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 …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…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 …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 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…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 …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…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…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…in-kernel key management and retention facility NAME keyrings - in-kernel key management and retention facility DESCRIPTION The Linux key-management facility is primarily a way for…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 …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…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…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…overview of Linux capabilities NAME capabilities - overview of Linux capabilities DESCRIPTION For the purpose of performing permission checks, traditional UNIX implementations dist…overview of Linux mount namespaces NAME mount_namespaces - overview of Linux mount namespaces DESCRIPTION For an overview of namespaces, see namespaces (7). Mount namespaces provid…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…conventions for writing Linux man pages NAME man-pages - conventions for writing Linux man pages SYNOPSIS man [ section ] title DESCRIPTION This page describes the conventions that…