NAME
pthread_kill
—
send a signal to a specified
thread
LIBRARY
library “libpthread”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread.h>
#include <signal.h>
int
pthread_kill
(pthread_t
thread, int
sig);
DESCRIPTION
Thepthread_kill
()
function sends a signal, specified by sig, to a thread,
specified by thread. The signal will be handled in the
context of thread, but the signal action may alter the
process as a whole. If sig is 0, error checking is
performed, but no signal is actually sent.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_kill
() returns 0.
Otherwise, an error number is returned.
ERRORS
pthread_kill
() shall fail if:
- [
EINVAL
] - sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
- [
ESRCH
] - thread is an invalid thread ID.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).