PCS - Part 2: Multiprocessor Architectures

Programming Models: Multithreading
Several threads run onto several processors under control of
the operating system
OS-specific thread functions, e.g. Solaris threads
portability standard: POSIX-Threads, pthread library
Basic functions:
int pthread_create(pthread_t *thread,
const pthread_attr_t *attr,
void *(*start_routine)(void*),
void *arg);
void pthread_exit(void *value_ptr);
int pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr);
Peter Sobe
PCS - Part 2: Multiprocessor Architectures