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CS3841/Examples/concurrency/mutex1.c
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/*
* mutex1.c - Uses a mutex lock to control access to a critical section
* that increments two global variables
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
// 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;
}