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P_NOWAIT
· Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls · Starting a process with the fork() call ·
P_NOWAITO
· Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
P_OVERLAY
· Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
P_WAIT
· Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
PATH
· Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
pathname
pollution
· Finding the server's ND/PID/CHID ·
registering
· The resource manager's view ·
resolving
· Finding the server ·
pathname delimiter in QNX documentation
· Note to Windows users ·
pathname space
· Finding the server ·
and procnto
· Finding the server ·
defined
· Finding the server ·
PDP-8
and Neutrino
· Glossary ·
defined
· Glossary ·
periodic timer
· Types of timers · What kind of timer? ·
example
· What kind of timer? ·
power saving
· Summary ·
server maintenance
· Periodic server maintenance cycles ·
servers
· A server with periodic pulses ·

See also repeating timer

philosophy of Neutrino
· The philosophy of Neutrino ·
physical address
defined
· Glossary ·
pidin
· A few examples · Message passing and client/server ·
platforms
PDP-8
· Glossary ·
polling
for completion of thread
· Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() ·
timer
· Periodic server maintenance cycles ·
pool, threads
See thread
POOL_FLAG_EXIT_SELF
· Controlling the number of threads ·
POOL_FLAG_USE_SELF
· Controlling the number of threads ·
POSIX
signals
· Timers delivering signals ·
POSIX thread
See thread
_POSIX_DEVDIR_FROM
· io_devctl() ·
_POSIX_DEVDIR_TO
· io_devctl() ·
power saving
· Summary ·
pread()
· Step 2 ·
printf()
· Starting a process with the fork() call ·
priority
boosting
· Priority inheritance ·
inversion
· Priority inheritance ·
message passing
· What about priorities? ·
thread analogy
· Priorities ·
priority inheritance
· Priority inheritance ·
undoing
· So what's the trick? ·
priority inversion
· Priority inheritance ·
defined
· Priority inheritance ·
example
· Priority inheritance ·
fixed by priority inheritance
· Priority inheritance ·
solution
· Priority inheritance ·
starving CPU
· Priority inheritance ·
process
abstraction
· Multiple processes ·
aid to maintainability
· Why processes? ·
aid to reliability
· Why processes? ·
and threads
· Multiple threads ·
associating with interrupt handler
· The flags parameter ·
background
· Starting a process from the command line ·
child
· Starting a process with the fork() call ·
consisting of threads
· Threads and processes ·
context-switch
· Why processes? ·
coupling
· Multiple processes · Multiple processes with shared memory · Multiple threads ·
creating
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls · Starting a process with the fork() call · Starting a process with the system() call ·
creating from program
· Starting a process from within a program ·
exec() family
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
fork()
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the fork() call ·
spawn() family
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the exec() and spawn() calls ·
system()
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the system() call ·
vfork()
· Starting a process from within a program · Starting a process with the vfork() call ·
decoupling
· Comparisons ·
decoupling of design
· Why processes? ·
defined
· Glossary ·
distributability
· Comparisons ·
fork()
· Starting a process with the fork() call ·
in system
· Threads and processes ·
multi-threaded
· Multi threaded ·
mutex
· Additional Neutrino services ·
network distributed
· Comparisons ·
parent
· Starting a process with the fork() call ·
scalability
· Comparisons ·
shared memory
· Multiple processes with shared memory ·
single-threaded
· Single threaded ·
starting
· Starting a process ·
starting from shell
· Starting a process from the command line ·
thread
· Multiple processes with shared memory · Process and thread fundamentals ·
process ID
· Establishing a connection ·
getppid()
· Finding the server's ND/PID/CHID ·
how to find
· Finding the server's ND/PID/CHID ·
message passing
· Finding the server's ND/PID/CHID ·
process manager
· Finding the process manager ·
process IDs
See PIDs
process manager
channel ID
· Finding the process manager ·
finding
· Finding the process manager ·
node descriptor
· Finding the process manager ·
process ID
· Finding the process manager ·
processing interrupts
· Telling a thread to do something ·
procnto
· Finding the server · Message passing and client/server ·
producer
and consumer
· Sleepon locks ·
state analysis
· Sleepon locks ·
and consumer using condvars
example
· Condition variables ·
pthread_atfork()
· Process creation and threads · So what should you use? ·
pthread_attr_destroy()
· The thread attributes structure · Thread attribute administration ·
pthread_attr_getdetachstate()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getguardsize()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getinheritsched()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getschedparam()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getschedpolicy()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getscope()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getstackaddr()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getstacklazy()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_getstacksize()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_init()
