Answer by ol202020 for How exactly does the wait function work wrt to...
Lets say we currently have number_of_cakes = 0, so Thread 2 is currently stuck on wait(rack_has_cakes). Thread 1 runs and increments number_of_cakes by 1. Then it calls signal(rack_has_cakes) - this...
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thread 2 wakes up before Thread 1 calls unlock(some_lock), so it goes back to sleep again and the signal has been missed.No, that's not how it works. I will use C++std::condition_variable for my cite,...
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BackgroundI am somewhat confused about my understanding of how condition variables operate in conjunction with concurrent access to shared data. The following is pseudo code to depict my current...
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