Materials for Topic 8: Threads

Full C Programs

• unsynced_threads_experiment.c - a C program that demonstrates the effect of a race condition.
• synced_threads_experiment.c - a C program that solves the issue in the unsynced threads experiment.
• unsynced_bank_withdraw.c - a C program that demonstrates the effect of a race condition using the a bank withdrawal example.
• synced_bank_withdraw.c - a C program that solves the issue in the unsynced bank withdraw program.
• threads_example.c - a C program showing the use of pthread_create() and pthread_join().

Runnable Linux Commands

• The command:
  gcc -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g -pthread -o program program.c
  compiles the C source code located inside the file program.c and links the Pthread library to the executable. See more details here.
• The command:
  . ./.short_prompt
  executes code inside a file named .short_prompt and sources it (applies all the changes to the current session.) See more details here.
• The command:
  . ./.long_prompt
  executes code inside a file named .long_prompt and sources it (applies all the changes to the current session.) See more details here.

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