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The primary interface for spawning a new execution flow within a process is pthread_create. The function signature defines the thread identifier, configuration attributes, the entry routine, and an argument pointer past to that routine. int pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *att...

1. Background and Motivation While mutexes are fundamental tools for thread synchronization, they are not a universal solution. Consider a scenario where a thread waits for a specific state within shared data to become true. A naive approach involves repeatedly locking and unlocking a mutex, polling...