The Pthreads Library

The Pthreads API library consists of more than 100 functions. See the pthreads(5) man page for a full list of the functions, grouped by their usage categories.

This section contains brief descriptions of the functions used for basic threads programming, organized according to the task they perform, and includes links to the man pages of the associated API functions. The following list directs you to the discussion of a particular task.

• Creating a Default Thread

• Waiting for Thread Termination

• Simple Threads Example

• Detaching a Thread

• Creating a Key for Thread-Specific Data

• Deleting the Thread-Specific Data Key

• Setting Thread-Specific Data

• Getting Thread-Specific Data

• Global and Private Thread-Specific Data Example

• Getting the Thread Identifier

• Comparing Thread IDs

• Calling an Initialization Routine for a Thread

• Yielding Thread Execution

• Setting the Thread Policy and Scheduling Parameters

• Getting the Thread Policy and Scheduling Parameters

• Setting the Thread Priority

• Sending a Signal to a Thread

• Accessing the Signal Mask of the Calling Thread

• Forking Safely

• Terminating a Thread

• Finishing Up

• Cancel a Thread

• Cancelling a Thread

• Enabling or Disabling Cancellation

• Setting Cancellation Type

• Creating a Cancellation Point

• Pushing a Handler Onto the Stack

• Pulling a Handler Off the Stack