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When does a semaphore issue a wait and when does it issue a signal?
In my textbook, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles (9th Edition) by William Stallings in chapter 5, it explains how semaphores work:
The fundamental principle is this: Two or more ...
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How can a spinlock progress when it's busy-waiting?
I read that in spinlock, process keeps on waiting for the lock continuously in a loop until it receives signal(lock) or ...
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