Bounded Buffer & Producer-Consumer
What is the Producer-Consumer problem in operating systems?
What are the roles of the producer and the consumer in this problem?
What data structure is commonly used to implement the Producer-Consumer problem?
What happens if multiple producers and consumers access a shared buffer without synchronization?
What is the main synchronization issue in the Producer-Consumer problem?
What synchronization mechanism is commonly used in the Producer-Consumer problem?
What happens when the buffer is full, and the producer tries to add more items?
What is the term for a buffer with a fixed size limit?
Which problem may arise if producers are significantly faster than consumers?
Which concept helps prevent multiple processes from accessing the critical section simultaneously?