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Method for computer memory management
In computer programming, thread-local storage (TLS) is a memory management method that uses static or global memory local to a thread. The concept allows storage of data that appears to be global in a system with separate threads. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Thread-local storageA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Modern Operating SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Buddy Stacks: Protecting Return Addresses with Efficient Thread-Local Storage and Runtime Re-RandomizationCited 9 times
- Go sideways: Double-checked lockingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Thread safetyA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Modern Operating SystemsAndrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos · 1992
Treaty Occupationay ToxicologySuelen Queiroz · 2010
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992- 📕The camera assistant's manualDavid E. Elkins · 2013
SystemVerilog for VerificationChris Spear · 2006
Clojure high performance programmingShantanu Kumar · 2013
Advanced OS/2 ProgrammingRay Duncan · 1989
C# 4.0 in a nutshellJoseph Albahari · 2010
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