trace_signal_overflow_fail(9)

trace_signal_overflow_fail9

Called when signal queue is overflow

Usage

void trace_signal_overflow_fail(int sig, int group, struct siginfo * info);

Arguments

sig

signal number

group

signal to process group or not (bool)

info

pointer to struct siginfo

Overview

Kernel fails to generate 'sig' signal with 'info' siginfo, because siginfo queue is overflow, and the signal is dropped. 'group' is not 0 if the signal will be sent to a process group. 'sig' is always one of RT signals.

Authors

Jason Baron <[email protected]>

Author.

William Cohen <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-3.2 3.2.78-1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.