How to use threads ?

[Lord_Coder]

Hi all,

i want know how to use threads on my kernel , for example to call two functions at the same time .

Thanks for any reply .

[Solar]

Are you serious?

::)

Have you coded multithreading in user space, before?

[Pype.Clicker]

i'd recommend you to get a look at OSFAQ:ContextSwitching and see if that makes sense for you.

And indeed, as Solar said, the way you ask your question sounds like you were thinking of black magic beyond the word "thread", so make sure you're familiar with the notions of dead-locks, synchronisation primitives such as sempahores and mutexes and that you have no hesitation whether code of your own is or isn't reentrant before you start meddling with multitask support.

Iirc from your previous post, you're french-speaker, no? If that's the case, i suggest you check the articles serie about ENIX/SOS (see http://sos.enix.org/) from Linux Magazine...

[Lord_Coder]

Have you coded multithreading in user space, before?

Yes , in C++ , i used PThreads ( Posix Threads ) .

I'ill look at the "Context Switching" article on the OsFaq .
Thanks for the replys .

[Lord_Coder]

I found a great article about multitasking , here's the link : http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/multit ... ?the_id=84 .

[Pype.Clicker]

(hehe ... beyond infinity's tutorial ... yep. I think it is mentionned on the FAQ)