Critical section
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critical-section-248-18217815
title:
Critical section
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In concurrent programming, concurrent accesses to shared resources can lead to unexpected or erroneous behavior. Thus, the parts of the program where the shared resource is accessed need to be protected in ways that avoid the concurrent access. One way to do so is known as a critical section or critical region. This protected section cannot be entered by more than one process or thread at a time; others are suspended until the first leaves the critical section. Typically, the critical section ac
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Protected section of code that cannot be executed by more than one process at a time
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_section
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2024-04-11T21:38:29Z
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