Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Week 5: Threads, Synchronization, and Deadlocks

Topics Covered

Thread Models

POSIX Threads

Thread Pools

Mutexes

Semaphores

Condition Variables

Deadlock Conditions

Prevention

Detection

Recovery

Lecture Slides

Presentation slides for this week

Part 1: Threads and Concurrency

Part 2: Synchronization Primitives

Part 3: Deadlocks

Required Readings

1.
Operating System Concepts (Silberschatz)
Relevant chapters for Threads, Synchronization, and Deadlocks

Assignments

New

Assignment 3: Deadlock Detection Algorithm

Released this week. See the assignments page for details.