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    The objective of this lab is to practice using POSIX threads to better understand how threads work and potential issues with multithreaded design. Students are asked to complete three tasks: 1) Create a thread that prints a value 100,000 times with and without the main thread waiting; 2) Create two threads that increment and decrement a global variable concurrently and check for inconsistencies; 3) Code and results must be shown to the instructor and uploaded for evaluation.

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    The objective of this lab is to practice using POSIX threads to better understand how threads work and potential issues with multithreaded design. Students are asked to complete three tasks: 1) Create a thread that prints a value 100,000 times with and without the main thread waiting; 2) Create two threads that increment and decrement a global variable concurrently and check for inconsistencies; 3) Code and results must be shown to the instructor and uploaded for evaluation.

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    Basic Apis: Operating Systems Lab #5

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    Operating Systems

    Lab #5

    Objective of this lab is to practice POSIX thread API to gain better understanding of how threads are used and to learn some
    problems that may occur due to inappropriate multi-threaded application design.

    Basic APIs
    int pthread_create(pthread_t *threadid, const pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void*), void *arg)
    int pthread_join(pthread_t threadid, void **value_ptr)

    How to compile
    1. Include required header file
    #Include<pthread.h>
    2. Linking pthread library is also needed
    gcc progname.c –o progname -lpthread

    Task 1
    1. Write a C program that creates a thread which prints something on screen 100,000 times. The value of delay between printing
    and the data to be printed are provided as an argument to the thread function.
    a. Execute the program several times and note down every time whether newly created thread has actually printed the
    provided value 100,000 times or a different number of times.

    2. Write a C program that creates a thread which prints something on screen 100,000 times. The value of delay between printing
    and the data to be printed are provided as an argument to the thread function. The main program now waits for the created
    thread.
    a. Execute the program several times and note down every time whether newly created thread has actually printed the
    provided value 100,000 times or a different number of times.

    3. Write a C program that has a global integer variable initialized to 0. The program creates two threads – Thread A and B. Thread
    A increments the global variable X number of times. Thread B decrements the same global variable X number of times.
    These increment/decrements are done using simple iteration as given below:
    for (i=0; i<X; i++)
    { X++ / X-- }
    The value of X is provided to both threads as an argument. Main should not exit before both threads are completed.
    a. Execute this program several times with different value of X ranging from 100,000 to highest possible value that you
    can use. Note down the final value of global variable. Is it the same that you were expecting or different?

    Submission & Evaluation


    1. This is an individual assignment
    2. All the working against every task should be shown to the instructor within lab.
    3. Final code/document must also be uploaded on LMS.

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