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 Post subject: experiment: generate producer consumer problem deadlock
PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:32 pm 
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I was thinking to compile the following code (or something similar) and run perhaps 100s of thousands of times on high-powered server to see if I can generate the deadlock. Definitely, the goal is not to challenge, but be able to see it in my own eye.
Then make improvement and also generate the shortcoming.
At home, I have an ancient HP server with only one physical CPU with just 1 one core.
At work, I have an access to latest Skylake with 200 cores, perhaps I can manage to run million times.
Will it work?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer–consumer_problem

Inadequate implementation (pasted from URL above):

Code:
int itemCount = 0;

procedure producer()
{
    while (true)
    {
        item = produceItem();

        if (itemCount == BUFFER_SIZE)
        {
            sleep();
        }

        putItemIntoBuffer(item);
        itemCount = itemCount + 1;

        if (itemCount == 1)
        {
            wakeup(consumer);
        }
    }
}

procedure consumer()
{
    while (true)
    {

        if (itemCount == 0)
        {
            sleep();
        }

        item = removeItemFromBuffer();
        itemCount = itemCount - 1;

        if (itemCount == BUFFER_SIZE - 1)
        {
            wakeup(producer);
        }

        consumeItem(item);
    }
}

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 Post subject: Re: experiment: generate producer consumer problem deadlock
PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:00 pm 
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ggodw000 wrote:
Will it work?

Isn't the point of an experiment to test that sort of question?


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 Post subject: Re: experiment: generate producer consumer problem deadlock
PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:30 pm 
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YUP, i guess i will jump right in.

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