This document discusses various techniques for process synchronization and concurrency control in distributed systems. It begins by introducing classical problems like the bounded buffer problem and solutions like semaphores. It then covers monitors and condition variables as higher-level synchronization constructs. Various examples of synchronization in real systems like Solaris, Linux, and Windows are provided. The document concludes with a discussion of techniques to ensure atomic transactions in the presence of failures, including log-based recovery, checkpoints, and concurrency control protocols like two-phase locking and timestamp ordering.

1. UNIT-2: PROCESS
MANAGEMENT &
COMMUNICATION
MCA-II

2. Process Synchronization
Background
The Critical-Section Problem
Peterson’s Solution
Synchronization Hardware
Mutex Locks
Semaphores
Classic Problems of Synchronization
Monitors
Synchronization Examples
Alternative Approaches

3. acquire() and release()
acquire() {
while (!available)
; /* busy wait */
available = false;;
}
release() {
available = true;
}
do {
acquire lock
critical section
release lock
remainder section
} while (true);

4. Semaphore
Synchronization tool that does not require busy waiting
Semaphore S – integer variable
Two standard operations modify S: wait() and signal()
Originally called P() and V()
Less complicated
Can only be accessed via two indivisible (atomic) operations
wait (S) {
while (S <= 0)
; // busy wait
S--;
}
signal (S) {
S++;
}

5. Semaphore Usage
Counting semaphore – integer value can range over an unrestricted domain
Binary semaphore – integer value can range only between 0 and 1
Then a mutex lock
Can implement a counting semaphore S as a binary semaphore
Can solve various synchronization problems
Consider P1 and P2 that require S1 to happen before S2
P1:
S1;
signal(synch);
P2:
wait(synch);
S2;

6. Semaphore Implementation
Must guarantee that no two processes can execute wait() and signal() on the same
semaphore at the same time
Thus, implementation becomes the critical section problem where the wait and signal code are placed
in the critical section
Could now have busy waiting in critical section implementation
 But implementation code is short
 Little busy waiting if critical section rarely occupied
Note that applications may spend lots of time in critical sections and therefore this is not a good
solution

7. Semaphore Implementation
with no Busy waiting
With each semaphore there is an associated waiting queue
Each entry in a waiting queue has two data items:
value (of type integer)
pointer to next record in the list
Two operations:
block – place the process invoking the operation on the appropriate waiting queue
wakeup – remove one of processes in the waiting queue and place it in the ready queue

8. Semaphore Implementation with
no Busy waiting (Cont.)
typedef struct{
int value;
struct process *list;
} semaphore;
wait(semaphore *S) {
S->value--;
if (S->value < 0) {
add this process to S->list;
block();
}
}
signal(semaphore *S) {
S->value++;
if (S->value <= 0) {
remove a process P from S->list;
wakeup(P);
}
}

9. Deadlock and Starvation
Deadlock – two or more processes are waiting indefinitely for an event that can be caused by only
one of the waiting processes
Let S and Q be two semaphores initialized to 1
P0 P1
wait(S); wait(Q);
wait(Q); wait(S);
. .
signal(S); signal(Q);
signal(Q); signal(S);
Starvation – indefinite blocking
A process may never be removed from the semaphore queue in which it is suspended
Priority Inversion – Scheduling problem when lower-priority process holds a lock needed by
higher-priority process
Solved via priority-inheritance protocol

10. Classical Problems of Synchronization
Classical problems used to test newly-proposed synchronization schemes
Bounded-Buffer Problem
Readers and Writers Problem
Dining-Philosophers Problem

11. Bounded-Buffer Problem
n buffers, each can hold one item
Semaphore mutex initialized to the value 1
Semaphore full initialized to the value 0
Semaphore empty initialized to the value n

12. Bounded Buffer Problem (Cont.)
The structure of the producer process
do {
...
/* produce an item in next_produced */
...
wait(empty);
wait(mutex);
...
/* add next produced to the buffer */
...
signal(mutex);
signal(full);
} while (true);

13. Bounded Buffer Problem (Cont.)
The structure of the consumer process
do {
wait(full);
wait(mutex);
...
/* remove an item from buffer to next_consumed */
...
signal(mutex);
signal(empty);
...
/* consume the item in next consumed */
...
} while (true);

14. Readers-Writers Problem
A data set is shared among a number of concurrent processes
Readers – only read the data set; they do not perform any updates
Writers – can both read and write
Problem – allow multiple readers to read at the same time
Only one single writer can access the shared data at the same time
Several variations of how readers and writers are treated – all involve priorities
Shared Data
Data set
Semaphore rw_mutex initialized to 1
Semaphore mutex initialized to 1
Integer read_count initialized to 0

