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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?
- Data inconsistency (correct)
- Reduced processing speed
- Improved data integrity
- Increased memory consumption
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?
- Improved overall performance
- Enhanced synchronization
- Optimized resource utilization
- Race condition (correct)
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?
- Additional memory modules
- Mechanisms for maintaining data consistency (correct)
- Increased processor speed
- Advanced programming languages
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?
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?
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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