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Access shared resources, [+] Ada compiler generating reentrant code, [+] Addressing (64-Bit) on OpenVMS Alpha, [+] Alert asynchronous delivery and exception handlers, [+] delivery, [+] disabling asynchronous delivery of, [+] disabling delivery of, [+] enabling asynchronous delivery of, [+] enabling delivery of, [+] requesting delivery of, [+] sending to a thread, [+] using asynchronous delivery with external routines, [+] Alert delivery state restoring, [+] Alertable ensuring for matrix multiplication, [+] API errors, reporting, [+] ASTs, [+] ASTs (asynchronous system traps) restrictions on use, [+] Asynchronous cancelability, [+] Asynchronous execution designing code for, [+] Asynchronous programming techniques using in a multithreaded program, [+] Asynchronous system traps See ASTs Atomic queue, [+] Attributes See also Attributes object condition variable, [+] detachstate, [+], [+], [+], [+] guard size, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] inherit scheduling, [+] mutex kind, [+], [+] mutex type, [+] priority, [+], [+], [+], [+] queue size, [+], [+] scheduling, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] scheduling parameters, [+] scheduling policy, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] scheduling policy attribute parameters, [+] scheduling priority, [+] stack size, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] thread, [+] Attributes object creating, [+], [+], [+] creating and initializing, [+] definition of, [+] deleting, [+], [+]
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Background scheduling, [+] BLISS compiler generating reentrant code, [+] Boss/worker model, [+] work queue variation, [+] Broadcasting a wakeup, [+], [+], [+], [+]
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C compiler
generating reentrant code, [+]
Cancel
asynchronous delivery and exception handlers, [+], [+]
delivery, [+], [+]
enabling and disabling asynchronous delivery of, [+], [+]
enabling and disabling delivery of, [+], [+], [+]
obtaining noncancelable versions of cancelable routines, [+],
[+]
possible dangers of disabling, [+], [+], [+]
requesting delivery of, [+], [+], [+]
sending to a thread, [+], [+]
setting current thread state, [+]
setting current thread type, [+]
Cancelability
asynchronous, [+], [+], [+]
general, [+], [+]
state, [+]
type, [+]
Cancelability state
thread, [+]
Cancelability type
thread, [+]
Canceling a thread, [+]
See Thread, canceling
CATCH exception, [+]
CATCH_ALL exception, [+]
Characteristics of created condition variable
specifying, [+], [+]
Characteristics of created mutex
specifying, [+]
Characteristics of created object
specifying, [+], [+], [+]
Cleanup routine
establishing, [+], [+]
executing, [+], [+]
Client, [+]
cma.h, [+], [+]
cma_debug, [+]
cma_t_once data structure, [+]
COBOL compiler
generating nonreentrant code, [+]
Combination model, [+]
Comparing two handles, [+]
Compilers
generating nonreentrant code, [+]
generating reentrant code, [+]
Compiling for OpenVMS images, [+], [+]
Condition handlers
declaring, [+]
Condition variable, [+]
comparing to mutex, [+]
creating, [+], [+], [+], [+]
definition of, [+], [+], [+]
deleting, [+], [+], [+], [+]
signaling, [+]
waiting for, [+], [+], [+], [+]
waiting for a specified time, [+], [+], [+]
Condition variable attributes, [+]
Condition variable attributes object
creating, [+]
deleting, [+], [+]
initializing, [+]
Condition variables
thread-safe, [+]
Context
generating key value for, [+], [+], [+], [+]
obtaining, [+], [+], [+], [+]
per-thread, [+]
setting, [+], [+], [+], [+]
uses, [+]
uses for, [+], [+], [+]
Copying a handle, [+]
Creating
attributes object, [+]
condition variable attributes object, [+], [+]
mutex attributes object, [+], [+]
thread attributes object, [+], [+]
Creating a condition variable, [+], [+], [+], [+]
Creating a mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+]
Creating a thread, [+], [+], [+]
detached creation attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+]
guardsize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
inherit scheduling attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+],
[+]
priority attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+]
scheduling parameters attribute, [+]
scheduling policy attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+],
[+]
scheduling policy attribute parameters, [+]
stacksize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
Creating detached threads, [+], [+], [+], [+]
Creating per-thread context key value, [+], [+], [+], [+]
