Concurrent Programming Book for Unix in C

Question

I'm looking for good books on concurrent programming in C in the Unix environment. They need to cover classic concurrency, Unix multi-processing, and POSIX thread. Most of the books I have found are not for C or Unix. Keep in mind that I am not expecting one book to cover all of that though it would be great if such a book existed.

The best book that I have found so far is Programming with POSIX Threads but it only covers threads. This is great but I need more information on concurrency and multi-processing. I am also interested in concurrency issues in databases and architecture.

I am looking for books that are particular to C and Unix, but if you know of a good book that teaches the fundamentals of concurrency really well I would be interested in that also even if it is not in C or for Unix.

Ebooks and online articles are also appreciated.

Answer 1

• UNIX Systems Programming: Communication, Concurrency and Threads - Kay and Steve Robbins
• UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications - W. Richard Stevens
• Communicating Sequential Processes - C.A.R. Hoare
• POSA Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects - Douglas Schmidt, et al.
• The Art of Multiprocessor Programming - Maurice Herlihy and Nir Shavit
• Modern Multithreading - Richard Carver and Kuo-Chung Tai
• Concurrent Programming in Java - Doug Lea (contains general material in addition to Java-specific material)

The first two books most closely satisfy your request for books with a UNIX and C bent. While ostensibly a Java book, Lea's book contains excellent general material in addition to Java-specific material.