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7.1 Thread Interface

Data type: thread_t

This is a mach_port_t and used to hold the port name of a thread port that represents the thread. Manipulations of the thread are implemented as remote procedure calls to the thread port. A thread can get a port to itself with the mach_thread_self system call.

• Thread Creation:  Creating new threads.
• Thread Termination:  Terminating existing threads.
• Thread Information:  How to get informations on threads.
• Thread Settings:  How to set threads related informations.
• Thread Execution:  How to control the thread’s machine state.
• Scheduling:  Operations on thread scheduling.
• Thread Special Ports:  How to handle the thread’s special ports.
• Exceptions:  Managing exceptions.