Add missing urls for thread doc module

src/libstd/thread/mod.rs

@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 //! provide some built-in support for low-level synchronization.
 //!
 //! Communication between threads can be done through
-//! [channels](../../std/sync/mpsc/index.html), Rust's message-passing
-//! types, along with [other forms of thread
+//! [channels], Rust's message-passing types, along with [other forms of thread
 //! synchronization](../../std/sync/index.html) and shared-memory data
 //! structures. In particular, types that are guaranteed to be
 //! threadsafe are easily shared between threads using the
-//! atomically-reference-counted container,
-//! [`Arc`](../../std/sync/struct.Arc.html).
+//! atomically-reference-counted container, [`Arc`].
 //!
 //! Fatal logic errors in Rust cause *thread panic*, during which
 //! a thread will unwind the stack, running destructors and freeing
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
 //!
 //! ## Spawning a thread
 //!
-//! A new thread can be spawned using the `thread::spawn` function:
+//! A new thread can be spawned using the [`thread::spawn`][`spawn`] function:
 //!
 //! ```rust
 //! use std::thread;
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@
 //! it), unless this parent is the main thread.
 //!
 //! The parent thread can also wait on the completion of the child
-//! thread; a call to `spawn` produces a `JoinHandle`, which provides
+//! thread; a call to [`spawn`] produces a [`JoinHandle`], which provides
 //! a `join` method for waiting:
 //!
 //! ```rust
@@ -68,13 +66,13 @@
 //! let res = child.join();
 //! ```
 //!
-//! The `join` method returns a `Result` containing `Ok` of the final
-//! value produced by the child thread, or `Err` of the value given to
-//! a call to `panic!` if the child panicked.
+//! The [`join`] method returns a [`Result`] containing [`Ok`] of the final
+//! value produced by the child thread, or [`Err`] of the value given to
+//! a call to [`panic!`] if the child panicked.
 //!
 //! ## Configuring threads
 //!
-//! A new thread can be configured before it is spawned via the `Builder` type,
+//! A new thread can be configured before it is spawned via the [`Builder`] type,
 //! which currently allows you to set the name and stack size for the child thread:
 //!
 //! ```rust
@@ -88,43 +86,43 @@
 //!
 //! ## The `Thread` type
 //!
-//! Threads are represented via the `Thread` type, which you can get in one of
+//! Threads are represented via the [`Thread`] type, which you can get in one of
 //! two ways:
 //!
-//! * By spawning a new thread, e.g. using the `thread::spawn` function, and
-//!   calling `thread()` on the `JoinHandle`.
-//! * By requesting the current thread, using the `thread::current` function.
+//! * By spawning a new thread, e.g. using the [`thread::spawn`][`spawn`]
+//!   function, and calling [`thread()`] on the [`JoinHandle`].
+//! * By requesting the current thread, using the [`thread::current()`] function.
 //!
-//! The `thread::current()` function is available even for threads not spawned
+//! The [`thread::current()`] function is available even for threads not spawned
 //! by the APIs of this module.
 //!
 //! ## Blocking support: park and unpark
 //!
 //! Every thread is equipped with some basic low-level blocking support, via the
-//! `thread::park()` function and `thread::Thread::unpark()` method. `park()`
-//! blocks the current thread, which can then be resumed from another thread by
-//! calling the `unpark()` method on the blocked thread's handle.
+//! [`thread::park()`][`park()`] function and [`thread::Thread::unpark()`][`unpark()`]
+//! method. [`park()`] blocks the current thread, which can then be resumed from
+//! another thread by calling the [`unpark()`] method on the blocked thread's handle.
 //!
-//! Conceptually, each `Thread` handle has an associated token, which is
+//! Conceptually, each [`Thread`] handle has an associated token, which is
 //! initially not present:
 //!
-//! * The `thread::park()` function blocks the current thread unless or until
+//! * The [`thread::park()`][`park()`] function blocks the current thread unless or until
 //!   the token is available for its thread handle, at which point it atomically
 //!   consumes the token. It may also return *spuriously*, without consuming the
-//!   token. `thread::park_timeout()` does the same, but allows specifying a
+//!   token. [`thread::park_timeout()`] does the same, but allows specifying a
 //!   maximum time to block the thread for.
 //!
-//! * The `unpark()` method on a `Thread` atomically makes the token available
+//! * The [`unpark()`] method on a [`Thread`] atomically makes the token available
 //!   if it wasn't already.
 //!
-//! In other words, each `Thread` acts a bit like a semaphore with initial count
+//! In other words, each [`Thread`] acts a bit like a semaphore with initial count
 //! 0, except that the semaphore is *saturating* (the count cannot go above 1),
 //! and can return spuriously.
 //!
 //! The API is typically used by acquiring a handle to the current thread,
 //! placing that handle in a shared data structure so that other threads can
 //! find it, and then `park`ing. When some desired condition is met, another
-//! thread calls `unpark` on the handle.
+//! thread calls [`unpark()`] on the handle.
 //!
 //! The motivation for this design is twofold:
 //!
@@ -149,6 +147,22 @@
 //! will want to make use of some form of **interior mutability** through the
 //! [`Cell`] or [`RefCell`] types.
 //!
+//! [channels]: ../../std/sync/mpsc/index.html
+//! [`Arc`]: ../../std/sync/struct.Arc.html
+//! [`spawn`]: ../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html
+//! [`JoinHandle`]: ../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html
+//! [`thread()`]: ../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html#method.thread
+//! [`join`]: ../../std/thread/struct.JoinHandle.html#method.join
+//! [`Result`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html
+//! [`Ok`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html#variant.Ok
+//! [`Err`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html#variant.Err
+//! [`panic!`]: ../../std/macro.panic.html
+//! [`Builder`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html
+//! [`thread::current()`]: ../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html
+//! [`Thread`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html
+//! [`park()`]: ../../std/thread/fn.park.html
+//! [`unpark()`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html#method.unpark
+//! [`thread::park_timeout()`]: ../../std/thread/fn.park_timeout.html
 //! [`Cell`]: ../cell/struct.Cell.html
 //! [`RefCell`]: ../cell/struct.RefCell.html
 //! [`thread_local!`]: ../macro.thread_local.html