https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=LinuxThreadsLinuxThreads - revision history2026-07-11T15:02:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.0https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=LinuxThreads&diff=727&oldid=prevDank at 14:54, 12 July 20092009-07-12T14:54:23Z<p></p>
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</table>Dankhttps://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=LinuxThreads&diff=726&oldid=prevDank: Created page with 'The old Pthreads implementation on Linux systems running GNU libc or <tt>libc5</tt>. It was superseded by NPTL and NGPT, with NPTL becoming t...'2009-07-12T14:54:11Z<p>Created page with 'The old <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=Pthreads" title="Pthreads">Pthreads</a> implementation on <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=Linux_APIs" title="Linux APIs">Linux</a> systems running <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=Glibc" class="mw-redirect" title="Glibc">GNU libc</a> or <tt>libc5</tt>. It was superseded by <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=NPTL" title="NPTL">NPTL</a> and NGPT, with <a href="/dankwiki/index.php?title=NPTL" title="NPTL">NPTL</a> becoming t...'</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The old [[Pthreads]] implementation on [[Linux APIs|Linux]] systems running [[Glibc|GNU libc]] or <tt>libc5</tt>. It was superseded by [[NPTL]] and NGPT, with [[NPTL]] becoming the Linux pthreads implementation of record. LinuxThreads is emulated under [[FreeBSD APIs|FreeBSD]] via the <tt>devel/linuxthreads</tt> Port. LinuxThreads did not faithfully support the full 1003.1c standard (especially regarding signal handling and <tt>PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS</tt>), used a control thread, and co-opted two signals (realtime signals if possible, or otherwise SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2. Realtime signals were supported on Linux 2.2+ when using glibc).<br />
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It can still be found [http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/ here], including the [http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/README README] and a [http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/faq.html FAQ].</div>Dank