Guide to DECthreads

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F

G

$GETJPI system service
- MULTITHREAD item code
$GETJPI system service (OpenVMS)
- MULTITHREAD item code
Global lock
- See DECthreads, global lock
Guardsize attribute
- of thread attributes object #1
- of thread attributes object #2

H

I

Images (OpenVMS)
- compiling for DECthreads
- linking DECthreads-based
Inherit scheduling attribute
- of thread attributes object
  - getting
  - setting
Interfaces
- to DECthreads
Interrupt handlers
- for threads

K

Kernel threads

L

Ladebug debugger (DIGITAL UNIX)
Libraries
- for DECthreads
- lacking thread safety #1
- lacking thread safety #2
- shared (DIGITAL UNIX)
  - linking with DECthreads
  - using with DECthreads
- thread-safe #1
- thread-safe #2
Linking applications
- under DIGITAL UNIX
- under OpenVMS
Locks
- global
  - See DECthreads, global lock
- read-write

M

Macros
Memory
Multiprocessor systems
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
  - thread-reentrant
  - thread-safe
- detecting DECthreads 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 DECthreads objects after thread creation
  - passing stack local data
  - thread scheduling as thread synchronization
- scheduling threads
  - interaction with thread contention scope
  - priority inversion
  - real-time
- signals (DIGITAL 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
  - shared
  - stack
  - static
- writing thread-safe libraries
- yielding thread execution
Mutex attributes objects #1
Mutex attributes objects #2
Mutex type attribute
- of mutex attributes object
Mutexes

N

Naming conventions
- for DECthreads exception objects
Normal mutexes

O

P

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