STREAMS Programming Guide

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  Preface

  Part I Application Programming Interface

  1.  Overview of STREAMS

  2.  STREAMS Application-Level Components

  3.  STREAMS Application-Level Mechanisms

  4.  Application Access to the STREAMS Driver and Module Interfaces

  5.  STREAMS Administration

  6.  Pipes and Queues

Overview of Pipes and FIFOs

Creating and Opening Pipes and FIFOs

Using Pipes and FIFOs

Flushing Pipes and FIFOs

Named Streams

Unique Connections

  Part II Kernel Interface

  7.  STREAMS Framework - Kernel Level

  8.  STREAMS Kernel-Level Mechanisms

  9.  STREAMS Drivers

  10.  STREAMS Modules

  11.  Configuring STREAMS Drivers and Modules

  12.  Multithreaded STREAMS

Multithreaded (MT) STREAMS Overview

MT STREAMS Framework

STREAMS Framework Integrity

Message Ordering

MT STREAMS Perimeters

Inner Perimeters

Outer Perimeters

PERMOD Perimeter

Hot Perimeters

Defining Perimeter Types

Choosing a Perimeter Type

MT SAFE Modules and Drivers

MT SAFE Module

MT SAFE Driver

Routines Used Inside a Perimeter

qprocson/qprocsoff

qtimeout/qunbufcall

qwriter

qwait

Asynchronous Callback Functions

close() Race Conditions

Unloading a Module that Uses esballoc

Use of the q_next Field

MT SAFE Modules Using Explicit Locks

Constraints When Using Locks

Preserving Message Ordering

Preparing to Port

Porting to the SunOS 5 System

Sample Multithreaded Device Driver Using a Per Module Inner Perimeter

Sample Multithreaded Module With Outer Perimeter

  13.  STREAMS Multiplex Drivers

  Part III Advanced Topics

  14.  Debugging STREAMS-based Applications

  Part IV Appendixes

  A.  Message Types

  B.  Kernel Utility Interface Summary

  C.  STREAMS-Based Terminal Subsystem

  D.  STREAMS FAQ

  Glossary

  Index