#include <stdio.
h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int number;
int square;
void* thread1_func(void* arg) {
int num = *((int*)arg);
square = num * num;
printf("In thread 1: square = %d\n", square);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}
void* thread2_func(void* arg) {
int num = *((int*)arg);
int* result = malloc(sizeof(int));
*result = num + square;
printf("In thread 2: square of num + num = %d\n", *result);
pthread_exit((void*)result);
}
int main() {
pid_t pid;
char *fifo = "/tmp/myfifo";
printf("[main] Creating FIFO (if not exists)...\n");
mkfifo(fifo, 0666);
printf("[main] Forking child process...\n");
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
printf("[child] Executing programFIFO...\n");
execl("./programFIFO", "programFIFO", NULL);
perror("[child] execl failed");
exit(1);
} else {
printf("[main] Opening FIFO to read input from child...\n");
int fd = open(fifo, O_RDONLY); // open FIFO before wait
if (fd == -1) {
perror("[main] Failed to open FIFO");
exit(1);
}
printf("[main] Waiting for child to finish...\n");
wait(NULL);
read(fd, &number, sizeof(number));
printf("[main] Received number: %d\n", number);
close(fd);
pthread_t thread1, thread2;
void* final_result;
pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, thread1_func, &number);
pthread_join(thread1, NULL);
pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, thread2_func, &number);
pthread_join(thread2, &final_result);
printf("[main] Final result from thread2: %d\n", *((int*)final_result));
free(final_result);
}
return 0;
}
// programFIFO.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main() {
int num;
printf("ProgramFIFO:\nEnter a number: ");
scanf("%d", &num);
char *fifo = "/tmp/myfifo";
int fd = open(fifo, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("open");
exit(1);
}
write(fd, &num, sizeof(num));
close(fd);
return 0;
}
all: programMain programFIFO
programMain: programMain.c
gcc -o programMain programMain.c -lpthread
programFIFO: programFIFO.c
gcc -o programFIFO programFIFO.c
clean:
rm -f programMain programFIFO
