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Computer Systems

HW Questions?

New Homework

  • Sample Sort
  • Parallel Quick Sort
    • Draw quick sort.
    • Easy to parallelize, but first partition is sequential.
    • Can avoid sequential code by sampling instead.

Data Races

  • Count example
  • Discuss semaphores
    • Locks
  • Second count example

Conditions for a data race:

  • Concurrent execution of two processes / threads.
  • Shared data that both processes access (read or write)
  • At least one process writes

Barriers and data races:

  • Review the barrier code.
  • Figure out how it stops data races.

Deadlocks

  • Real work example

Conditions for a deadlock:

  • Circular wait.

Using Semaphores

  • Sem-queue example
  • This is way less safe than just using locks. Requires careful analysis.

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