thread - runnable / computation entity
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The thread object is the construct that represents a time-shared CPU execution context. Thread objects live associated to a particular Process Object which provides the memory and the handles to other objects necessary for I/O and computation.
A thread can be created implicitly by calling sys_process_start(), in which
case the new thread is the "main thread" and the thread entrypoint is defined by
the previously loaded binary. Or it can be created by calling
sys_thread_create() which takes the entrypoint as a parameter.
A thread terminates when it returns from executing the routine specified as
the entrypoint or by calling sys_thread_exit().
- thread_create - create a new thread within a process
- thread_exit - exit the current thread
- thread_read_state - read register state from a thread
- thread_start - cause a new thread to start executing
- thread_write_state - modify register state of a thread
- task_resume - cause a suspended task to continue running
- task_bind_exception_port - attach an exception port to a task
- task_kill - cause a task to stop running