[c69adb7] | 1 | \makeglossaries |
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| 3 | \longnewglossaryentry{callsite-locking} |
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| 4 | {name={callsite-locking}} |
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| 5 | { |
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| 6 | Locking done by the calling routine. With this technique, a routine calling a monitor routine will aquire the monitor \emph{before} making the call to the actuall routine. |
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| 7 | } |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | \longnewglossaryentry{entry-point-locking} |
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| 10 | {name={entry-point-locking}} |
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| 11 | { |
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| 12 | Locking done by the called routine. With this technique, a monitor routine called by another routine will aquire the monitor \emph{after} entering the routine body but prior to any other code. |
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| 13 | } |
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[fe84230] | 15 | \longnewglossaryentry{group-acquire} |
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[03bb816] | 16 | {name={bulk acquiring}} |
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[fe84230] | 17 | { |
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| 18 | Implicitly acquiring several monitors when entering a monitor. |
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| 19 | } |
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| 20 | |
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[03bb816] | 21 | \longnewglossaryentry{mon-ctx} |
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| 22 | {name={monitor context}} |
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| 23 | { |
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| 24 | The state of the current thread regarding which monitors are owned. |
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| 25 | } |
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| 26 | |
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[c69adb7] | 28 | \longnewglossaryentry{uthread} |
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| 29 | {name={user-level thread}} |
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| 30 | { |
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| 31 | Threads created and managed inside user-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. User-level threads are insisible to the underlying operating system. |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | \textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.} |
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| 34 | } |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | \longnewglossaryentry{kthread} |
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| 37 | {name={kernel-level thread}} |
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| 38 | { |
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| 39 | Threads created and managed inside kernel-space. Each thread has its own stack and its own thread of execution. Kernel-level threads are owned, managed and scheduled by the underlying operating system. |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | \textit{Synonyms : OS threads, Hardware threads, Physical threads.} |
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| 42 | } |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | \longnewglossaryentry{fiber} |
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| 45 | {name={fiber}} |
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| 46 | { |
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| 47 | Fibers are non-preemptive user-level threads. They share most of the caracteristics of user-level threads except that they cannot be preempted by an other fiber. |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.} |
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| 50 | } |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | \longnewglossaryentry{job} |
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| 53 | {name={job}} |
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| 54 | { |
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| 55 | Unit of work, often send to a thread pool or worker pool to be executed. Has neither its own stack or its own thread of execution. |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.} |
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| 58 | } |
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[d073e3c] | 60 | \longnewglossaryentry{pool} |
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| 61 | {name={thread-pool}} |
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| 62 | { |
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| 63 | Group of homogeneuous threads that loop executing units of works after another. |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | \textit{Synonyms : } |
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| 66 | } |
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| 67 | |
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[a9aab60] | 68 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacluster} |
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| 69 | {name={cluster}} |
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| 70 | { |
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| 71 | TBD... |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
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| 74 | } |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacpu} |
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| 77 | {name={processor}} |
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| 78 | { |
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| 79 | TBD... |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
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| 82 | } |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfathread} |
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| 85 | {name={thread}} |
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| 86 | { |
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| 87 | TBD... |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
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| 90 | } |
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| 91 | |
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| 92 | \longnewglossaryentry{preemption} |
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| 93 | {name={preemption}} |
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| 94 | { |
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| 95 | TBD... |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
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| 98 | } |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | \newacronym{tls}{TLS}{Thread Local Storage} |
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| 101 | \newacronym{api}{API}{Application Program Interface} |
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| 102 | \newacronym{raii}{RAII}{Ressource Acquisition Is Initialization} |
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[8d722cc] | 103 | \newacronym{numa}{NUMA}{Non-Uniform Memory Access} |
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