| 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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| 15 | \longnewglossaryentry{group-acquire}
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| 16 | {name={bulked acquiring}}
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| 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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| 21 |
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| 22 | \longnewglossaryentry{uthread}
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| 23 | {name={user-level thread}}
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| 24 | {
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| 25 | 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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| 26 |
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| 27 | \textit{Synonyms : User threads, Lightweight threads, Green threads, Virtual threads, Tasks.}
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| 28 | }
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| 29 |
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| 30 | \longnewglossaryentry{kthread}
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| 31 | {name={kernel-level thread}}
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| 32 | {
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| 33 | 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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| 34 |
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| 35 | \textit{Synonyms : OS threads, Hardware threads, Physical threads.}
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| 36 | }
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| 37 |
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| 38 | \longnewglossaryentry{fiber}
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| 39 | {name={fiber}}
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| 40 | {
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| 41 | 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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| 42 |
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| 43 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
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| 44 | }
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| 45 |
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| 46 | \longnewglossaryentry{job}
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| 47 | {name={job}}
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| 48 | {
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| 49 | 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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| 50 |
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| 51 | \textit{Synonyms : Tasks.}
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| 52 | }
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| 53 |
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| 54 | \longnewglossaryentry{pool}
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| 55 | {name={thread-pool}}
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| 56 | {
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| 57 | Group of homogeneuous threads that loop executing units of works after another.
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| 58 |
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| 59 | \textit{Synonyms : }
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| 60 | }
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| 61 |
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| 62 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacluster}
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| 63 | {name={cluster}}
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| 64 | {
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| 65 | TBD...
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| 66 |
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| 67 | \textit{Synonyms : None.}
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| 68 | }
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| 69 |
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| 70 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacpu}
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| 71 | {name={processor}}
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| 72 | {
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| 73 | TBD...
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| 74 |
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| 75 | \textit{Synonyms : None.}
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| 76 | }
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| 77 |
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| 78 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfathread}
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| 79 | {name={thread}}
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| 80 | {
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| 81 | TBD...
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| 82 |
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| 83 | \textit{Synonyms : None.}
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| 84 | }
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| 85 |
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| 86 | \longnewglossaryentry{preemption}
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| 87 | {name={preemption}}
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| 88 | {
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| 89 | TBD...
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| 90 |
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| 91 | \textit{Synonyms : None.}
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| 92 | }
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| 93 |
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| 94 | \newacronym{tls}{TLS}{Thread Local Storage}
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| 95 | \newacronym{api}{API}{Application Program Interface}
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| 96 | \newacronym{raii}{RAII}{Ressource Acquisition Is Initialization}
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