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Producer - Consumer Problem in Multi-Threading

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <time.h> #include <semaphore.h> #define THREAD_NUM 8 sem_t semEmpty; sem_t semFull; pthread_mutex_t mutexBuffer; int buffer[10]; int count = 0; void* producer(void* args) { while (1) { // Produce int x = rand() % 100; sleep(1); // Add to the buffer sem_wait(&semEmpty); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexBuffer); buffer[count] = x; count++; pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexBuffer); sem_post(&semFull); } } void* consumer(void* args) { while (1) { int y; // Remove from the buffer sem_wait(&semFull); pthread_mutex_lock(&mutexBuffer); y = buffer[count - 1]; count--; pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutexBuffer); sem_post(&semEmpty); // Consume printf("Got %d\n", y); sleep(1); } } int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { srand(time(NULL)); pthread_t th[THREAD_NUM]; pthread_mutex_init(&mutexBuffer, NULL); sem_init(&semEmpty, 0, 10); sem_init(&semFull, 0, 0); int i; for (i = 0; i < THREAD_NUM; i++) { if (i > 0) { if (pthread_create(&th[i], NULL, &producer, NULL) != 0) { perror("Failed to create thread"); } } else { if (pthread_create(&th[i], NULL, &consumer, 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"); } } sem_destroy(&semEmpty); sem_destroy(&semFull); pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutexBuffer); return 0; }
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