Write a C Program to solve the producer consumer problem with two processes using semaphores.
Producer-consumer problem is the standard example of multiple process synchronization problem. The problem occurs when concurrently producer and consumer tries to fill the data and pick the data when it is full or empty. producer consumer problem is also known as bounded-buffer problem. In this program We use the semaphores, to solve the problem.Read more about C Programming Language . and read the C Programming Language (2nd Edition) by K and R.
Producer-consumer problem is the standard example of multiple process synchronization problem. The problem occurs when concurrently producer and consumer tries to fill the data and pick the data when it is full or empty. producer consumer problem is also known as bounded-buffer problem. In this program We use the semaphores, to solve the problem.Read more about C Programming Language . and read the C Programming Language (2nd Edition) by K and R.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
#define NUM_LOOPS 20
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int sem_set_id;
union semun sem_val;
int child_pid;
int i;
struct sembuf sem_op;
int rc;
struct timespec delay;
sem_set_id = semget(IPC_PRIVATE, 1, 0600);
if (sem_set_id == -1) {
perror("main: semget");
exit(1);
}
printf("Semaphore set created,
semaphore set id '%d'.n", sem_set_id);
sem_val.val = 0;
rc = semctl(sem_set_id, 0, SETVAL, sem_val);
child_pid = fork();
switch (child_pid) {
case -1:
perror("fork");
exit(1);
case 0:
for (i=0; i<NUM_LOOPS; i++) {
sem_op.sem_num = 0;
sem_op.sem_op = -1;
sem_op.sem_flg = 0;
semop(sem_set_id, &sem_op, 1);
printf("consumer: '%d'n", i);
fflush(stdout);
sleep(3);
}
break;
default:
for (i=0; i<NUM_LOOPS; i++)
{
printf("producer: '%d'n", i);
fflush(stdout);
sem_op.sem_num = 0;
sem_op.sem_op = 1;
sem_op.sem_flg = 0;
semop(sem_set_id, &sem_op, 1);
sleep(2);
if (rand() > 3*(RAND_MAX/4))
{
delay.tv_sec = 0;
delay.tv_nsec = 10;
nanosleep(&delay, NULL);
}
}
break;
}
return 0;
}
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