C Program to solve the producer consumer problem

Posted on April 19, 2012June 19, 2026 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 …

Dining Philosophers Problem in C – pthreads and Deadlock Prevention

Posted on February 16, 2012July 2, 2026 by Sandeepa Nadahalli

The Dining Philosophers problem is a classic synchronization puzzle introduced by Edsger Dijkstra to illustrate deadlock and resource contention. Five philosophers sit at a round table with a single fork between each pair of neighbors — five forks total. Each philosopher alternates between thinking and eating, but eating requires picking up both the fork on …