TRACE_SIGNAL_OVERFLO

Section: SIGNAL (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

trace_signal_overflow_fail - called when signal queue is overflow

SYNOPSIS

void trace_signal_overflow_fail(int sig, int group, struct siginfo * info);

ARGUMENTS

sig

: signal number

group

: signal to process group or not (bool)

info

: pointer to struct siginfo

DESCRIPTION

Kernel fails to generate 'sig' signal with 'info' siginfo, because siginfo queue is overflow, and the signal is dropped. 'group' is not 0 if the signal will be sent to a process group. 'sig' is always one of RT signals.

AUTHORS

Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>

: Author.

William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>