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Data thread-specific, [+], [+] Data structures cma_t_once, [+] pthread_once_t, [+], [+], [+] Deadlocks how to avoid, [+] Debugging a multithreaded program, [+], [+], [+], [+] Debugging threads on systems based on Windows NT software, [+] Declaring a condition handler, [+] DECthreads Library routines, [+] Delaying execution of a thread, [+], [+], [+] Deleting attributes object, [+] condition variable attributes object, [+], [+] mutex attributes object, [+], [+] thread attributes object, [+] Deleting a condition variable, [+], [+], [+], [+] Deleting a mutex, [+], [+], [+] Deleting a thread, [+], [+], [+] Deleting key pthread, [+], [+] Delivery of alerts disabling, [+] disabling asynchronous delivery of, [+] enabling, [+] enabling asynchronous delivery of, [+] requesting, [+] Delivery of cancels enabling and disabling, [+], [+] enabling and disabling asynchronous delivery of, [+] requesting, [+], [+], [+] Dequeue, [+] Destroying readers/writer locks, [+] thread attributes object, [+] Destroying a mutex, [+] Detaching thread attribute, [+] Digital Proprietary Interfaces: cma routines, [+] Digital Proprietary Interfaces: tis routines, [+] Digital UNIX, [+] Disabling asynchronous delivery of alerts, [+] Disabling asynchronous delivery of cancels, [+] Distributed system using threads in, [+] DOS File Allocation Table (FAT) file system, [+] Dynamic memory, [+]
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Enabling asynchronous delivery of alerts, [+] Enabling asynchronous delivery of cancels, [+] Enqueue, [+] Error termination of a thread, [+], [+], [+], [+] Errorcheck mutex, [+] Errors, reporting, [+] Example programs prime number search, [+] Exceptions, [+] CATCH, [+] catching, [+] CATCH_ALL, [+] condition handler causing to fail, [+] declaring and initializing, [+] defining a region of code to catch, [+] defining epilogue actions, [+] definition of, [+] determining current, [+] ENDTRY, [+] exporting error status, [+] FINALLY, [+], [+] importing error status, [+] introduction to, [+] mapping signals into, [+] matching, [+] naming convention for, [+] pthread_exc_get_status_np, [+] pthread_exc_matches_np, [+] pthread_exc_report_np, [+] pthread_exc_set_status_np, [+] raising, [+] reporting, [+] RERAISE, [+], [+], [+] reraising, [+] rules for modular use of, [+] signals reported as, [+] table listing pthread exceptions and meanings, [+] THIS_CATCH, [+] TRY, [+] Expiration time obtaining, [+], [+], [+]
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Fast mutex, [+], [+], [+] FIFO (first-in/first-out) scheduling, [+] FINALLY exception, [+], [+] Fork handling, [+]
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Global lock, [+] using to avoid nonreentrant software, [+] Global mutex locking, [+], [+], [+], [+] unlocking, [+], [+], [+], [+] Guardsize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] obtaining, [+], [+]
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Handlers declaring a condition handler, [+] Handles, [+] assigning to an object, [+] comparing, [+] copying, [+] obtaining for thread, [+] Header files, [+], [+]
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Identifiers comparing, [+], [+] Images compiling for OpenVMS, [+], [+] linking to OpenVMS, [+] Inherit scheduling attribute, [+], [+] obtaining, [+], [+] usefulness, [+], [+], [+] Initialization one-time, [+], [+], [+], [+] Initialization routines one-time, [+] Initializing condition variable, [+], [+], [+], [+] readers/writer lock, [+] thread attributes object, [+] threads routines, [+] INT suffix on DECthreads routines, [+] Internal errors, reporting, [+] Interrupt, [+], [+], [+] Interrupt handler inserting a queue element from, [+] waking a thread, [+]
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Kernel threads effects of context switching, [+] Key value deleting, [+], [+] generating for per-thread context, [+], [+], [+], [+] obtaining per-thread context for, [+], [+], [+], [+] setting per-thread context for, [+], [+], [+], [+]
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Lifetime definition of, [+] Linking to OpenVMS images, [+] Lock global, [+] Locking global mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+] readers locks, [+], [+] writer lock, [+], [+] Locking a mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] Locks readers/writer, [+]
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Memory
dynamic, [+]
locking, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
setting for a thread's stack, [+], [+]
stack, [+]
static, [+]
types of, [+]
unlocking, [+]
