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…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…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…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 …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 …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…overview of Linux PID namespaces NAME pid_namespaces - overview of Linux PID namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). PID namespaces isolate the pr…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…overview of Linux capabilities NAME capabilities - overview of Linux capabilities DESCRIPTION For the purpose of performing permission checks, traditional UNIX implementations dist…POSIX safety concepts NAME attributes - POSIX safety concepts DESCRIPTION Note : the text of this man page is based on the material taken from the "POSIX Safety Concepts" section o…Linux control groups NAME cgroups - Linux control groups DESCRIPTION Control groups, usually referred to as cgroups, are a Linux kernel feature which allow processes to be organize…unprivileged access-control NAME Landlock - unprivileged access-control DESCRIPTION Landlock is an access-control system that enables any processes to securely restrict themselves …bash built-in commands, see bash (1) NAME bash-builtins - bash built-in commands, see bash (1) SYNOPSIS bash defines the following built-in commands: :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, brea…bash built-in commands, see bash (1) NAME bash-builtins - bash built-in commands, see bash (1) SYNOPSIS bash defines the following built-in commands: :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, brea…overview of Memory Protection Keys NAME pkeys - overview of Memory Protection Keys DESCRIPTION Memory Protection Keys (pkeys) are an extension to existing page-based memory permiss…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…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…feature test macros NAME feature_test_macros - feature test macros DESCRIPTION Feature test macros allow the programmer to control the definitions that are exposed by system header…