NtAlertThread - NtDoc

Native API online documentation, based on the System Informer (formerly Process Hacker) phnt headers

#ifndef _NTPSAPI_H
//
// Threads
//
#if (PHNT_MODE != PHNT_MODE_KERNEL)

/**
 * Sends an alert to the specified thread.
 *
 * @param ThreadHandle A handle to the thread to be alerted.
 * @return NTSTATUS Successful or errant status.
 */
NTSYSCALLAPI
NTSTATUS
NTAPI
NtAlertThread(
    _In_ HANDLE ThreadHandle
    );

#endif
#endif
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#ifndef _NTZWAPI_H

NTSYSCALLAPI
NTSTATUS
NTAPI
ZwAlertThread(
    _In_ HANDLE ThreadHandle
    );

#endif
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Alerts and wakes the specified thread that previously entered an alertable wait, causing it to return STATUS_ALERTED.

Parameters

ThreadHandle - a handle to a thread granting THREAD_ALERT access.

Remarks

Despite the name similarity, this function is unrelated to NtAlertThreadByThreadId.

This functionality is not exposed in Win32 API.

Parameters

Remarks

Related Win32 API

See also