tis_raise

Sends a signal to the thread that calls it.

Syntax

tis_raise( signal );

Argument Data Type Access

signal integer read

C Binding

#include 


#include 


 int
tis_raise (
        int  signal);

Arguments

signal: Specifies the signal number.

Description

The tis_raise() routine sends the signal specified by the signal parameter to the thread that called tis_raise in the program. This routine is equivalent to the following:

error = pthread_
kill(pthread_self(), signal);

For related information, refer to the pthread_kill description.

Return Values

Upon successful completion of the tis_raise() function, a value of 0 (zero) is returned. If an error condition occurs, this routine returns a nonzero value that indicates the type of error. Possible return values are as follows:

Return Description

0 Successful completion. [EINVAL] The value of signal is an invalid or unsupported signal number.

Associated Routines

   pthread_kill
   sigaction