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Lecture 6: Slide 7 of 61

The Critical­Section Problem
  • n processes all competing to use some shared data
  • Each process has a code segment, called critical section, in which the shared data is accessed.
  • Problem - ensure that when one process is executing in its critical section, no other process is allowed to execute in its critical section.
  • Structure of process Pi
    Critical section problem diagram

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