/* * con3.c - Concurrency using flag array - version 2 * Move setting of the flag before the wait * Allows threads to specify desire for critical secgion * Due to race conditions with the flag array, it is prone to deadlock * if both threads set the flag at the same time */ #include #include #include #include #include // shared global static int counter1 = 0; static int counter2 = 0; // start flag volatile int start = 0; // flag array volatile int flag[2] = {0, 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 < 100000000; j++) { flag[me] = 1; while (flag[you]) { /* do nothing */ } // this is the critical section counter1++; counter2++; // leaving critical section flag[me] = 0; } 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; }