Updated: 11 December 1998

Guide to DECthreads

A
Address exceptions
Addressing
64-bit
64-bit, for DECthreads
API
See Application Programming Interface (API)
Application programming interface (API)
DECthreads error conditions from
ASTs (asynchronous system traps)
DECthreads's delivery of
restrictions on use with DECthreads
Asynchronous cancelation
of threads
cleanup from
Asynchronous programming techniques
in a multithreaded program
Asynchronous thread cancelation
cleanup from
Asynchronous user interface example program
Attributes
of condition variables
of mutexes
mutex type
of threads
contention scope
guardsize
inherit scheduling
scheduling policy
scheduling priority
stack address
stack size
Attributes objects
creating
destroying
B
Background scheduling policy
Boss/worker functional model
work queue variation
Bugchecks
configuring output
contents of dump file
forming dump file name
interpreting output
C
Cancelability state
of threads
Cancelability state attribute
of thread attributes object
setting #1
setting #2
Cancelability type
of threads
Cancelability type attribute
of thread attributes object
setting
Cancelation points
DECthreads routines that provide #1
DECthreads routines that provide #2
in DECthreads under OpenVMS Alpha
in multithreaded code
system service routines that provide
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS Alpha
Cancelation requests
delivering #1
delivering #2
delivering #3
sending
CATCH macro
CATCH_ALL macro
Cleanup handlers
executing
of threads
registering
CMA interface
cma interface
See Compaq-proprietary CMA (cma) interface
Compaq proprietary CMA (cma) interface #1
Compaq proprietary CMA (cma) interface #2
Compiling applications
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
under Windows NT
Concurrency level
of threads
getting
setting
Condition handlers
declaring for DECthreads
Condition handlers (OpenVMS)
declaring
Condition values (OpenVMS)
used by DECthreads
Condition variable attributes objects #1
Condition variable attributes objects #2
creating
destroying
initializing
obtaining process-shared attribute value
setting process-shared attribute value
Condition variables
creating #1
creating #2
destroying #1
destroying #2
distinguishing from mutexes
initializing #1
initializing #2
naming #1
naming #2
process-shared
signaling #1
signaling #2
under the DECthreads thread-independent services (tis) interface
using in thread-safe library code
waiting a specified time interval for #1
waiting a specified time interval for #2
waiting indefinitely for #1
waiting indefinitely for #2
waiting indefinitely for #3
wakeups for waiting threads #1
wakeups for waiting threads #2
wakeups for waiting threads #3
wakeups for waiting threads #4
wakeups for waiting threads #5
Contention scope
interaction with thread scheduling attributes
of threads
Contention scope attribute
of thread attributes object
getting
setting
D
d4 interface
See POSIX 1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4) interface #1
See POSIX 1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4) interface #2
Data
See Thread-specific data
Deadlocks #1
Deadlocks #2
among threads
avoiding
Debugging tools
for DECthreads applications
metered mode
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
under Windows NT
DECthreads
64-bit addressing
application programming interface error conditions
background scheduling policy of threads
blocking OpenVMS system services
blocking system services
bugcheck feature
See Bugchecks
cancelability of system services #1
cancelability of system services #2
cancelability of system services #3
compiling applications
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
under Windows NT
condition values used
debugging applications
declaring OpenVMS condition handlers
delivery of OpenVMS ASTs
dynamic activation
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
effects of DCL commands
effects of OpenVMS DCL commands
error conditions
application programming interface level
internal
exiting from images
exiting from OpenVMS images
first-in/first-out (FIFO) thread scheduling policy
foreground thread scheduling policy
global lock
avoiding software that lacks thread safety
using from the tis interface
header files
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
interactions with OpenVMS
interfaces
Compaq proprietary CMA (cma)
in C language
in languages other than C
obsolete
POSIX 1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4)
POSIX.1c (pthread)
thread-independent services (tis)
undocumented but supported
internal error conditions
interoperability
with errno variable #1
with errno variable #2
with POSIX for OpenVMS layered product
with signals (DIGITAL UNIX)
with Win32 application programming interface
libraries
linking applications
under DIGITAL UNIX
under Windows NT
linking with shared libraries (DIGITAL UNIX)
platform dependencies
for DIGITAL UNIX
for OpenVMS
for Windows NT
POSIX.1003.4a/Draft 4 (d4) interface
POSIX.1c (pthread) interface
real-time scheduling
round-robin (RR) thread scheduling policy
thread-independent services (tis) interface #1
thread-independent services (tis) interface #2
thread-independent services (tis) interface #3
throughput thread scheduling policy
two-level scheduling #1
two-level scheduling #2
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS Alpha
use of kernel threads
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS Alpha
virtual processors
virtual processors (OpenVMS)
DECthreads exceptions package
DECthreads global mutex
locking #1
locking #2
unlocking #1
unlocking #2
Default mutexes
Detachstate attribute
of thread attributes object
getting
setting
DIGITAL UNIX operating system
using DECthreads with
Dynamic activation
of DECthreads
under DIGITAL UNIX
under OpenVMS
Dynamic memory
using from threads

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