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1.8 KiB
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63 lines
1.8 KiB
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Title: Dining Philosophers
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Description:
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An implementation of a solution to the Dining Philosophers problem
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(a classic multi-thread synchronization problem). This particular
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implementation demonstrates the usage of microkernel task groups,
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Mutex APIs and timer drivers from multiple (6) tasks.
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The philosopher always tries to get the lowest fork first (f1 then f2).
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When done, he will give back the forks in the reverse order (f2 then f1).
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If he gets two forks, he is EATING. Otherwise, he is THINKING.
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Each philosopher will randomly alternate between the EATING and THINKING
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states.
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Building and Running Project:
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This microkernel project outputs to the console. It can be built and executed
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on QEMU as follows:
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make qemu
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Troubleshooting:
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Problems caused by out-dated project information can be addressed by
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issuing one of the following commands then rebuilding the project:
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make clean # discard results of previous builds
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# but keep existing configuration info
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or
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make pristine # discard results of previous builds
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# and restore pre-defined configuration info
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Sample Output:
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Philosopher 0 EATING
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Philosopher 1 THINKING
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Philosopher 2 THINKING
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Philosopher 3 EATING
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Philosopher 4 THINKING
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Philosopher 5 THINKING
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Demo Description
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An implementation of a solution to the Dining Philosophers problem
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(a classic multi-thread synchronization problem). This particular
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implementation demonstrates the usage of multiple (6) tasks
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of differing priorities and the nanokernel semaphores and timers.
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