Gate2018 cs Q56
56Consider the following solution to the producer-consumer synchronization problem. The shared buffer size is N. Three semaphores empty, full and mutex are defined with respective initial values of 0, N and 1. Semaphore empty denotes the number of available slots in the buffer, for the consumer to read from. Semaphore full denotes the number of available slots in the buffer, for the producer to write to. The placeholder variables, denoted by P, Q, R and S, in the code below can be assigned either empty or full. The valid semaphore operations are: wait ( ) and signal ( ).
| Producer | Consumer |
| do{ wait(p); wait(mutex); //Add item to buffer signal(mutex); signal(Q); }while (1); | do{ wait(R); wait(mutex); //Consume item from buffer signal (mutex); signal (); }while (1); |
Which one of the following assignments to P, Q, R and S will yield the correct solution?
- Option : C
- Explanation : Full = N, empty = 0, mutex = 1 Initially buffer will be empty, so consumer should not start first, so options B, D are eliminated. With option A consumer will never consume the item, so it is wrong. Option ‘C’ is the correct answer which proper functionality of produce and consumer.
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