P & V Algorithms needed
Wax.OsbuSouth at Xerox.COM
Wax.OsbuSouth at Xerox.COM
Tue Mar 18 13:09:09 AEST 1986
"I have never heard of a mutual exclusion scheme that did not
at root depend on the existence of an interlocked test-and-set
operation of some kind. I would be interested in hearing some
details about other schemes if they exist."
Dekker's algorithm does not use it as far as I know. An encoding of it
can be found on page 291 of Per Brinch Hansen's book "Operating System
Principles" (C) 1973 by Prentice Hall.
Allan Wax
ARPA: Wax.OsbuSouth at Xerox.COM
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