107 lines
4.2 KiB
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107 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: pthread_kill.3,v 1.6 2003/10/30 12:57:11 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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.\" distribution.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE
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.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
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.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3,v 1.9 2002/09/16 19:29:28 mini Exp $
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.Dd October 30, 2003
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.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pthread_kill
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.Nd send a signal to a specified thread
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libpthread
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In pthread.h
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.In signal.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pthread_kill
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function sends a signal, specified by
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.Fa sig ,
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to a thread, specified by
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.Fa thread .
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The signal will be handled in the context of
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.Fa thread ,
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but the signal action may alter the process as a whole.
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If
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.Fa sig
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is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful,
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.Fn pthread_kill
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returns 0.
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Otherwise, an error number is returned.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn pthread_kill
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shall fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ESRCH
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.Fa thread
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is an invalid thread ID.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa sig
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is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr sigwait 2 ,
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.Xr pthread_self 3 ,
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.Xr raise 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Fn pthread_kill
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conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-96 .
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