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Practical example to barriers (pthread_barrier)

#include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <string.h> #include <time.h> #define THREAD_NUM 8 int dice_values[THREAD_NUM]; int status[THREAD_NUM] = { 0 }; pthread_barrier_t barrierRolledDice; pthread_barrier_t barrierCalculated; void* roll(void* args) { int index = *(int*)args; while (1) { dice_values[index] = rand() % 32 + 1; pthread_barrier_wait(&barrierRolledDice); pthread_barrier_wait(&barrierCalculated); if (status[index] == 1) { printf("(%d rolled %d) I won\n", index, dice_values[index]); } else { printf("(%d rolled %d) I lost\n", index, dice_values[index]); } } free(args); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { srand(time(NULL)); pthread_t th[THREAD_NUM]; int i; pthread_barrier_init(&barrierRolledDice, NULL, THREAD_NUM + 1); pthread_barrier_init(&barrierCalculated, NULL, THREAD_NUM + 1); for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { int* a = malloc(sizeof(int)); *a = i; if (pthread_create(&th[i], NULL, &roll, (void*) a) != 0) { perror("Failed to create thread"); } } while (1) { pthread_barrier_wait(&barrierRolledDice); // Calculate winner int max = 0; for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (dice_values[i] > max) { max = dice_values[i]; } } for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (dice_values[i] == max) { status[i] = 1; } else { status[i] = 0; } } sleep(1); printf("==== New round starting ====\n"); pthread_barrier_wait(&barrierCalculated); } for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (pthread_join(th[i], NULL) != 0) { perror("Failed to join thread"); } } pthread_barrier_destroy(&barrierRolledDice); pthread_barrier_destroy(&barrierCalculated); return 0; }
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Unix Threads in C

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