/* * con1.c - Concurrency using "taking turns" * Provides mutual exclusion but does not work for more than 2 processes * Also does not work if a process does not want to access the critical section */ #include #include #include #include #include // shared global static int counter1 = 0; static int counter2 = 0; // start flag volatile int start = 0; // turn flag volatile int turn = 0; void* thread_routine(void* args) { int me = *((int *)args); int you = me ? 0 : 1; printf("Worker thread: %d ready, you are %d\n", me, you); // wait for start from master thread while(!start); for (int j = 0; j < 1000; j++) { while(turn != me) { /* do nothing */ } // this is the critical section counter1++; counter2++; // leaving critical section turn = you; } printf("Worker thread: %d done\n", me); return NULL; } int main() { int val1 = 0; int val2 = 1; pthread_t thr1; pthread_t thr2; if(pthread_create(&thr1, NULL, thread_routine, (void*)&val1) == -1) { printf("COULD NOT CREATE A THREAD\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if(pthread_create(&thr2, NULL, thread_routine, (void*)&val2) == -1) { printf("COULD NOT CREATE A THREAD\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } start = 1; pthread_join(thr1,NULL); pthread_join(thr2,NULL); printf("counter1: %d\n",counter1); printf("counter2: %d\n",counter2); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }