pthread_kill3
Send a signal to a specified thread
Usage
#include <pthread.h>
#include <signal.h>
int
pthread_kill(pthread_t thread, int sig);
Library
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
Overview
The pthread_kill() function sends a signal, specified by sig, to a thread, specified by thread. 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
The pthread_kill() function will fail if:
- [ESRCH]
-
thread is an invalid thread ID.
- [EINVAL]
-
sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
Releases
69 releases since FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE; the text changed 38 times.