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Quote: a monitor consists of shared data, a mutex, and zero or more condition variables

topics > all references > references a-b > QuoteRef: birrAD_1991 , p. 93



Topic:
concurrency control by monitors
Topic:
critical regions
Topic:
waitfor condition in parallel processing

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A monitor consists of some data, a mutex, … thread [on the specified condition] … The Signal operation does nothing unless there is … blocked thread. The Broadcast operation is like Signal, … is awakened from a call to Wait, it … it is. … [p. 101] A condition variable is used when the …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: the Wait operation unlocks a mutex and blocks on a condition variable; use Signal and Broadcast to unblock
Quote: use condition variables when one-at-a-time mutual exclusion (i.e., mutex) is not sufficient

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