[c69adb7] | 1 | \makeglossaries |
---|
[9a8dfcc] | 2 | |
---|
| 3 | \longnewglossaryentry{callsite-locking} |
---|
| 4 | {name={callsite-locking}} |
---|
| 5 | { |
---|
| 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. |
---|
| 7 | } |
---|
| 8 | |
---|
| 9 | \longnewglossaryentry{entry-point-locking} |
---|
| 10 | {name={entry-point-locking}} |
---|
| 11 | { |
---|
| 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. |
---|
| 13 | } |
---|
| 14 | |
---|
| 15 | |
---|
[c69adb7] | 16 | \longnewglossaryentry{uthread} |
---|
| 17 | {name={user-level thread}} |
---|
| 18 | { |
---|
| 19 | 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. |
---|
| 20 | |
---|
| 21 | \textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.} |
---|
| 22 | } |
---|
| 23 | |
---|
| 24 | \longnewglossaryentry{kthread} |
---|
| 25 | {name={kernel-level thread}} |
---|
| 26 | { |
---|
| 27 | 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. |
---|
| 28 | |
---|
| 29 | \textit{Synonyms : OS threads, Hardware threads, Physical threads.} |
---|
| 30 | } |
---|
| 31 | |
---|
| 32 | \longnewglossaryentry{fiber} |
---|
| 33 | {name={fiber}} |
---|
| 34 | { |
---|
| 35 | 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. |
---|
| 36 | |
---|
| 37 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.} |
---|
| 38 | } |
---|
| 39 | |
---|
| 40 | \longnewglossaryentry{job} |
---|
| 41 | {name={job}} |
---|
| 42 | { |
---|
| 43 | 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. |
---|
| 44 | |
---|
| 45 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.} |
---|
| 46 | } |
---|
[a9aab60] | 47 | |
---|
| 48 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacluster} |
---|
| 49 | {name={cluster}} |
---|
| 50 | { |
---|
| 51 | TBD... |
---|
| 52 | |
---|
| 53 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
---|
| 54 | } |
---|
| 55 | |
---|
| 56 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacpu} |
---|
| 57 | {name={processor}} |
---|
| 58 | { |
---|
| 59 | TBD... |
---|
| 60 | |
---|
| 61 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
---|
| 62 | } |
---|
| 63 | |
---|
| 64 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfathread} |
---|
| 65 | {name={thread}} |
---|
| 66 | { |
---|
| 67 | TBD... |
---|
| 68 | |
---|
| 69 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
---|
| 70 | } |
---|
| 71 | |
---|
| 72 | \longnewglossaryentry{preemption} |
---|
| 73 | {name={preemption}} |
---|
| 74 | { |
---|
| 75 | TBD... |
---|
| 76 | |
---|
| 77 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
---|
| 78 | } |
---|
| 79 | |
---|
| 80 | \newacronym{tls}{TLS}{Thread Local Storage} |
---|
| 81 | \newacronym{api}{API}{Application Program Interface} |
---|
| 82 | \newacronym{raii}{RAII}{Ressource Acquisition Is Initialization} |
---|