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Producer and consumer

The Producer-Consumer problem is a synchronization issue in operating systems where a producer generates data and a consumer uses it, both sharing a common memory buffer. Key challenges include ensuring the producer does not add data when the buffer is full, the consumer does not remove data when it is empty, and preventing simultaneous access. Solutions involve using semaphores to manage buffer states and ensure proper synchronization between the producer and consumer processes.

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Producer and consumer

The Producer-Consumer problem is a synchronization issue in operating systems where a producer generates data and a consumer uses it, both sharing a common memory buffer. Key challenges include ensuring the producer does not add data when the buffer is full, the consumer does not remove data when it is empty, and preventing simultaneous access. Solutions involve using semaphores to manage buffer states and ensure proper synchronization between the producer and consumer processes.

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1.

Producer-Consumer problem is a classical synchronization problem in the operating


system.
2. In operating System Producer is a process which is able to produce data/item.
3. Consumer is a Process that is able to consume the data/item produced by the
Producer.
4. Both Producer and Consumer share a common memory buffer. This buffer is a space of
a certain size in the memory of the system which is used for storage. The producer
produces the data into the buffer and the consumer consumes the data from the buffer.

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So, what are the Producer-Consumer Problems?
Producer Process should not insert any data when the buffer is full.
Consumer Process should not remove any data when the buffer is empty.
Producer and consumer should not insert and remove data simultaneously.

Solution For Producer Consumer Problem


To solve the Producer-Consumer problem three semaphores variable are used

Empty
Empty is a semaphore variable that is used for maintaining the count of the empty slots in the
buffer, initially all slots are empty
Full:- Full is a semaphore variable that is used for maintaining the count of the filled slots in the
buffer, initially no space is filled by the Producer process.
Mutex:-mutex is a binary semaphore variable that has a value of 0 or 1.Which is used
to acquire and release the lock

We will use the Signal() and wait() operation in the above-mentioned semaphores to solve the
Producer-Consumer problem.

Signal() - The signal function increases the semaphore value by 1. Wait() - The wait operation
decreases the semaphore value by 1.

Let's look at the code of Producer-Consumer Process

The code for Producer Process is as follows :

The code for consumer Process is as follows :

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