23.2.2 - Why Thread Safety is Hard?
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What is a race condition?
💡 Hint: Think about multiple threads trying to access a shared resource.
What does atomicity mean?
💡 Hint: Remember the bank example where an operation completes as one step.
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What is a race condition?
💡 Hint: Recall examples of shared resources.
True or False: Atomic operations are those that can be interrupted.
💡 Hint: Consider what atomic means in programming.
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Design a multithreaded application where two threads increment a shared counter. Identify possible race conditions and propose solutions.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of concurrent access.
What steps would you take to ensure memory consistency in a scenario with multiple threads accessing shared data?
💡 Hint: Focus on the visibility of changes between threads.
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