Chapter 7: Threads and Scheduling
Subject | Windows | UNIX/Pthreads | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
Thread Mgt | CreateRemoteThread | N/A | |
TLS | TlsAlloc | pthread_key_alloc | |
TLS | TlsFree | pthread_key_delete | |
TLS | TlsGetValue | pthread_getspecific | |
TLS | TlsSetValue | pthread_setspecific | |
Thread Mgt | CreateThread, _beginthreadex | pthread_create | |
Thread Mgt | ExitThread, _endthreadex | pthread_exit | |
Thread Mgt | GetCurrentThread | pthread_self | |
Thread Mgt | GetCurrentThreadId | N/A | |
Thread Mgt | GetExitCodeThread | pthread_yield | |
Thread Mgt | ResumeThread | N/A | |
Thread Mgt | SuspendThread | N/A | |
Thread Mgt | TerminateThread | pthread _cancel | pthread _cancel is safer |
Thread Mgt | WaitForSingleObject(thread handle) | pthread_join | |
Thread Priority | GetPriorityClass | pthread_attr_getschedpolicy, getpriority | |
Thread Priority | GetThreadPriority | pthread_attr_getschedparam | |
Thread Priority | SetPriorityClass | pthread_attr_setschedpolicy, setpriority, nice | |
Thread Priority | SetThreadPriority | pthread_attr_setschedparam | |
Note: Pthreads, while a part of all modern UNIX offerings, are available on non-UNIX systems as well. | |||