Continued assignment 4 of Operating Systems.

os/.gitignore

+ass*/ass*
 *.o

os/ass4/Makefile

 PROG	= ass4
 
 CC		= gcc
-CFLAGS	= -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra # -O3 -D_POSIX_SOURCE
+CFLAGS	= -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra # -D_POSIX_SOURCE
 LFLAGS	= -lpthread
 OFILES	= main.o
 RM		= rm -f
 
+ifdef DEBUG
+	CFLAGS += -ggdb
+else
+	CFLAGS += -O3
+endif
+
 $(PROG): $(OFILES)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LFLAGS) -o $@ $(OFILES)
 

os/ass4/main.c

@@ -2,33 +2,46 @@
 #include "stdlib.h"
 #include "pthread.h"
 
-/* temporary include: */
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 int forks_len;
 pthread_mutex_t *forks;
 pthread_cond_t wait_threshold;
 
+typedef struct diner_stats {
+    int meals;
+} diner_stats;
+
 int count = 0;
 #define COUNT_LIMIT 12
 
-void *philo_start(void *t_id) {
-    printf("P #%d: hello everybody!\n", (int) t_id);
+void *philo_start() {
+    int t_id = pthread_self();
+    printf("P #%d: hello everybody!\n", t_id);
 
     for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         // Let each philosopher take a random fork.
-        int f = rand() % forks_len; 
-        pthread_mutex_lock(&forks[f]);
-        
-        // Check the value of count and signal waiting thread when condition is
-        // reached. Note that this occurs while mutex is locked. 
-        pthread_cond_signal(&wait_threshold);
+        //int f = rand() % forks_len; 
+        //pthread_mutex_lock(&forks[f]);
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&forks[t_id]);
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&forks[(t_id+1) % forks_len]);
+
+        //while( pthread_mutex_trylock(&forks[(t_id+1) % forks_len]) ) {
+        //    pthread_mutex_unlock(&forks[t_id]);
+
+        //    // Check the value of count and signal waiting thread when condition is
+        //    // reached. Note that this occurs while mutex is locked. 
+        //    //pthread_cond_signal(&wait_threshold);
+        //    sleep(1);
+
+        //    pthread_mutex_lock(&forks[t_id]);
+        //}
 
         // Do something useless
-        printf("P #%d: I'm eating.\n", (int) t_id);
-        sleep(1);
+        printf("P #%d: I'm eating.\n", t_id);
 
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&forks[f]);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&forks[t_id]);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&forks[(t_id+1) % forks_len]);
     }
 
     pthread_exit(NULL);
@@ -38,10 +51,11 @@ void host_start(int philos) {
     pthread_attr_t attr;
     pthread_t *threads = malloc(philos * sizeof(pthread_t));
     forks = malloc(philos * sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
+    diner_stats *stats = malloc(philos * sizeof(diner_stats));
     forks_len = philos;
 
-    int rc;
     void *status;
+    int rc;
 
     // POSIX standard specifies that threads are joinable by default, but
     // unfortunately, not all pthread implementations set threads as joinable by
@@ -52,14 +66,18 @@ void host_start(int philos) {
     pthread_cond_init(&wait_threshold, NULL);
 
     // Create the cutlery.
-    for(int i = 0; i < philos; i++)
+    for(int i = 0; i < philos; i++) {
         pthread_mutex_init(&forks[i], NULL);
+        stats[i].meals = 0 ;
+    }
 
     // Invite the philosophers.
     for(int i = 0; i < philos; i++) {
         printf("Host: inviting philo #%d\n", i);
+       
+        rc = pthread_create(threads+i, &attr, philo_start, (void*)&stats[i]);
 
-        if( (rc = pthread_create(&threads[i], &attr, philo_start, (void *)i)) ) {
+        if( rc ) {
             fprintf(stderr, "pthread_create() returned: %d\n", rc);
             exit(-1);
         }

paper/paper.tex

-TT\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
+\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
 \usepackage{url}
 
 \title{Web-based digital examination for specific learning areas}