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35.Dd March 12, 2007
36.Dt LWP_KILL 2
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm lwp_kill
40.Nd send signal to a lwp
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/types.h
45.In signal.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn lwp_kill "pid_t pid" "lwpid_t tid" "int sig"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn lwp_kill
51function sends the signal
52.Fa sig
53to the lwp specified by
54.Fa pid
55and
56.Fa tid .
57If
58.Fa pid
59is -1, the signal will be sent to the current process.
60Permission checking and signal behavior is exactly like in
61.Xr kill 2 .
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63.Rv -std
64.Sh ERRORS
65.Fn Lwp_kill
66will fail and no signal will be sent if:
67.Bl -tag -width Er
68.It Bq Er EINVAL
69.Fa sig
70is not a valid signal number.
71.It Bq Er ESRCH
72no lwp corresponding to
73.Fa pid
74and
75.Fa tid
76can be found.
77.It Bq Er EPERM
78the sending process is not the super-user and its effective
79user id does not match the effective user-id of the receiving process.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr kill 2 ,
83.Xr lwp_create 2 ,
84.Xr raise 3
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Fn lwp_kill
88function first appeared in
89.Dx 1.9 .
90