Multithreaded programming
introduction, [+]
potential problems, [+]
complexity, [+]
deadlocks, [+]
nonreentrant routines, [+]
priority inversion, [+]
race conditions, [+]
software models, [+]
boss/worker, [+]
combination, [+]
pipelining, [+]
work crew, [+]
Mutex, [+]
comparing to condition variable, [+]
creating, [+], [+], [+]
definition of, [+], [+], [+]
deleting, [+], [+], [+]
destroying, [+]
errorcheck, [+]
fast, [+], [+]
global lock, [+]
global unlock, [+]
initializing, [+]
locking, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
locking before signaling condition variable, [+]
nonrecursive, [+], [+]
normal, [+], [+]
obtaining kind, [+]
recursive, [+], [+], [+], [+]
setting kind, [+]
types of, [+]
unlocking, [+], [+], [+], [+]
Mutex attributes, [+]
obtaining, [+]
Mutex attributes object
creating, [+], [+]
deleting, [+], [+]
initializing, [+]
Mutexes
thread-safe, [+]
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Names, [+] See Handles Nonrecursive mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+] Nonreentrant code compilers that generate, [+] Nonreentrant library packages calling, [+], [+], [+], [+] Nonreentrant software using global lock to avoid, [+] Normal mutex, [+], [+] Normal termination of a thread, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
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One-time initialization routines, [+] OpenVMS Systems, [+]
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PASCAL compiler generating reentrant code, [+] Per-thread context, [+] deleting key, [+] generating key value, [+] generating key value for, [+], [+], [+] obtaining, [+], [+], [+], [+] setting, [+], [+], [+], [+] uses for, [+], [+], [+], [+] Pipelining model, [+] POSIX sigwait service, [+] POSIX 1003.1c (pthread) routines, [+] POSIX 1003.4a (Draft 4) pthread routines, [+] Prime number search example, [+] Priority obtaining for thread, [+], [+] setting for thread, [+], [+], [+], [+] Priority attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+] Priority inversion avoiding, [+] how to avoid, [+] Process creation, [+] states, [+] Processors causing thread to release control of, [+], [+], [+] Programming synchronization errors, list of, [+] pthread.h, [+], [+] pthread_debug, [+] pthread_exc.h, [+], [+] pthread_join routine, [+] pthread_join32 routine, [+] pthread_join64 routine, [+] pthread_once_t data structure, [+], [+], [+]
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Queues, [+] creating, [+] creating an attributes object for, [+] deleting, [+] deleting an attributes object for, [+] inserting an element at the end of, [+], [+], [+] inserting an element at the front of, [+], [+] obtaining size of, [+] removing an element from, [+], [+] setting size of, [+]
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Race conditions how to avoid, [+] RAISE exception, [+] Readers locks locking, [+], [+] unlocking, [+] Readers/writer locks, [+] destroying, [+] initializing, [+] Readers/writer routines, [+] Recursive mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+] Reentrant code See also thread-reentrant code compilers that generate, [+] necessary for multithreaded program, [+] nonreentrant routines (avoiding), [+] Reporting errors, [+] API, [+] internal, [+] Requeue, [+] RERAISE exception, [+], [+], [+] Routines descriptions DECthreads Library routines, [+] Digital Proprietary Interfaces: cma routines, [+] Digital Proprietary Interfaces: tis routines, [+] POSIX 1003.1c (pthread) Routines, [+] POSIX 1003.4a (Draft 4) pthread routines, [+] RR (round-robin) scheduling, [+]
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Scheduling threads, [+] Scheduling parameters getting for thread, [+] setting for thread, [+] Scheduling parameters attribute, [+] Scheduling policy getting for thread, [+] obtaining for thread, [+], [+] setting for thread, [+], [+], [+] Scheduling policy attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] obtaining, [+], [+] Scheduling policy attribute parameters, [+] Scheduling priority attribute, [+] Scheduling thread, [+] Scope definition of, [+] Sending a signal, [+] Sequence number thread, [+] Servers, [+] Shared memory, [+] Shared resources access, [+] Shared variables, [+] Signal delivery, [+] sending to a thread, [+], [+] Signal mask examining, [+] setting, [+] Signaling a wake-up, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] Signals reasons to avoid signal handlers in a multithreaded program, [+] reported as exceptions, [+] Software interrupts exceptions, [+] Stack guard area location of, [+], [+] Stack limit checking, [+] Stack memory, [+] Stacks, [+] changing minimum size of, [+], [+], [+] changing minimum size of guard area, [+] obtaining minimum size of, [+], [+], [+] obtaining minimum size of guard area, [+] overflow, [+] preventing and detecting overflow, [+], [+] routines for, [+] sizing, [+] Stacksize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] obtaining, [+], [+] Static memory, [+] Storage types of, [+] Synchronization mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+] Synchronization objects atomic queue, [+] condition variable, [+] join, [+] mutex, [+] Synchronization, asynchronous coding for, [+]
