EXPERIMENT 13

13.1 OBJECTIVE
*Write a C program to simulate the concept of Dining-Philosophers problem.

13.2 DESCRIPTION
The dining-philosophers problem is considered a classic synchronization problem because it is an example of a
large class of concurrency-control problems. It is a simple representation of the need to allocate several
resources among several processes in a deadlock-free and starvation-free manner. Consider five philosophers
who spend their lives thinking and eating. The philosophers share a circular table surrounded by five chairs, each
belonging to one philosopher. In the center of the table is a bowl of rice, and the table is laid with five single
chopsticks. When a philosopher thinks, she does not interact with her colleagues. From time to time, a
philosopher gets hungry and tries to pick up the two chopsticks that are closest to her (the chopsticks that are
between her and her left and right neighbors). A philosopher may pick up only one chopstick at a time.
Obviously, she cam1ot pick up a chopstick that is already in the hand of a neighbor. When a hungry philosopher
has both her chopsticks at the same time, she eats without releasing her chopsticks. When she is finished eating,
she puts down both of her chopsticks and starts thinking again. The dining-philosophers problem may lead to a
deadlock situation and hence some rules have to be framed to avoid the occurrence of deadlock.

13.3 PROGRAM
int tph, philname[20], status[20], howhung, hu[20], cho;
main()
{
int i;
clrscr();
printf("\n\nDINING PHILOSOPHER PROBLEM");
printf("\nEnter the total no. of philosophers: ");
scanf("%d",&tph);
for(i=0;i<tph;i++)
{
philname[i] = (i+1);
status[i]=1;
}
printf("How many are hungry : ");
scanf("%d", &howhung);
if(howhung==tph)
{
printf("\nAll are hungry..\nDead lock stage will occur");
printf("\nExiting..");
}
else
{
for(i=0;i<howhung;i++)
{
printf("Enter philosopher %d position: ",(i+1));
scanf("%d", &hu[i]);
status[hu[i]]=2;
}
do
{
printf("1.One can eat at a time\t2.Two can eat at a time\t3.Exit\nEnter your choice:");
scanf("%d", &cho);
switch(cho)
{
case 1: one();
break;
case 2: two();
break;
case 3: exit(0);
default: printf("\nInvalid option..");
}
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 }while(1);
}
}
one()
{
int pos=0, x, i;
printf("\nAllow one philosopher to eat at any time\n");
for(i=0;i<howhung; i++, pos++)
{
printf("\nP %d is granted to eat", philname[hu[pos]]);
for(x=pos;x<howhung;x++)
printf("\nP %d is waiting", philname[hu[x]]);
}
}
two()
{
int i, j, s=0, t, r, x;
printf("\n Allow two philosophers to eat at same time\n");
for(i=0;i<howhung;i++)
{
for(j=i+1;j<howhung;j++)
{
if(abs(hu[i]-hu[j])>=1&& abs(hu[i]-hu[j])!=4)
{
printf("\n\ncombination %d \n", (s+1));
t=hu[i];
r=hu[j];
s++;
printf("\nP %d and P %d are granted to eat", philname[hu[i]],
philname[hu[j]]);
for(x=0;x<howhung;x++)
{
if((hu[x]!=t)&&(hu[x]!=r))
printf("\nP %d is waiting", philname[hu[x]]);
}
}
}
}
}

INPUT
DINING PHILOSOPHER PROBLEM
Enter the total no. of philosophers: 5
How many are hungry : 3
Enter philosopher 1 position: 2
Enter philosopher 2 position: 4
Enter philosopher 3 position: 5

OUTPUT
1. One can eat at a time 2.Two can eat at a time 3.Exit
Enter your choice: 1

Allow one philosopher to eat at any time

Allow two philosophers to eat at same time

combination 2
P 3 and P 0 are granted to eat
P 5 is waiting

combination 3
P 5 and P 0 are granted to eat
P 3 is waiting

1.One can eat at a time 2.Two can eat at a time 3.Exit

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