Practice Producer-consumer Problem (3.2.3.1) - Inter-process Communication (IPC) and Synchronization
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Producer-Consumer Problem

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Question 1 Easy

What is a producer in the Producer-Consumer Problem?

💡 Hint: Think about what role a producer plays.

Question 2 Easy

What happens if a consumer tries to read from an empty buffer?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when resources are exhausted.

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Question 1

What role does a producer play in the Producer-Consumer Problem?

A process that consumes data
A process that generates data
A process that manages semaphores

💡 Hint: Think about who creates the data.

Question 2

True or False: A consumer can read data when the buffer is empty.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what it means to have an empty buffer.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a complete producer-consumer system using semaphores and explain how you would handle edge cases such as sudden producer surges.

💡 Hint: Think about how to manage excessive loads without losing data.

Challenge 2 Hard

In the context of operating systems, explain how thread scheduling can impact the performance of a producer-consumer setup.

💡 Hint: Consider the order in which processes are allowed to execute.

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