man-pages/man-pages-2.51-tgkill.patch
2007-05-30 14:18:29 +00:00

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--- man-pages-2.51/man2/tkill.2.pom 2007-05-29 15:49:18.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-2.51/man2/tkill.2 2007-05-29 16:05:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.TH TKILL 2 "2004-05-31" "Linux 2.6.6" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-tkill, tgkill \- send a signal to a single process
+tkill \- send a signal to a single process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@
.sp
.B int tkill(int tid, int sig);
.sp
-.B "_syscall3(int, tgkill, int, tgid, int, tid, int, sig)"
- /* Using \fBsyscall\fP(2) may be preferable; see \fBintro\fP(2) */
-.sp
-.B int tgkill(int tgid, int tid, int sig);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -59,19 +55,6 @@
however, one can address each process
by its unique TID.
.PP
-The
-.BR tgkill ()
-call improves on
-.BR tkill ()
-by allowing the caller to
-specify the thread group ID of the thread to be signalled, protecting
-against TID reuse.
-If the tgid is specified as \-1,
-.BR tgkill ()
-degenerates
-into
-.BR tkill ().
-.PP
These are the raw system call interfaces, meant for internal
thread library use.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
@@ -92,15 +75,11 @@
No process with the specified thread ID (and thread group ID) exists.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
.BR tkill ()
-and
-.BR tgkill ()
-are Linux specific and should not be used
+is Linux specific and should not be used
in programs that are intended to be portable.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR tkill ()
is supported since Linux 2.4.19 / 2.5.4.
-.BR tgkill ()
-was added in Linux 2.5.75.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR gettid (2),
.BR kill (2)