Tru64 UNIX
Guide to the POSIX Threads Library

F
FINALLY macro #1
FINALLY macro #2
First-in/first-out (FIFO) scheduling policy
Foreground scheduling policy
Fork handlers (Tru64 UNIX)
Functional models
for multithreaded programming
boss/worker
combinations
pipelining
work crew
G
$GETJPI system service
MULTITHREAD item code
$GETJPI system service (OpenVMS)
MULTITHREAD item code
Global lock
See POSIX Threads, global lock
Granularity
avoiding errors
compiler support for
defined
determinants of
members of composite data objects
word tearing
Guardsize attribute
of thread attributes object #1
of thread attributes object #2
obtaining
setting
H
Handlers
cleanup
cleanup for threads
condition (OpenVMS)
fork (Tru64 UNIX)
interrupt #1
interrupt #2
Header files
POSIX Threads
$HIBER system service
$HIBER system service (OpenVMS)
HP proprietary CMA (cma) interface
I
I/O completion #1
I/O completion #2
Images (OpenVMS)
compiling for POSIX Threads
linking POSIX Threads-based
Inherit scheduling attribute
of thread attributes object
obtaining
setting
Interfaces
to POSIX Threads
HP proprietary CMA (cma)
in C language
in languages other than C
obsolete
POSIX.1 (pthread)
POSIX 1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4) #1
POSIX 1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4) #2
thread-independent services (tis) #1
thread-independent services (tis) #2
thread-independent services (tis) #3
undocumented but supported
Interrupt handlers
for threads #1
for threads #2
Interrupt handlers, for threads #1
Interrupt handlers, for threads #2
K
Kernel threads
enabling in existing OpenVMS images
OpenVMS linker options
querying use of
querying use of (OpenVMS)
relation to POSIX Threads user threads
relation to user threads
under OpenVMS
under Tru64 UNIX
virtual processors for
virtual processors for (OpenVMS)
L
Ladebug debugger (Tru64 UNIX)
Libraries
for POSIX Threads
lacking thread safety #1
lacking thread safety #2
shared (Tru64 UNIX)
linking with POSIX Threads
using with POSIX Threads
thread-safe #1
thread-safe #2
Linking applications
under OpenVMS
Linking applications, under Tru64 UNIX
Lock acquisition
Locks
global
See POSIX Threads, global lock
read-write
M
Macros
CATCH
CATCH_ALL
FINALLY #1
FINALLY #2
PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER #1
PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER #2
PTHREAD_COND_INITWITHNAME_NP
PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER #1
PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER #2
PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITWITHNAME
PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT
RAISE macro
RERAISE #1
RERAISE #2
TRY
restrictions
Memory
dynamic
sharing
stack
identifying overflow
static
synchronizing threads' access to
Multiprocessing systems
use of threads under
Multithreaded programming
asynchronous programming techniques
asynchronous thread execution
cancelation point routines
cancelation points
dependencies upon other libraries
dependencies upon other libraries
multiple thread libraries unsupported
dependencies upon other libraries
not thread-safe
reentrant
thread-safe
detecting error conditions
example programs
asynchronous user interface
prime number search
thread cancelation
functional models
boss/worker
combinations
pipelining
work crew
managing a thread's stack
one-time initialization #1
one-time initialization #2
one-time initialization #3
potential issues
deadlocks
dependence upon nonreentrant software
dependence upon nonreentrant software
priority inversion
program complexity
race conditions
programming errors
initializing objects after thread creation
passing stack local data
thread scheduling as thread synchronization
scheduling threads
interaction with thread contention scope
priority inversion
real-time
sharing memory
signals (Tru64 UNIX)
avoiding use of
synchronizing memory access #1
synchronizing memory access #2
avoiding deadlocks
avoiding race conditions
synchronizing memory access
distinguishing mutexes and condition variables
synchronizing memory access
signaling a condition variable
using memory
dynamic
stack
static
writing thread-safe libraries
yielding thread execution #1
yielding thread execution #2
yielding thread execution #3
Mutex attributes objects #1
Mutex attributes objects #2
creating
destroying
initializing
mutex type attribute
obtaining
setting
obtaining the value of the process-shared attribute
setting the value of the process-shared attribute
Mutex type attribute
of mutex attributes object
Mutexes
creating #1
creating #2
destroying #1
destroying #2
distinguishing from condition variables
in thread-safe library code
initializing #1
initializing #2
locking #1
locking #2
locking #3
locking #4
locking, before signaling a condition variable
naming #1
naming #2
operations on
POSIX Threads global
locking #1
locking #2
unlocking #1
unlocking #2
process-shared
protecting call to code lacking thread safety
types of
default
errorcheck
normal
recursive
under the thread-independent services (tis) interface
unlocking #1
unlocking #2
using static data before release of