kdoom(2) - Linux man page
Name
kdoom - Deliver a signal to a LAM process.Synopsis
#include <lam_ksignal.h>int kdoom (int pid, int signum);
Description
The function kdoom() enables one LAM process to deliver an asynchronous signal to another LAM process on the local node, including itself.The pid argument is the identifier of the process to which the signal will be delivered. Process identifiers refer to other LAM processes, except for the special identifier 0, which refers to the caller.
The signum argument identifies the signal to be delivered. These signals are completely apart from the signals provided by the native operating system. LAM signals, defined in <lam_ksignal.h>, are listed below.
LAM_SIGTRACE 1 unload trace data LAM_SIGUDIE 4 terminate LAM_SIGARREST 5 suspend execution LAM_SIGRELEASE 6 continue execution LAM_SIGA 7 user defined LAM_SIGB 8 user defined LAM_SIGFUSE 9 node is about to die LAM_SIGSHRINK 10 another node has died
Errors
- ENOTPROCESS
- The process whose process identifier was passed to kdoom() is not a LAM process.
- EINVAL
- The signal number is invalid.
- ENOTATTACHED
- The calling process is not a LAM process.
