Chapter 1 Why Threads?
What Are Pthreads?
Potential Parallelism
Specifying Potential Parallelism in a Concurrent Programming Environment
Parallel vs. Concurrent Programming
Synchronization
Who Am I? Who Are You?
Terminating Thread Execution
Why Use Threads Over Processes?
A Structured Programming Environment
Choosing Which Applications to Thread
Chapter 2 Designing Threaded Programs
Suitable Tasks for Threading
Models
Buffering Data Between Threads
Some Common Problems
Performance
Example: An ATM Server
Example: A Matrix Multiplication Program
Chapter 3 Synchronizing Pthreads
Selecting the Right Synchronization Tool
Mutex Variables
Condition Variables
Reader/Writer Locks
Synchronization in the ATM Server
Thread Pools
Chapter 4 Managing Pthreads
Setting Thread Attributes
The pthread_once Mechanism
Keys: Using Thread-Specific Data
Cancellation
Scheduling Pthreads
Mutex Scheduling Attributes
Chapter 5 Pthreads and UNIX
Threads and Signals
Threadsafe Library Functions and System Calls
Cancellation-Safe Library Functions and System Calls
Thread-Blocking Library Functions and System Calls
Threads and Process Management
Multiprocessor Memory Synchronization
Chapter 6 Practical Considerations
Understanding Pthreads Implementation
Debugging
Performance
Conclusion
Appendix Pthreads and DCE
The Structure of a DCE Server
What Does the DCE Programmer Have to Do?
Example: The ATM as a DCE Server
Appendix Pthreads Draft 4 vs. the Final Standard
Detaching a Thread
Mutex Variables
Condition Variables
Thread Attributes
The pthread_once Function
Keys
Cancellation
Scheduling
Signals
Threadsafe System Interfaces
Error Reporting
System Interfaces and Cancellation-Safety
Process-Blocking Calls
Process Management
Appendix Pthreads Quick Reference
Appendix About the Authors
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