Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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For 4.31 (a) Do not use the passing the baton technique. Solve the problem directly using semaphores. Your answer to Question (a) should be similar to the solution to the Reader/writer's Problem.
For Exercise 4.31 (b), you must define the following shared variables/semaphores and use the technique of passing the baton:  

int  nN = 0;  // number of northbound cars on the bridge  

int  nS = 0;  // number of southbound cars on the bridge  

sem  e = 1;  // controls entry to critical section        

n = 0; // used to delay northbound cars    

s = 0;  // used to delay southbound cars  

int dn = 0; // number of delayed northbound cars    

ds = 0; // number of delayed southbound cars 

4.31 The One-Lane Bridge. Cars coming from the north and the south arrive at a one-
lane bridge. Cars heading in the same direction can cross the bridge at the same
time, but cars heading in opposite directions cannot.
(a) Develop a solution to this problem. First specify a global invariant, then
develop a solution using semaphores for synchronization. Do not worry about
fairness.
(b) Modify your answer to (b) to ensure that any car that is waiting to cross the
bridge eventually gets to do so. You may want to solve the problem differently.
(Hint: Use the technique of passing the baton.)
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Transcribed Image Text:4.31 The One-Lane Bridge. Cars coming from the north and the south arrive at a one- lane bridge. Cars heading in the same direction can cross the bridge at the same time, but cars heading in opposite directions cannot. (a) Develop a solution to this problem. First specify a global invariant, then develop a solution using semaphores for synchronization. Do not worry about fairness. (b) Modify your answer to (b) to ensure that any car that is waiting to cross the bridge eventually gets to do so. You may want to solve the problem differently. (Hint: Use the technique of passing the baton.)
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