SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THREAD OF AT LEAST THREE OS
=Java Thread
Java thread are managed by the JVM
Java thread may created by:
> Extending thread class> Implementing the Runnable inteface
In Java, each thread is represented by an object of class java.lang.Thread, which handles the necessary bookkeeping and provides methods for controlling the thread.
=Windows 2000Implements the one-to-one mappingEach thread contains
A thread ID
Register set
Separate user and kernel stacks for user and kernel modes
Private data storage area used by various run-time libraries and dynamic link libraries (DDLs)
The latter three are known as the context of the thread and are architecture-specific to HW
=LINUX THREADS
- Linux refers to them as tasks rather than threads
- Thread creation is done through clone() system call
- clone() allows a child task to share the address space of the parent task (process)