kill2.c   [plain text]

/*
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#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>

#include "kill2.h"

int
kill2(pid_t pid, int sig)
{
	/*
	 * POSIX defines consistency over correctness, and consequently
	 * kill/killpg now returns EPERM instead of ESRCH.
	 *
	 * I've filed 5487498 to get a non-portable kill().
	 * We'll regretfully take advantage of implementation details for now.
	 */
	return syscall(SYS_kill, pid, sig, 0);
}

int
killpg2(pid_t pgrp, int sig)
{
	return kill2(-pgrp, sig);
}