Chapter 8. Thread Synchronization in User Mode
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Microsoft Windows runs best when all the threads can go about their business without having to communicate with each other. However, a thread can rarely act independently all the time. Usually, threads are spawned to handle some task. When the task is complete, another thread will probably want to know about it.
All threads in the system must have access to system resources, such as heaps, serial ports, files, windows, and countless others. If one thread requests exclusive access to a resource, other threads cannot get their work done. ...
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