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What problem may arise due to concurrent access to shared data?
What problem may arise due to concurrent access to shared data?
How can the Bounded Buffer problem with concurrent producer and consumer be affected?
How can the Bounded Buffer problem with concurrent producer and consumer be affected?
What is required to ensure the orderly execution of cooperating processes in a concurrent environment?
What is required to ensure the orderly execution of cooperating processes in a concurrent environment?
What potential issue may arise if processes P0 and P1 do not have a mechanism to prevent concurrent access to the variable next_available_pid?
What potential issue may arise if processes P0 and P1 do not have a mechanism to prevent concurrent access to the variable next_available_pid?
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Which system call is used by processes P0 and P1 to create child processes with the potential for a race condition on the variable next_available_pid?
Which system call is used by processes P0 and P1 to create child processes with the potential for a race condition on the variable next_available_pid?
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What is the significance of preventing concurrent access to the variable next_available_pid in the context of process creation using fork()?
What is the significance of preventing concurrent access to the variable next_available_pid in the context of process creation using fork()?
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