Take advantage of the Mutex class to synchronize threads in different processes and the Semaphore class to limit the number of threads that can access a shared resource. Thread synchronization is used ...

I am interested in learning about programming with threads. I have heard it is a powerful, but often dangerous, addition to programs. I've studied about semaphores and locks and critical sections when ...

This two-part series addresses the use and misuse of two of the most essential synchronization primitives in modern embedded systems, the mutex (this part) and the semaphore (part 2). Mutexes and ...

Has anyone ever constructed a read/write semaphore before?<BR><BR>I have inherited a system where many processes communicate through shared memory with access synchronized by POSIX semaphores. The ...