BPX1PTK (pthread_kill) example

The following code sends a signal to a specified thread (THID). For the callable service, see pthread_kill (BPX1PTK, BPX4PTK) — Send a signal to a thread. For the data structure, see BPXYSIGH — Signal constants. AMODE 64 callers use BPX4PTK (pthread_kill) example.

                                              
*        MVC   SIGNAL,=A(SIGALRM#)   Input: SIGALRM           BPXYSIGH  
*        MVC   SIGNALOPTIONS,=XL4'00000000' Input: Signal options       
*        CALL  BPX1PTK,              pthread_kill                      +
               (THID,                Input: Thread ID                  +
               SIGNAL,               Input: Signal or 0       BPXYSIGH +
               SIGNALOPTIONS,        Input: Signal options             +
               RETVAL,               Return value: 0 or -1             +
               RETCODE,              Return code                       +
               RSNCODE),             Reason code                       +
               VL,MF=(E,PLIST)       ----------------------------------