Questions and Answers
What is a classic example of a producer-consumer scenario that requires synchronization?
Buffer manipulation
What is the primary purpose of using mutex locks in thread synchronization?
To ensure mutual exclusion when threads access shared resources
In the context of semaphores, what does the 'wait()' operation do?
Decrements the semaphore value
What is a spinlock primarily used for in multi-processor systems?
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What is the main disadvantage of disabling interrupts frequently in terms of system time?
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What happens if semaphore operations 'wait()' and 'signal()' are not executed atomically?
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In the context of thread synchronization, what is the primary use of 'pthread_mutex_lock()' and 'pthread_mutex_unlock()'?
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