/* * mutex1.c - Uses a mutex lock to control access to a critical section * that increments two global variables */ #include #include #include #include #include // shared global static int counter1 = 0; static int counter2 = 0; // start flag volatile int start; // flag mutex pthread_mutex_t flag = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; // The thread process 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 < 1000000; j++) { pthread_mutex_lock(&flag); // this is the critical section counter1++; counter2++; // leaving critical section pthread_mutex_unlock(&flag); } printf("Worker thread: %d done\n", me); return NULL; } // Main process 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); pthread_mutex_destroy(&flag); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }