POSIX threads NAME pthreads - POSIX threads DESCRIPTION POSIX.1 specifies a set of interfaces (functions, header files) for threaded programming commonly known as POSIX threads, or…overview of CPU scheduling NAME sched - overview of CPU scheduling DESCRIPTION Since Linux 2.6.23, the default scheduler is CFS, the "Completely Fair Scheduler". The CFS scheduler …optional parts of the POSIX standard NAME posixoptions - optional parts of the POSIX standard DESCRIPTION The POSIX standard (the information below is from POSIX.1-2001) describes …Native POSIX Threads Library NAME nptl - Native POSIX Threads Library DESCRIPTION NPTL (Native POSIX Threads Library) is the GNU C library POSIX threads implementation that is used…unprivileged access-control NAME Landlock - unprivileged access-control DESCRIPTION Landlock is an access-control system that enables any processes to securely restrict themselves …process identifiers NAME credentials - process identifiers DESCRIPTION Process ID (PID) Each process has a unique nonnegative integer identifier that is assigned when the process i…overview of POSIX semaphores NAME sem_overview - overview of POSIX semaphores DESCRIPTION POSIX semaphores allow processes and threads to synchronize their actions. A semaphore is …overview of signals NAME signal - overview of signals DESCRIPTION Linux supports both POSIX reliable signals (hereinafter "standard signals") and POSIX real-time signals. Signal di…obtaining information about sockets NAME sock_diag - obtaining information about sockets SYNOPSIS #include <sys/socket.h> #include <linux/sock_diag.h> #include <linux/unix_diag.h> …A Git Glossary NAME gitglossary - A Git Glossary SYNOPSIS * DESCRIPTION alternate object database Via the alternates mechanism, a repository can inherit part of its object database…overview of POSIX message queues NAME mq_overview - overview of POSIX message queues DESCRIPTION POSIX message queues allow processes to exchange data in the form of messages. This…async-signal-safe functions NAME signal-safety - async-signal-safe functions DESCRIPTION An async-signal-safe function is one that can be safely called from within a signal handler…confine processes to processor and memory node subsets NAME cpuset - confine processes to processor and memory node subsets DESCRIPTION The cpuset filesystem is a pseudo-filesystem…Extended attributes NAME xattr - Extended attributes DESCRIPTION Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated permanently with files and directories, similar to the environm…SPU filesystem NAME spufs - SPU filesystem DESCRIPTION The SPU filesystem is used on PowerPC machines that implement the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture in order to access Syner…Network device naming schemes NAME systemd.net-naming-scheme - Network device naming schemes DESCRIPTION Network interfaces names and MAC addresses may be generated based on certai…overview of time and timers NAME time - overview of time and timers DESCRIPTION Real time and process time Real time is defined as time measured from some fixed point, either from …overview of Linux capabilities NAME capabilities - overview of Linux capabilities DESCRIPTION For the purpose of performing permission checks, traditional UNIX implementations dist…fast user-space locking NAME futex - fast user-space locking SYNOPSIS #include <linux/futex.h> DESCRIPTION The Linux kernel provides futexes ("Fast user-space mutexes") as a buildi…POSIX asynchronous I/O overview NAME aio - POSIX asynchronous I/O overview DESCRIPTION The POSIX asynchronous I/O (AIO) interface allows applications to initiate one or more I/O op…