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- 9780131900677
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
0131900676
ISBN-13
9780131900677
eBay Product ID (ePID)
579600
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Thread Time : a Multi-Threaded Programming Guide
Subject
Programming / General, Management Information Systems
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers
Format
CD-ROM / Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
28.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
96-027686
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
005.2
Table Of Content
Preface. 1. The Process Model. The [Single-Threaded] Process. The Context of a Process. The Process Model Operating System. Process Scheduling. Process Context Switches. Process Life Cycle, Modes, States, and Transitions. An Illustration of a Process. The Limitations of Single-Threaded Programs. Summary. Exercises. 2. The Thread Model. Analogy of Single-Threaded Execution. Analogy of Multithreaded Execution. The Benefits of Threads. Thread Context, Modes, States, and Transitions. User Threads and Kernel Threads. Bound and Unbound Threads. The Thread Model Operating System. Many-to-One (Mx1). One-to-One (1x1). Many-to-Many (MxN). An Illustration of a Multithreaded Program. Summary. Exercises. 3. Introduction to POSIX. The POSIX Standard. POSIX Components. POSIX Options. Compile-Time Checking. Run-Time Checking. Namespace Reservation. Summary. Exercises. 4. Basic Thread Management. Relating Process and Thread Model Functions. Creating a Thread. Waiting for a Thread. Detaching a Thread. Terminating a Thread. Finding and Comparing Thread Ids. Performing One-Time Initialization. Establishing Fork Handlers. Creating Specialized Thread Attributes. Handling Thread Management Errors. Summary. Exercises. 5. Thread Synchronization. Thread Synchronization. Mutexes. Mutex Attributes. Initializing and Destroying Mutexes. Locking and Unlocking Mutexes. Example: Mutexes and Spinlocks. Condition Variables. Condition Variable Attributes. Initializing and Destroying Condition Variables. Waiting on a Condition. Signaling a Condition. Example: Condition Variables and Barriers. Semaphores. Initializing and Destroying Unnamed Semaphores. Locking and Unlocking Semaphores. Handling Synchronization Errors. Memory Models and Synchronization. Summary. Exercises. 6. Thread Scheduling. Thread Scheduling Contention Scopes. Thread Scheduling Policies. SCHED_FIFO. SCHED_RR. SCHED_OTHER. A Thread's Scheduling Policy and Priority. Thread Scheduling Priority Values. Thread Scheduling Allocation Domains. Thread Creation Scheduling Attributes. Dynamic Thread Scheduling. Yielding the Processor. Priority Inversion and Mutexes. Summary. Exercises. 7. Threads and Signals. Signals in the Thread Model. Synchronous and Asynchronous Signals. Examining/Changing a Thread's Signal Mask. Sending Signals to Threads. Waiting for a Signal. Async-Signal Safe Thread Functions. A New Signal Delivery Method: SIGEV_THREAD. Summary. Exercises. 8. Thread Cancellation. Thread Cancellation. Thread Cancelability States. Cancellation Points. Setting Thread Cancelability States. Creating a Cancellation Point. Installing Cancellation Cleanup Handlers. Canceling a Thread. Async-Cancel Safety. Summary. Exercises. 9. Thread-Specific Data. Thread-Specific Data. Creating Thread-Specific Data Keys. Deleting Thread-Specific Data Keys. Accessing Thread-Specific Data Elements. The Special Case, errno. Example: Per-Thread Signal Handlers. Summary. Exercises. 10. Thread Extensions. HP and X/Open Thread Extensions. Thread Stack Attributes. Suspending and Resuming Threads. Mutex Extensions. Condition Variable Expiration Time. Read-Write Locks. Read-Write Lock Attributes. Initializing and Destroying Read-Write Locks. Locking and Unlocking Read-Write Locks. The Timeshare Scheduling Policy. Thread to Processor Binding. Thread Concurrency and MxN Threads. Scheduling Unbound Kernel Entities. Summary. Exercises. 11. Thread F/X. fork(), exec(), exit(), and wait(). File and Message-Passing Operations. Signals. Locale State. Timers and Sleepers. NonLocal Jumps. Scheduling. Other Functions. Summary. Exercises. 12. Writing Thread-Safe Code.
Synopsis
Threads are a new and powerful tool that allow programmers to improve the performance and structure of applications. Includes two chapters on basic programming concepts and definitions so that novice programmers have the sufficient background to begin multi-threaded programming. Accompanying CD-ROM includes sample code from the book so that techniques presented can easily be implemented., Threads are a powerful tool that allow programmers to improve their performance and structure of applications and utilize all the power of today's high performance computer. This book provides programmer's with a multithreaded programming learning tool, teaching tool, and reference all in one. The accompanying CD-ROM includes all code examples in the book.
LC Classification Number
QA76.642.N67 1996
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