Pthread Locks
Explore how pthread locks, also known as mutexes, enforce mutual exclusion to manage access to critical sections in multi-threaded applications. Understand fine-grained locking techniques that improve concurrency by protecting different data with separate locks to allow multiple threads simultaneous access to locked code safely.
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The name that the POSIX library uses for a lock is a mutex, as it is used to provide mutual exclusion between threads, i.e., if one thread is in the critical ...