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If a signal is sent via kill() or tkill() the kernel fills in the wrong
PID value in the siginfo_t structure (obviously only if the handler has
SA_SIGINFO set).  POSIX specifies the the si_pid field is filled with
the process ID.  The kernel currently fills in the thread ID.  The
thread IDs are not useful at all at userlevel.  They are not exposed
anywhere.

One might argue that sending up the ID of the thread as well is a good
thing but I don't agree.  This is what sigqueue is for: one can attach
arbitrary data to the signal and get it transmitted (the sigval_t
parameter).


I've attached a patch for the current 2.5 kernel and a test case.
Whoever collects kernel tests might want to add the program.

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