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Terminating threads
normal, [+]
premature successful completion, [+]
without returning from start routine, [+]
Termination
waiting for, [+], [+], [+]
Termination of a thread
error, [+], [+], [+], [+]
events that cause, [+], [+], [+]
normal, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
premature successful completion, [+], [+]
without raising an exception, [+]
without returning from start routine, [+], [+]
THIS_CATCH exception, [+]
Thread
See also Multithreaded programming, [+]
sequence number, [+]
signal to, [+]
Thread attributes, [+]
Thread attributes object
creating, [+]
creating and initializing, [+]
deleting, [+]
destroying, [+]
Thread creation
detached creation attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+]
guardsize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
inherit scheduling attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+],
[+]
priority attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+]
scheduling parameters attribute, [+]
scheduling policy attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+],
[+]
scheduling policy parameters attribute, [+]
stacksize attribute, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
Thread-reentrant code
definition of, [+]
Thread-safe code
condition variables, [+]
definition of, [+]
mutexes, [+]
Thread-specific
data, [+], [+]
Threading library
asynchronous, [+]
Threads
alerting, [+]
binding to a CPU, [+], [+]
canceling, [+], [+], [+]
cancelability state, [+]
cancelability type, [+]
creating, [+], [+], [+], [+]
creating detached threads, [+], [+], [+], [+]
definition of, [+]
delaying execution of, [+], [+], [+]
deleting, [+], [+], [+], [+]
detaching, [+], [+], [+], [+]
error termination, [+], [+], [+], [+]
events that cause termination, [+], [+], [+]
getting scheduling policy and parameters, [+]
initializing, [+]
nonreentrant routines (avoiding), [+]
normal termination, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+]
obtaining current priority of, [+], [+]
obtaining current scheduling policy of, [+], [+]
obtaining handle of, [+]
obtaining identifier of, [+], [+], [+]
per-thread context of, [+], [+], [+], [+]
reentrant code necessary, [+]
releasing processor, [+], [+], [+]
scheduling, [+], [+]
inherit scheduling attribute, [+]
scheduling policy attribute, [+]
scheduling priority attribute, [+]
setting current cancelability state, [+]
setting current cancelability type, [+]
setting current priority of, [+], [+]
setting current scheduling policy and parameters of, [+]
setting current scheduling policy and priority of, [+], [+]
signal mask, [+]
starting, [+]
states, [+]
terminating, [+], [+]
normal termination, [+]
termination, normal, [+]
unlocking global mutex, [+]
waiting for a mutex, [+], [+], [+]
waiting for another to terminate, [+]
waiting for the termination of, [+], [+], [+]
waiting on mutex, [+]
waking, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+],
[+], [+], [+], [+]
yielding processor to another thread, [+], [+], [+]
Threads identifier
comparing, [+], [+]
Throughput (default) scheduling, [+]
Time
adding interval to current time, [+], [+], [+]
obtaining expiration, [+], [+], [+]
Timeslice
definition of, [+]
TRY/ENDTRY block restriction, [+]
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UNIX, [+] Unlocking readers locks, [+] writer lock, [+] Unlocking a global mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+] Unlocking a mutex, [+], [+], [+], [+]
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Waiting for condition variable, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] Waking a thread, [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+], [+] Win32 API, [+] WinDbg debugger, [+] Windowing system using threads in, [+] Windows NT, [+] Work crew model, [+] Work queues variation of boss/worker model, [+] Writer lock locking, [+], [+] unlocking, [+]
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Yielding to another thread, [+], [+], [+]