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46 .Nd post signal to a process or process group
51 .Fn ksignal "struct proc *p" "int signum"
53 .Fn pgsignal "struct pgrp *pgrp" "int signum" "int checkctty"
55 .Fn gsignal "int pgid" "int signum"
57 These functions post a signal to one or more processes.
60 common to all three functions should be in the range
65 function posts signal number
67 to the process represented by the process structure
69 With a few exceptions noted below, the target process signal disposition is
70 updated and is marked as runnable, so further handling of the signal is done
71 in the context of the target process after a context switch.
74 does not by itself cause a context switch to happen.
76 The target process is not marked as runnable in the following cases:
77 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
79 The target process is sleeping uninterruptibly.
81 noticed when the process returns from the system call or trap.
83 The target process is currently ignoring the signal.
85 If a stop signal is sent to a sleeping process that takes the
89 the process is stopped without awakening it.
92 restarts a stopped process
93 (or puts them back to sleep)
94 regardless of the signal action
95 (e.g., blocked or ignored).
98 If the target process is being traced
100 behaves as if the target process were taking the default action for
102 This allows the tracing process to be notified of the signal.
106 function posts signal number
108 to each member of the process group described by
112 is non-zero, the signal will be posted only to processes that have
113 a controlling terminal.
115 is implemented by walking along the process list headed by the field
117 of the process group structure
131 function posts signal number
133 to each member of the process group identified by the group id
136 first finds the group structure associated with
145 is zero no action is taken.