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Recursive mutexes

#include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <string.h> #define THREAD_NUM 8 pthread_mutex_t mutexFuel; int fuel = 50; void* routine(void* args) { pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexFuel); fuel += 50; printf("Incremented fuel to %d\n", fuel); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexFuel); pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexFuel); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { pthread_t th[THREAD_NUM]; pthread_mutexattr_t recursiveMutexAttributes; pthread_mutexattr_init(&recursiveMutexAttributes); pthread_mutexattr_settype(&recursiveMutexAttributes, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE); pthread_mutex_init(&mutexFuel, &recursiveMutexAttributes); int i; for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (pthread_create(&th[i], NULL, &routine, NULL) != 0) { perror("Failed to create thread"); } } for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (pthread_join(th[i], NULL) != 0) { perror("Failed to join thread"); } } printf("Fuel: %d\n", fuel); pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&recursiveMutexAttributes); pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutexFuel); return 0; }
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