Chapter 9 - Threads Syncronization

• Thread exit

• Managing thread exit

• Thread exit example

• Why synchronization is necessary?

• Synchronization mechanisms

• Mutexes

• When to lock?

• Typical use of mutexes

• Race condition problems

• Thread-safe code

• Deadlock

• Creating and destroying mutexes

• Locking and unlocking mutexes

• Example: synchronization using a mutex

• Synchronizing with semaphores

• Example: synchronization using a semaphore

• Thread synchronization exercise