Multithreaded Programming Guide

Copyright

  Preface

  1.  Covering Multithreading Basics

  2.  Basic Threads Programming

  3.  Thread Create Attributes

  4.  Programming with Synchronization Objects

  5.   Programming With the Operating Environment

  6.  Safe and Unsafe Interfaces

  7.  Compiling and Debugging

  8.  Programming With Solaris Threads

  9.  Programming Guidelines

Rethinking Global Variables

Providing for Static Local Variables

Synchronizing Threads

Single-Threaded Strategy

Reentrance

Avoiding Deadlock

Deadlocks Related to Scheduling

Locking Guidelines

Following Some Basic Guidelines

Creating and Using Threads

Lightweight Processes

Unbound Threads

Bound Threads

Thread Creation Guidelines

Working With Multiprocessors

The Underlying Architecture

Summary

Further Reading

  A.  Sample Application--Multithreaded grep

  B.  Solaris Threads Example: barrier.c

  Index