ch07-Process Synchronization.pptVIP

Chapter 7: Process Synchronization Background The Critical-Section Problem Synchronization Hardware Semaphores Classical Problems of Synchronization Critical Regions Monitors Synchronization in Solaris 2 Windows 2000 Background Concurrent access to shared data may result in data inconsistency. Maintaining data consistency requires mechanisms to ensure the orderly execution of cooperating processes. Shared-memory solution to bounded-butter problem (Chapter 4) allows at most n – 1 items in buffer at the same time. A solution, where all N buffers are used is not simple. Suppose that we modify the producer-consumer code by adding a variable counter, initialized to 0 and incremented each time a new item is added to the buffer Bounded-Buffer Shared data #define BUFFER_SIZE 10 typedef struct { . . . } item; item buffer[BUFFER_SIZE]; int in = 0; int out = 0; int counter = 0; Bounded-Buffer Producer process item nextProduced; while (1) { while (counter == BUFFER_SIZE) ; /* do nothing */ buffer[in] = nextProduced; in = (in + 1) % BUFFER_SIZE; counter++; } Bounded-Buffer Consumer process item nextConsumed; while (1) { while (counter == 0) ; /* do nothing */ nextConsumed = buffer[out]; out = (out + 1) % BUFFER_SIZE; counter--; } Bounded Buffer The statementscounter++;counter--;must be performed atomically. Atomic operation means an operation that completes in its entirety without interruption. Bounded Buffer The statement “count++” may be implemented in machine language as:register1 = counter register1 = register1 + 1counter = register1 The statement “count—” may be implemented as:register2 = counterregister2 = register2 – 1counter = register2 Bounded Buffer If both the producer and consumer attempt to update the buffer concurrently, the assembly language statements may get interleaved. Interleaving depends upon how the producer and consumer processes are scheduled. Bounded Buffer Assume counter is initially 5.