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30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd January 20, 2007
31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt _LWP_KILL 2
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm _lwp_kill
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd send a signal to a light-weight process
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In lwp.h
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_kill "lwpid_t lwp" "int sig"
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_kill
44*2fe8fb19SBen Grassends the signal specified by
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa sig
46*2fe8fb19SBen Grasto the light-weight process specified by
47*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp .
48*2fe8fb19SBen GrasIf the
49*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa sig
50*2fe8fb19SBen Grasargument is given as 0 (zero),
51*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm
52*2fe8fb19SBen Graswill test for the existence of the target LWP, but will take no further
53*2fe8fb19SBen Grasaction.
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
55*2fe8fb19SBen GrasJob control signals and uncatchable signals can not be directed to a specific
56*2fe8fb19SBen GrasLWP: if posted with
57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm ,
58*2fe8fb19SBen Grasthey will affect all LWPs in the process.
59*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
60*2fe8fb19SBen GrasSignals will be posted successfully to suspended LWPs, but will not be
61*2fe8fb19SBen Grashandled further until the LWP has been continued.
62*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
63*2fe8fb19SBen GrasA 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.
64*2fe8fb19SBen GrasA \-1 return value indicates an error occurred and
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Va errno
66*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis set to indicate the reason.
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh ERRORS
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.It Bq Er EINVAL
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa sig
71*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis not a valid signal number.
72*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.It Bq Er ESRCH
73*2fe8fb19SBen GrasNo LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
74*2fe8fb19SBen Grasspecified by
75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp .
76*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.El
77*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
78*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr _lwp_continue 2 ,
79*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr _lwp_suspend 2 ,
80*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr kill 2 ,
81*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr sigaction 2 ,
82*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr signal 7
83*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
84*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
85*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_kill
86*2fe8fb19SBen Grassystem call first appeared in
87*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nx 5.0 .
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