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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15 | \longnewglossaryentry{group-acquire} |
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16 | {name={grouped 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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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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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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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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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{cfacluster} |
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55 | {name={cluster}} |
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56 | { |
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57 | TBD... |
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58 | |
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59 | \textit{Synonyms : None.} |
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60 | } |
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61 | |
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62 | \longnewglossaryentry{cfacpu} |
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63 | {name={processor}} |
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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{cfathread} |
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71 | {name={thread}} |
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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{preemption} |
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79 | {name={preemption}} |
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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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86 | \newacronym{tls}{TLS}{Thread Local Storage} |
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87 | \newacronym{api}{API}{Application Program Interface} |
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88 | \newacronym{raii}{RAII}{Ressource Acquisition Is Initialization} |
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