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Multithreaded Programming Guide

Cover
Credits
Contents
Tables
Code Samples
Preface
1 Covering Multithreading Basics
- Defining Multithreading Terms
- Meeting Multithreading Standards
- Benefiting From Multithreading
- Understanding Basic Multithreading Concepts
2 Basic Threads Programming
- The Threads Library
3 Thread Create Attributes
- Attributes
4 Programming With Synchronization Objects
- Mutual Exclusion Lock Attributes
- Using Mutual Exclusion Locks
- Condition Variable Attributes
- Using Condition Variables
- Semaphores
- Synchronization Across Process Boundaries
- Interprocess Locking Without the Threads Library
- Comparing Primitives
5 Programming With the Operating System
- Process Creation-Forking Issues
- Process Creation- exec (2) and exit (2) Issues
- Timers, Alarms, and Profiling
- Nonlocal Goto --setjmp(3C) and longjmp(3C)
- Resource Limits
- LWPs and Scheduling Classes
- Extending Traditional Signals
- I/O Issues
6 Safe and Unsafe Interfaces
- Thread Safety
- MT Interface Safety Levels
- Async-Signal-Safe Functions
- MT Safety Levels for Libraries
7 Compiling and Debugging
- Compiling a Multithreaded Application
- Debugging Multithreaded Programs
8 Tools for Enhancing MT Programs
- Scenario: Threading the Mandelbrot Program
- Scenario: Checking a Program With LockLint
- Scenario: Parallelizing Loops with LoopTool
- For More Information
9 Programming with Solaris Threads
- Comparing APIs for Solaris Threads and POSIX Threads
- Unique Solaris Threads Functions
- Unique Solaris Synchronization Functions-Readers/Writer Locks
- Similar Solaris Threads Functions
- Similar Synchronization Functions-Mutual Exclusion Locks
- Similar Synchronization Functions-Condition Variables
- Similar Synchronization Functions-Semaphores
- Synchronization Across Process Boundaries
- Special Issues for fork() and Solaris Threads
10 Programming Guidelines
- Rethinking Global Variables
- Providing for Static Local Variables
- Synchronizing Threads
- Avoiding Deadlock
- Following Some Basic Guidelines
- Creating and Using Threads
- Working With Multiprocessors
- Summary
A Sample Application - Multithreaded grep
- Description of tgrep
- Getting Online Source Code
B Solaris Threads Example: barrier.c
C MT Safety Levels: Library Interfaces
Index
French Credits