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diff --git a/share/man/man9/psignal.9 b/share/man/man9/psignal.9 index dd282a6..4193bcb 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/psignal.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/psignal.9 @@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ .\" $NetBSD: psignal.9,v 1.1 1996/06/22 22:57:35 pk Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 22, 1996 +.Dd October 8, 2011 .Dt PSIGNAL 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm psignal , .Nm pgsignal , -.Nm gsignal -.Nd post signal to a process or process group +.Nm gsignal , +.Nm tdsignal +.Nd post signal to a thread, process, or process group .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In sys/signalvar.h @@ -45,8 +46,10 @@ .Fn pgsignal "struct pgrp *pgrp" "int signum" "int checkctty" .Ft void .Fn gsignal "int pgid" "int signum" +.Ft void +.Fn tdsignal "struct thread *td" "int signum" .Sh DESCRIPTION -These functions post a signal to one or more processes. +These functions post a signal to a thread or one or more processes. The argument .Fa signum common to all three functions should be in the range @@ -135,6 +138,13 @@ set to zero. If .Fa pgid is zero no action is taken. +.Pp +The +.Fn tdsignal +function posts signal number +.Fa signum +to the thread represented by the thread structure +.Fa td . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sigaction 2 , .Xr signal 9 , |
