Sun Studio 12: Thread Analyzer User's Guide

Preface

The Thread Analyzer User's Guide provides an introduction to the Thread Analyzer tool along with two detailed tutorials. One tutorial focuses on deadlock detection and the other focuses on data-race detection. The manual also includes an FAQ and an appendix of supported APIs.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	`#`

Supported Platforms

This Sun Studio release supports systems that use the SPARC® and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC®, SPARC64, AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T. The supported systems for the version of the Solaris Operating System you are running are available in the hardware compatibility lists at http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl. These documents cite any implementation differences between the platform types.

In this document, these x86 related terms mean the following:

“x86” refers to the larger family of 64-bit and 32-bit x86 compatible products.
“x64’ points out specific 64-bit information about AMD64 or EM64T systems.
“32-bit x86” points out specific 32-bit information about x86 based systems.

For supported systems, see the hardware compatibility lists.

Accessing Sun Studio Documentation

You can access the documentation at the following locations:

The documentation is available from the documentation index that is installed with the software on your local system or network at file:/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html on Solaris platforms and at file:/opt/sun/sunstudio12/docs/index.html on Linux platforms.

If your software is not installed in the /opt directory on a Solaris platform or the /opt/sun directory on a Linux platform, ask your system administrator for the equivalent path on your system.
Most manuals are available from the docs.sun.com^sm web site. The following titles are available through your installed software on Solaris platforms only:
- Standard C++ Library Class Reference
- Standard C++ Library User’s Guide
- Tools.h++ Class Library Reference
- Tools.h++ User’s Guide
The release notes are available from the http://docs.sun.com web site.
Online help for all components of the IDE is available through the Help menu, as well as through Help buttons on many windows and dialog boxes, in the IDE.

The http://docs.sun.com web site enables you to read, print, and buy Sun Microsystems manuals through the Internet. If you cannot find a manual, see the documentation index that is installed with the software on your local system or network.

Note –

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Documentation in Accessible Formats

The documentation is provided in accessible formats that are readable by assistive technologies for users with disabilities. You can find accessible versions of documentation as described in the following table. If your software is not installed in the /opt directory, ask your system administrator for the equivalent path on your system.

Type of Documentation	Format and Location of Accessible Version
Manuals (except third-party manuals)	HTML at `http://docs.sun.com`
Third-party manuals: Standard C++ Library Class Reference Standard C++ Library User’s Guide Tools.h++ Class Library Reference Tools.h++ User’s Guide	HTML in the installed software on Solaris platforms through the documentation index at `file:/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html`
Readmes	HTML on the Sun Developer Network portal at `http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/documentation/ss12`
Man pages	HTML in the installed software through the documentation index at `file:/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html` on Solaris platforms, and at `file:/opt/sun/sunstudio12/docs/index.html` on Linux platforms,
Online help	HTML available through the Help menu and Help buttons in the IDE
Release notes	HTML at `http://docs.sun.com`

Document Title	Description
Performance Analyzer	Provides instructions for using the Performance Analyzer software to diagnose and tune software.
C User's Guide	Provides a reference of all compiler options, descriptions of supported ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (referred to as C99) features, implementation specifics such as pragmas and declaration specifiers, and complete information for using the `lint` code-checking program.
C++ User's Guide	Describes how to use the C++ compiler and provides detailed information on command-line compiler options, program organization, pragmas, templates, exception handing, using the cast operators, and using and building libraries.
Fortran Programming Guide	Describes how to write effective Fortran programs on Solaris environments; input/output, libraries, performance, debugging, and parallelization.
Fortran Library Reference	Details the Fortran library and intrinsics.
OpenMP API User’s Guide	Summary of the OpenMP multiprocessing API, with specifics about the implementation.
Numerical Computation Guide	Describes issues regarding the numerical accuracy of floating-point computations.

Accessing Related Solaris Documentation

The following table describes related documentation that is available through the docs.sun.com web site.

Document Collection	Document Title	Description
Solaris Reference Manual Collection	See the titles of man page sections.	Provides information about the Solaris OS.
Solaris Software Developer Collection	Linker and Libraries Guide	Describes the operations of the Solaris link-editor and runtime linker.
Solaris Software Developer Collection	Multithreaded Programming Guide	Covers the POSIX and Solaris threads APIs, programming with synchronization objects, compiling multithreaded programs, and finding tools for multithreaded programs.

Resources for Developers

Visit the Sun Developer Network Sun Studio portal at http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio to find these frequently updated resources:

Articles on programming techniques and best practices
A knowledge base of short programming tips
Documentation of the software, as well as corrections to the documentation that is installed with your software
Information on support levels
User forums
Downloadable code samples
New technology previews

The Sun Studio portal is one of a number of additional resources for developers at the Sun Developer Network website, http://developers.sun.com.

Contacting Sun Technical Support

If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting

Sending Your Comments

Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. Submit your comments to Sun at this URL:

http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback

Please include the part number of the document in the subject line of your email. For example, the part number for this document is 820-0619.