Chapter 2. Concepts
Background: Traditional Operating Systems
What Is a Thread?
Kernel Interaction
The Value of Using Threads
What Kinds of Programs to Thread
What About Shared Memory?
Threads Standards
Performance
In which the reader is introduced to the basic concepts of multitasking operating systems and of multithreading as it compares to other programming paradigms. The reader is shown reasons why multithreading is a valuable addition to programming paradigms, and a number of examples of successful deployment are presented.
Background: Traditional Operating Systems
Before we get into the details of threads, it will be useful for us to have some clear understanding of how operating systems without threads work. In the simplest operating system world ...
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