Programming with UNIX Threads

Charles J. Northrup

Now that multithreaded programming has brought concurrent processing within the reach of a far greater number of businesses and academic institutions, experienced UNIX C programmers need a comprehensive reference to help them take full advantage of this exciting new development. Programming with UNIX Threads is the book to fill that need.

The most complete book available on the practical applications of UNIX Threads, this invaluable guide is packed with useful, concise examples that both clarify complex information and help you develop a glossary of practical functions that can be easily reused. Charles J. Northrup supplements his detailed, step-by-step presentation with numerous illustrations and code segments as he examines all important aspects of UNIX Threads programming, including:

  • An overview of multiprocessing and multithreaded programming
  • Practical programming problems associated with synchronization, including mutex locks, condition variables, Reader-Writer locks, and more
  • Thread signal management in the extended process model
  • Scheduling and priorities

The book concludes with the creation of ADAM (a dynamic atom manager), a multithreaded software utility in which all concepts previously discussed are unified to provide a higher level view of parallelism within applications.

CHARLES J. NORTHRUP, Chief Information Officer for Global Technologies Ltd., Inc., has developed the company's patent-pending Global Access Method Independent Exchange (GAMIX) Technology. This multithreaded technology constitutes the foundation for the development of the GAMIX Network, the Virtual Programming Environment, and the Configurable Application Programming Service.

Table of Contents

  • The UNIX Threads Model.
  • The UNIX Process Model.
  • The UNIX Threads Interface.
  • User Level Synchronization.
  • Mutex Locks.
  • Condition Variables.
  • Semaphores.
  • Recursive Mutex Locks.
  • Reader-Writer Locks.
  • Synchronization with Barrier Locks.
  • Signal Management.
  • Scheduling and Priorities.
  • ADAM: A Dynamic Atom Manager.
  • Appendices.
  • Bibliography.
  • Index.

Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Computer Books

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$44.99
ISBN 0471137510
416 pages
January, 1996
Paperback
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