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