Multithreading

• Overview
• Programming with Multiple Threads
• Scenarios for Using Multiple Threads
• Modifying the Scene Graph
• Programming Resources
• System Dependencies
• Multiple Threads and Performance
• Custom Nodes Introduction
• Custom Node Basics
• Class Mutex
• Performance Considerations
• Resource Considerations
• Automatic Read Lock
• What's Safe
• Class Static Variables and Static Variables
• Thread Local Storage (TLS)
• Instance Thread Storage

Chapter Objectives. After reading this chapter you will be familiar with:

• The features and limitations of multithread support in Open Inventor
• Some of the ways multiple threads can be used in an Open Inventor application
• Some guidelines for making custom nodes thread (and pipe) safe