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Critical Section Problem - Race Condition in OS

CodeHelp - by Babbar via YouTube

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This course explains the critical-section problem and race conditions in operating systems through hands-on examples. It examines synchronization using locks, mutexes, flags, and Peterson’s solution, including the disadvantages of locks.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Promotion
- Critical Section and Race condition
- Hands-on example of Race condition
- Solution to overcome Race condition
- Hands-on example to overcome Race condition using locks
- Conditions a Solution should have to solve Critical-section problem
- Can we use single flag to overcome Race condition
- Peterson's solution
- Locks and its disadvantages

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