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IN ACTION Practical Multithreading Anthony Williams M A N N I N G C++ Concurrency in Action C++ Concurrency in Action PRACTICAL MULTITHREADING ANTHONY WILLIAMS MANNING SHELTER ISLAND For online information and ordering of this and other Manning books, please visit www.manning.com. The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in quantity. For more information, please contact Special Sales Department Manning Publications Co. 20 Baldwin Road PO Box 261 Shelter Island, NY 11964 Email: [email protected] ©2012 by Manning Publications Co. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in the book, and Manning Publications was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps. Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, it is Manning’s policy to have the books we publish printed on acid-free paper, and we exert our best efforts to that end. Recognizing also our responsibility to conserve the resources of our planet, Manning books are printed on paper that is at least 15 percent recycled and processed without the use of elemental chlorine. Manning Publications Co. Development editor: Cynthia Kane 20 Baldwin Road Technical proofreader: Jonathan Wakely PO Box 261 Copyeditor: Linda Recktenwald Shelter Island, NY 11964 Proofreader: Katie Tennant Typesetter: Dennis Dalinnik Cover designer: Marija Tudor ISBN: 9781933988771 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 – MAL – 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 To Kim, Hugh, and Erin brief contents 1 ■ Hello, world of concurrency in C++! 1 2 ■ Managing threads 15 3 ■ Sharing data between threads 33 4 ■ Synchronizing concurrent operations 67 5 ■ The C++ memory model and operations on atomic types 103 6 ■ Designing lock-based concurrent data structures 148 7 ■ Designing lock-free concurrent data structures 180 8 ■ Designing concurrent code 224 9 ■ Advanced thread management 273 10 ■ Testing and debugging multithreaded applications 300 vii contents preface xv acknowledgments xvii about this book xix about the cover illustration xxii 1 Hello, world of concurrency in C++! 1 1.1 What is concurrency? 2 Concurrency in computer systems 2 Approaches to concurrency 4 1.2 Why use concurrency? 6 Using concurrency for separation of concerns 6 Using concurrency for performance 7 ■ When not to use concurrency 8 1.3 Concurrency and multithreading in C++ 9 History of multithreading in C++ 10 ■ Concurrency support in the new standard 10 ■ Efficiency in the C++ Thread Library 11 ■ Platform-specific facilities 12 1.4 Getting started 13 Hello, Concurrent World 13 1.5 Summary 14 ix
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