February 2022
Intermediate to advanced
1058 pages
26h 23m
English
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Chapter 21. Advanced Threading
We started Chapter 14 with the basics of threading as a precursor to tasks and asynchrony. Specifically, we showed how to start and configure a thread, and covered essential concepts such as thread pooling, blocking, spinning, and synchronization contexts. We also introduced locking and thread safety, and demonstrated the simplest signaling construct, ManualResetEvent.
This chapter picks up where Chapter 14 left off on the topic of threading. In the first three sections, we flesh out synchronization, locking, and thread safety in greater detail. We then cover:
Nonexclusive locking (
Semaphoreand reader/writer locks)All signaling constructs (
AutoResetEvent,ManualResetEvent,CountdownEvent, andBarrier)Lazy initialization (
Lazy<T>andLazyInitializer)Thread-local storage (
ThreadStaticAttribute,ThreadLocal<T>, andGetData/SetData)Timers
Threading is such a vast topic that we’ve put additional material online to complete the picture. Visit http://albahari.com/threading for a discussion on the following, more arcane, topics:
Monitor.WaitandMonitor.Pulsefor specialized signaling scenariosNonblocking synchronization techniques for micro-optimization (
Interlocked, memory barriers,volatile)SpinLockandSpinWaitfor high-concurrency scenarios
Synchronization Overview
Synchronization is the act of coordinating concurrent actions for a predictable outcome. Synchronization is particularly important when multiple threads access the same data; ...
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