Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Week 6: Synchronization Primitives

Topics Covered

Mutexes

Semaphores

Condition Variables

Lecture Slides

Presentation slides for this week

Slides will be posted before class.

Required Readings

1.
Operating System Concepts (Silberschatz)
Relevant chapters for Synchronization Primitives

Assignments

New

Assignment 3: Deadlock Detection Algorithm

Released this week. See the assignments page for details.

Due

Assignment 2: Producer-Consumer Problem

Due this week. Make sure to submit before the deadline.