Thread-Safety
Thread-safe functions / Reentrancy
- Functions that can be simultaneously executed by multiple threads - safely.
Deadlock
- When a thread is permanently prevented from executing.
Race Conditions
- Multiple threads performing operations, the result of which depends on unpredictable timing factors.
Shared Objects
- Objects in the address space of a process that are accessible to all of the threads. Protect via synchronization.
Restrictions
- Restrict asynchronous signal handlers and cancellation
- Use fork() handlers and cancellation handlers
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