15. Readers-Writers Problem (Cont.)
The structure of a writer process
do {
wait(rw_mutex);
...
/* writing is performed */
...
signal(rw_mutex);
} while (true);

16. Readers-Writers Problem (Cont.)
The structure of a reader process
do {
wait(mutex);
read count++;
if (read_count == 1)
wait(rw_mutex);
signal(mutex);
...
/* reading is performed */
...
wait(mutex);
read count--;
if (read_count == 0)
signal(rw_mutex);
signal(mutex);
} while (true);

17. Readers-Writers Problem Variations
First variation – no reader kept waiting unless writer has permission to use shared object
Second variation – once writer is ready, it performs write ASAP
Both may have starvation leading to even more variations
Problem is solved on some systems by kernel providing reader-writer locks

18. Dining-Philosophers Problem
Philosophers spend their lives thinking and eating
Don’t interact with their neighbors, occasionally try to pick up 2 chopsticks (one at a time) to
eat from bowl
Need both to eat, then release both when done
In the case of 5 philosophers
Shared data
 Bowl of rice (data set)
 Semaphore chopstick [5] initialized to 1

19. Dining-Philosophers Problem Algorithm
The structure of Philosopher i:
do {
wait (chopstick[i] );
wait (chopStick[ (i + 1) % 5] );
// eat
signal (chopstick[i] );
signal (chopstick[ (i + 1) % 5] );
// think
} while (TRUE);
What is the problem with this algorithm?

20. Problems with Semaphores
Incorrect use of semaphore operations:
signal (mutex) …. wait (mutex)
wait (mutex) … wait (mutex)
Omitting of wait (mutex) or signal (mutex) (or both)
Deadlock and starvation

21. Monitors
A high-level abstraction that provides a convenient and effective mechanism for
process synchronization
Abstract data type, internal variables only accessible by code within the procedure
Only one process may be active within the monitor at a time
But not powerful enough to model some synchronization schemes
monitor monitor-name
{
// shared variable declarations
procedure P1 (…) { …. }
procedure Pn (…) {……}
Initialization code (…) { … }
}
}

22. Schematic view of a Monitor

23. Condition Variables
condition x, y;
Two operations on a condition variable:
x.wait() – a process that invokes the operation is suspended until x.signal()
x.signal() – resumes one of processes (if any) that invoked x.wait()
 If no x.wait() on the variable, then it has no effect on the variable

24. Monitor with Condition Variables

25. Condition Variables Choices
If process P invokes x.signal(), with Q in x.wait() state, what should happen next?
If Q is resumed, then P must wait
Options include
Signal and wait – P waits until Q leaves monitor or waits for another condition
Signal and continue – Q waits until P leaves the monitor or waits for another condition
Both have pros and cons – language implementer can decide
Monitors implemented in Concurrent Pascal compromise
 P executing signal immediately leaves the monitor, Q is resumed
Implemented in other languages including Mesa, C#, Java

26. Solution to Dining Philosophers
monitor DiningPhilosophers
{
enum { THINKING; HUNGRY, EATING) state [5] ;
condition self [5];
void pickup (int i) {
state[i] = HUNGRY;
test(i);
if (state[i] != EATING) self [i].wait;
}
void putdown (int i) {
state[i] = THINKING;
// test left and right neighbors
test((i + 4) % 5);
test((i + 1) % 5);
}

27. Solution to Dining Philosophers (Cont.)
void test (int i) {
if ( (state[(i + 4) % 5] != EATING) &&
(state[i] == HUNGRY) &&
(state[(i + 1) % 5] != EATING) ) {
state[i] = EATING ;
self[i].signal () ;
}
}
initialization_code() {
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
state[i] = THINKING;
}
}

28. Each philosopher i invokes the operations pickup() and putdown() in the following sequence:
DiningPhilosophers.pickup(i);
EAT
DiningPhilosophers.putdown(i);
No deadlock, but starvation is possible
Solution to Dining Philosophers (Cont.)

