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Critical sections, semaphores, locks

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:27 am

by mr. x

Where can I get information of how Critical Sections, Semaphore and Locks work?

Re:Critical sections, semaphores, locks

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:49 am

by Candy

mr. x wrote: Where can I get information of how Critical Sections, Semaphore and Locks work?

In your favorite OSdev book. Stallings-OS design & Tanenbaum-ModernOSes both have at least 2 chapters devoted to them.

Re:Critical sections, semaphores, locks

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:25 am

by Pype.Clicker

and we have a quickstart about it on the FAQ

Re:Critical sections, semaphores, locks

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:27 am

by zdg

http://research.microsoft.com/users/lam ... tml#bakery