() function, the pid argument specifies the
process with threads to be signalled.
The id argument specifies which threads get the signal. If id is equal
to -1, all threads in the specified process are signalled. Otherwise,
only the thread with the thread identifier equal to the argument is
signalled.
The sig argument defines the delivered signal. It must be a valid signal
number or zero. In the latter case no signal is actually sent, and the
call is used to verify the liveness of the thread.
The signal is delivered with siginfo si_code set to SI_LWP.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, thr_kill() and thr_kill2() will return zero, otherwise -1
is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The thr_kill() and thr_kill2() operations return the following errors:
[EINVAL] The sig argument is not zero and does not specify
valid signal.
[ESRCH] The specified process or thread was not found.
Additionally, the thr_kill2() may return the following errors:
[EPERM] The current process does not have sufficient privilege
to check existence or send a signal to the specified
process.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), thr_exit(2), thr_new(2), thr_self(2), thr_set_name(2),
_umtx_op(2), pthread_kill(3), signal(3)
STANDARDS
The thr_kill() and thr_kill2() system calls are non-standard and are used
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