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C++ Mutex Class Exercises

The document discusses exercises using C++ std::mutex class including: describing std::mutex, rewriting a program to protect output operations using a mutex, writing a program with two threads where one locks a mutex and sleeps while the other tries locking with try_lock() and sleeps if unsuccessful, and observing the behavior with try_lock().

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C++ Mutex Class Exercises

The document discusses exercises using C++ std::mutex class including: describing std::mutex, rewriting a program to protect output operations using a mutex, writing a program with two threads where one locks a mutex and sleeps while the other tries locking with try_lock() and sleeps if unsuccessful, and observing the behavior with try_lock().

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Mutex Class Exercises

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std::mutex Class
• Briefly describe the C++ std::mutex

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Rewrite using std::mutex
• Rewrite the "scrambled output" program using a mutex to protect the
output operations
• Verify that the output is not scrambled when there are ten
concurrent threads running

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try_lock()
• Write a program which runs two task functions in separate threads
• The first task function locks a mutex, sleeps for 500ms and releases
the lock
• The second task function sleeps for 100ms, then calls try_lock() to
lock the mutex. If unsuccessful, it sleeps again for 100ms and calls
try_lock() again. If successful, it unlocks the mutex
• Add suitable print statements and run the program

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try_lock()
• What do you observe?

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