Practice Race Condition (9.4.1) - Multithreading

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Question 1.
What is a race condition?
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Think about how two threads might access the same variable.
Question 2.
Name a mechanism used to prevent race conditions.
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Consider what locks threads out from accessing shared resources.
3Question 3.
What defines a race condition?
- A method of locking resources
- Unpredictable results from concurrent access
- A networking error
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Remember, it’s all about timing and access.
4Question 4.
True or False: Race conditions can be completely avoided by proper thread scheduling.
- True
- False
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Think about locked vs. unlocked resources.
Question 5.
Design a code snippet that demonstrates a race condition when two threads attempt to modify a shared variable simultaneously.
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How could you demonstrate the inconsistency through output?
Question 6.
Propose a solution to mitigate race conditions in your code snippet above using mutexes.
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What kind of code structure would help in this context?

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