8.6.2 - Atomic Operations
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Practice Questions
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What is an atomic operation?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens in a simultaneous access scenario.
Give one benefit of using atomic operations.
💡 Hint: What can happen if two threads try to change the same data?
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What is the primary purpose of atomic operations?
💡 Hint: Why do we care about consistency in multithreading?
True or False: Atomic operations can cause race conditions.
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of atomic operations.
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Given two threads incrementing a shared counter, compare and contrast how atomic operations versus traditional locks would handle this scenario. Discuss in terms of performance and data integrity.
💡 Hint: Look into how each method deals with simultaneous access.
Create a small piece of multithreaded code that demonstrates a race condition and then rewrite it using atomic operations. Analyze the differences in behavior.
💡 Hint: Understand the impact of atomicity on your data access.
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