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- assistant_messageA **semaphore** and a **mutex** are both synchronization primitives, but they have key differences: ## Mutex (Mutual Exclusion) - **Binary**: Only two states — locked or unlocked - **Ownership**: Typically owned by the thread that locks it; only that thread can unlock it - **Purpose**: Ensures mutual exclusion — only one thread can access a resource at a time - **Use case**: Protecting shared data from concurrent access ## Semaphore - **Counter-based**: Has an internal counter that can be 0 or greater - **No ownership**: Any thread can signal (increment) or wait (decrement) a semaphore - **Purpose**: Controls access to a resource pool with N permits - **Use cases**: - Limit concurrent access to multiple identical resources - Signal between threads (producer-consumer patterns) - Track available resources ## Practical Examples **Mutex**: Protecting a critical section where only one thread should modify a variable at a time. ``` mutex.lock() // Only one thread can execute this shared_variable++ mutex.unlock() ``` **Semaphore**: Allowing up to 3 threads to access a resource pool simultaneously. ``` semaphore(3) // Counter starts at 3 thread1: wait() // Counter: 3 → 2 thread2: wait() // Counter: 2 → 1 thread3: wait() // Counter: 1 → 0 thread4: wait() // Blocks (counter is 0) thread1: signal() // Counter: 0 → 1, thread4 unblocks ``` **In short**: A mutex is a special case of a semaphore with a counter of 1. Semaphores are more flexible for managing multiple resources, while mutexes are simpler and safer for protecting single shared resources.
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