Questions tagged [semaphore]
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Why semaphores lead to loss of modularity?
In this article Semaphores in Operating System and other articles on the internet, they have mentioned one of the disadvantages of semaphores is that it leads to loss of modularity. They further said ...
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What will you do if multiple users access your application at the same time?
I'm an experienced Software Engineer but very weak in concurrency because of no prior experience in that. I've been interviewing with several companies in which I was asked similar kinds of questions ...
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How are semaphores and test-and-set instructions connected?
Cheers, so my textbook explains these parts very poorly, so I would gladly take any advice! I am confused between the test-and-set instructions, which per my book is a very common CPU instruction set, ...
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How to trigger a thread to start working using semaphore?
How to trigger a thread to start working using semaphore?
I have find a lot of explanation about thread and semaphore but i still don't understand, any help please
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Process synchronization problem
The atomic fetch-and-set x,y instruction unconditionally sets the memory location x to 1 and fetches the old value of x in y without allowing any intervening access to the memory location x. Consider ...
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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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Comparing wait-signal alternatives for synchronizing two piece of programs
I came across following problem:
A certain computation generates two arrays a and b such that ...
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Designing solution to critical section problem with two semaphores vs single semaphore
I came across following problem:
Let two processes P1 and P2 are there:
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Does this state certify to be called as a deadlock?
I came across following problem:
Barrier is a synchronization construct where a set of processes synchronizes globally i.e., each process in the set arrives at the barrier and waits for all others ...