how to kill threads in 2.6 kernel

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04-03-2009, 06:06 AM	#1
suo LQ Newbie Registered: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Rep:	how to kill user space threads in 2.6 kernel Hello All, I'm trying to kill a specific user level thread in linux kernel 2.6 using tkill() an tgkill() but that killed main program. How can I kill threads without disturbing main process? -Thanks Suo... Last edited by suo; 04-04-2009 at 04:48 AM.

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