· The thread attributes structure · Thread attribute administration ·
pthread_attr_set() family
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setdetachstate()
· The “flags” thread attribute · The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setguardsize()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
· The “flags” thread attribute · The “scheduling” thread attributes · The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setschedparam()
· The “flags” thread attribute · The “scheduling” thread attributes · The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setschedpolicy()
· The “flags” thread attribute · The “scheduling” thread attributes · The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setscope()
· The “flags” thread attribute · The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setstackaddr()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setstacklazy()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_setstacksize()
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_attr_t
· The thread attributes structure ·
defined
· The thread attributes structure ·
pthread_barrier_init()
· Using a barrier ·
example
· Using a barrier ·
pthread_barrier_wait()
· Glossary · Synchronizing to the termination of a thread · Using a barrier ·
example
· Using a barrier ·
pthread_cancel()
· Rescheduling — kernel calls · What about the other versions? ·
pthread_cond_broadcast()
· Signal versus broadcast ·
pthread_cond_signal()
· Condition variables · Signal versus broadcast ·
example
· Condition variables ·
pthread_cond_t
· Condition variables ·
pthread_cond_wait()
· Condition variables · Sleepons versus condvars ·
example
· Condition variables ·
pthread_create()
· A few examples · Joining · Process creation and threads · Starting a thread · The thread attributes structure · Thread support ·
example
· A few examples · Condition variables · Threads in mathematical operations · Using a barrier ·
PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED
· The “scheduling” thread attributes ·
pthread_join()
· Joining · Kernel timeouts · Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() · Rescheduling — kernel calls · Synchronizing to the termination of a thread · The “flags” thread attribute · Using a barrier ·
example
· Joining · Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() ·
explanation
· Joining ·
non-blocking
· Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() ·
timeout
· Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() ·
with timeout
· Kernel timeouts with pthread_join() ·
pthread_mutex_lock()
· Additional Neutrino services · Condition variables · Thread support ·
example
· Condition variables ·
pthread_mutex_timedlock()
· CLOCK_MONOTONIC · Other clock sources ·
pthread_mutex_unlock()
· Additional Neutrino services · Condition variables ·
example
· Condition variables ·
pthread_rwlock_destroy()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_init()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_rdlock()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_t
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_unlock()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlock_wrlock()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlockattr_destroy()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlockattr_init()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared()
· Readers/writer locks ·
pthread_setschedparam()
· Priorities · So what's the trick? ·
pthread_sleepon_broadcast()
· Signal versus broadcast · Sleepon locks ·
pthread_sleepon_lock()
· Condition variables · Sleepon locks ·
example
· Sleepon locks ·
pthread_sleepon_signal()
· Condition variables · Signal versus broadcast · Sleepon locks ·
example
· Sleepon locks ·
pthread_sleepon_unlock()
· Condition variables · Sleepon locks ·
example
· Sleepon locks ·
pthread_sleepon_wait()
· Condition variables · Sleepon locks ·
example
· Sleepon locks ·
PTHREAD_STACK_LAZY
· The “stack” thread attributes ·
PTHREAD_STACK_NOTLAZY
· The “stack” thread attributes ·
pthread_t
· Joining · Starting a thread ·
pthreads, defined
· Glossary ·
pulse
content
· What's in a pulse? ·
defined
· Glossary · Pulses ·
example
· gotAMessage() · gotAPulse() · main() · Receiving a pulse message · Server-maintained timeouts · setupPulseAndTimer() ·
excluding messages
· The MsgReceivePulse() function ·
functions
pulse_attach()
· The other_func message handler ·
how to tell from messages
· Notes ·
MsgReceive()
· Receiving a pulse message ·
MsgReceivePulse()
· Receiving a pulse message ·
payload content
· What's in a pulse? ·
POSIX
· setupPulseAndTimer() ·
_PULSE_CODE_UNBLOCK
· What's in a pulse? ·
range of code member
· What's in a pulse? ·
receiving
· Receiving a pulse message ·
receiving pulses only
· The MsgReceivePulse() function ·
special
· Kernel timeouts with message passing ·
struct sigevent
· Summary ·
synthetic unblock
· _NTO_CHF_UNBLOCK ·
timeout example
· gotAMessage() · gotAPulse() · main() · Server-maintained timeouts · setupPulseAndTimer() ·
timers
· Notification schemes ·
using the code member
· What's in a pulse? ·
using the value member
· What's in a pulse? ·
versus signals
· Signal notification ·
pulse_attach()
· The base layer · The other_func message handler ·
_PULSE_CODE_UNBLOCK
· What's in a pulse? ·
pulse_detach()
· The base layer ·

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