The Little Book of Semaphores is a free textbook that introduces the principles of synchronization for concurrent programming. The approach of this book is to identify patterns that are useful for a variety of synchronization problems and then show how they can be assembled into solutions.
Book Description
After each problem, the book offers a hint before showing a solution, giving students a better chance of discovering solutions on their own. The book covers the classical problems, including “Readers-writers,” “Producer-consumer”, and “Dining Philosophers.” In addition, it collects a number of not-so-classical problems, some written by the author and some by other teachers and textbook writers. Readers are invited to create and submit new problems.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Semaphores
- Basic synchronization patterns
- Classical synchronization problems
- Less classical synchronization problems
- Not-so-classical problems
- Not remotely classical problems
- Synchronization in Python
- Synchronization in C