synchronization

C Program to solve the producer consumer problem

Posted on by Sandeepa Nadahalli

C Program to Solve the Producer-Consumer Problem Using Semaphores The producer-consumer problem (also called the bounded-buffer problem) is a classic process synchronization problem. A producer process generates data items while a consumer process reads them; a semaphore enforces the ordering so the consumer never reads ahead of the producer. Note: This program uses POSIX System …

C Program to solve Dining philosophers problem.

Posted on by Sandeepa Nadahalli

Write a C Program to solve Dining philosophers problem.Dining philosophers problem is a classic synchronization problem.A problem introduced by Dijkstra concerning resource allocation between processes. Five silent philosophers sit  around table with a bowl of spaghetti. A fork is placed between each pair of adjacent philosophers. Each philosopher must alternately think and eat.Eating is not …