Im taking an operating system course.
i understood the code that solved the consumer - producer problem using semaphores.
but what i didnt understood is where do we use these codes...what kind of processes uses this code ?
wonder_laptop -3 Junior Poster in Training
Salem 5,199 Posting Sage
> what kind of processes uses this code ?
Things in a producer / consumer relationship of course.
Say an application sending data to a serial port via a serial port driver. The shared buffer is filled by one process and emptied by another, and access needs to be protected to stop the whole thing falling apart.
wonder_laptop -3 Junior Poster in Training
Alright but i mean these kind of programs are only in the operating system ( kernel in case of linux ) or i can write them to work in user space ? im still confused...
Salem 5,199 Posting Sage
Of course you can.
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