Thread Interface - The GNU Mach Reference Manual

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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.