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23.2.2. Why Thread Safety is Hard?
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What is a race condition?
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Think about multiple threads trying to access a shared resource.
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What does atomicity mean?
Hint
Remember the bank example where an operation completes as one step.
- 3.
What is a race condition?
Hint
Recall examples of shared resources.
- 4.
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.
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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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