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Show that, if the wait () and signal () semaphore operations are not executed atomically, then mutual exclusion may be violated.
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written 4.1 years ago by gravatar for apsareena apsareena • 670 •   modified 3.9 years ago

Semaphore is a technique to manage concurrent processes by using a simple integer value, which is known as a semaphore.

  • Semaphore is simply a variable that is non-negative and shared between threads. This variable is used to solve the critical section problem and to achieve process synchronization in the multiprocessing …

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