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Fix discussion of alternate signals stack
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@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ latter being the default (if supported by the underlying kernel).
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.SS LinuxThreads
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.SS LinuxThreads
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The notable features of this implementation are the following:
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The notable features of this implementation are the following:
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.IP \- 3
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In addition to the main (initial) thread, and the threads it creates
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In addition to the main (initial) thread,
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using
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and the threads that the program creates using
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.BR pthread_create (),
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.BR pthread_create (),
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the implementation creates a "manager" thread.
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the implementation creates a "manager" thread.
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This thread handles thread creation and termination.
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This thread handles thread creation and termination.
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@ -225,19 +225,28 @@ arbitrarily selected thread within the process.
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LinuxThreads does not support the notion of process-directed signals:
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LinuxThreads does not support the notion of process-directed signals:
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signals may only be sent to specific threads.
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signals may only be sent to specific threads.
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A new thread inherits alternate signal stack settings
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Threads have distinct alternate signal stack settings.
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from the thread that created it.
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However, a new thread's alternate signal stack settings
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(A new thread should start with no alternate signal stack defined.)
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are copied from the the thread that created it, so that
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the threads initially share an alternate signal stack.
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(A new thread should start with no alternate signal stack defined.
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If two threads handle signals on their shared alternate signal
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stack at the same time, unpredictable program failures are
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likely to occur.)
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.SS NPTL
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.SS NPTL
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With NPTL, all of the threads in a process are placed
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With NPTL, all of the threads in a process are placed
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in the same thread group;
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in the same thread group;
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all members of a thread groups share the same PID.
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all members of a thread groups share the same PID.
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NPTL does not employ a manager thread;
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NPTL does not employ a manager thread.
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nor does it make internal use of signals.
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NPTL makes internal use of the first two real-time signals;
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these signals cannot be used in applications.
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NPTL still has a few non-conformances with POSIX.1:
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NPTL still has a few non-conformances with POSIX.1:
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A new thread inherits alternate signal stack settings
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Threads have distinct alternate signal stack settings.
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from the thread that created it.
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However, a new thread's alternate signal stack settings
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are copied from the the thread that created it, so that
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the threads initially share an alternate signal stack.
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Threads do not share a common nice value.
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Threads do not share a common nice value.
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