send signal to a process NAME kill - send signal to a process LIBRARY Standard C library ( libc , -lc ) SYNOPSIS #include <s......to be blocked, then the signal is unblocked upon return from the handler. The signals SIGKILL and SIGSTOP cannot be caught or ignored. RETURN VALUE signal () returns the previou…...to interpret this field. si_code Set to one of: CLD_EXITED (child called _exit (2)); CLD_KILLED (child killed by signal); CLD_DUMPED (child killed by signal, and dumped core); C…...to interpret this field. si_code Set to one of: CLD_EXITED (child called _exit (2)); CLD_KILLED (child killed by signal); CLD_DUMPED (child killed by signal, and dumped core); C…...to interpret this field. si_code Set to one of: CLD_EXITED (child called _exit (2)); CLD_KILLED (child killed by signal); CLD_DUMPED (child killed by signal, and dumped core); C…...each time a signal is delivered, even if the signal is being ignored. (An exception is SIGKILL , which has its usual effect.) The tracer will be notified at its next call to wai…...n overview of signals.) signum specifies the signal and can be any valid signal except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP . If act is non-NULL, the new action for signal signum is installed fr…...n overview of signals.) signum specifies the signal and can be any valid signal except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP . If act is non-NULL, the new action for signal signum is installed fr…...n the termination of the calling thread, or termination of the entire process with the SIGKILL signal when there is only one thread. Strict secure computing mode is useful for n…...sent to init (process 1), whereupon this process may decide upon a proper action (maybe: kill all processes, sync, reboot). LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_CAD_ON ( RB_ENABLE_CAD , 0x89abcdef)…send a signal to a thread NAME tkill, tgkill - send a signal to a thread LIBRARY Standard C library ( libc , -lc ) SYNOPSIS #i...send a signal to a thread NAME tkill, tgkill - send a signal to a thread LIBRARY Standard C library ( libc , -lc ) SYNOPSIS #i......articular, it can't be SI_USER , which is used by the kernel to indicate a signal sent by kill (2), and nor can it be SI_KERNEL , which is used to indicate a signal generated by…...articular, it can't be SI_USER , which is used by the kernel to indicate a signal sent by kill (2), and nor can it be SI_KERNEL , which is used to indicate a signal generated by…...C PR_GET_FPEXC PR_SET_IO_FLUSHER PR_GET_IO_FLUSHER PR_SET_KEEPCAPS PR_GET_KEEPCAPS PR_MCE_KILL PR_MCE_KILL_GET PR_SET_MM PR_SET_VMA PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAG…...er whose fields match the values that are implicitly supplied when a signal is sent using kill (2): • si_signo is set to the signal number; • si_errno is set to 0; • si_code is …...g function returned. STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. HISTORY POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD. SEE ALSO kill (2), select (2), signal (2), sigsuspend (2)...receiving unwanted signals. Since Linux 2.0, signal permission handling is different (see kill (2)), with the result that a process can change its effective user ID without bein…...receiving unwanted signals. Since Linux 2.0, signal permission handling is different (see kill (2)), with the result that a process can change its effective user ID without bein…...es it. STANDARDS POSIX.1-2008. HISTORY POSIX.1-2001. NOTES It is not possible to block SIGKILL or SIGSTOP . Attempts to do so are silently ignored. Each of the threads in a proc…