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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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