29. Monitor Implementation Using Semaphores
Variables
semaphore mutex; // (initially = 1)
semaphore next; // (initially = 0)
int next_count = 0;
Each procedure F will be replaced by
wait(mutex);
…
body of F;
…
if (next_count > 0)
signal(next)
else
signal(mutex);
Mutual exclusion within a monitor is ensured

30. Monitor Implementation – Condition Variables
For each condition variable x, we have:
semaphore x_sem; // (initially = 0)
int x_count = 0;
The operation x.wait can be implemented as:
x_count++;
if (next_count > 0)
signal(next);
else
signal(mutex);
wait(x_sem);
x_count--;

31. Monitor Implementation (Cont.)
The operation x.signal can be implemented as:
if (x_count > 0) {
next_count++;
signal(x_sem);
wait(next);
next_count--;
}

32. Resuming Processes within a Monitor
If several processes queued on condition x, and x.signal() executed, which should be resumed?
FCFS frequently not adequate
conditional-wait construct of the form x.wait(c)
Where c is priority number
Process with lowest number (highest priority) is scheduled next

33. A Monitor to Allocate Single Resource
monitor ResourceAllocator
{
boolean busy;
condition x;
void acquire(int time) {
if (busy)
x.wait(time);
busy = TRUE;
}
void release() {
busy = FALSE;
x.signal();
}
initialization code() {
busy = FALSE;
}
}

34. Synchronization Examples
Solaris
Windows XP
Linux
Pthreads

35. Solaris Synchronization
Implements a variety of locks to support multitasking, multithreading (including real-time threads),
and multiprocessing
Uses adaptive mutexes for efficiency when protecting data from short code segments
Starts as a standard semaphore spin-lock
If lock held, and by a thread running on another CPU, spins
If lock held by non-run-state thread, block and sleep waiting for signal of lock being released
Uses condition variables
Uses readers-writers locks when longer sections of code need access to data
Uses turnstiles to order the list of threads waiting to acquire either an adaptive mutex or reader-
writer lock
Turnstiles are per-lock-holding-thread, not per-object
Priority-inheritance per-turnstile gives the running thread the highest of the priorities of the threads in
its turnstile

36. Windows XP Synchronization
Uses interrupt masks to protect access to global resources on uniprocessor systems
Uses spinlocks on multiprocessor systems
Spinlocking-thread will never be preempted
Also provides dispatcher objects user-land which may act mutexes, semaphores, events, and
timers
Events
 An event acts much like a condition variable
Timers notify one or more thread when time expired
Dispatcher objects either signaled-state (object available) or non-signaled state (thread
will block)

37. Linux Synchronization
Linux:
Prior to kernel Version 2.6, disables interrupts to implement short critical sections
Version 2.6 and later, fully preemptive
Linux provides:
semaphores
spinlocks
reader-writer versions of both
On single-cpu system, spinlocks replaced by enabling and disabling kernel preemption

38. Pthreads Synchronization
Pthreads API is OS-independent
It provides:
mutex locks
condition variables
Non-portable extensions include:
read-write locks
spinlocks

39. Atomic Transactions
System Model
Log-based Recovery
Checkpoints
Concurrent Atomic Transactions

40. System Model
Assures that operations happen as a single logical unit of work, in its entirety, or not at all
Related to field of database systems
Challenge is assuring atomicity despite computer system failures
Transaction - collection of instructions or operations that performs single logical function
Here we are concerned with changes to stable storage – disk
Transaction is series of read and write operations
Terminated by commit (transaction successful) or abort (transaction failed) operation
Aborted transaction must be rolled back to undo any changes it performed

41. Types of Storage Media
Volatile storage – information stored here does not survive system crashes
Example: main memory, cache
Nonvolatile storage – Information usually survives crashes
Example: disk and tape
Stable storage – Information never lost
Not actually possible, so approximated via replication or RAID to devices with independent failure
modes
Goal is to assure transaction atomicity where failures cause loss of information on volatile storage

42. Log-Based Recovery
Record to stable storage information about all modifications by a transaction
Most common is write-ahead logging
Log on stable storage, each log record describes single transaction write operation, including
 Transaction name
 Data item name
 Old value
 New value
<Ti starts> written to log when transaction Ti starts
<Ti commits> written when Ti commits
Log entry must reach stable storage before operation on data occurs

43. Log-Based Recovery Algorithm
Using the log, system can handle any volatile memory errors
Undo(Ti) restores value of all data updated by Ti
Redo(Ti) sets values of all data in transaction Ti to new values
Undo(Ti) and redo(Ti) must be idempotent
Multiple executions must have the same result as one execution
If system fails, restore state of all updated data via log
If log contains <Ti starts> without <Ti commits>, undo(Ti)
If log contains <Ti starts> and <Ti commits>, redo(Ti)

44. Checkpoints
Log could become long, and recovery could take long
Checkpoints shorten log and recovery time.
Checkpoint scheme:
1. Output all log records currently in volatile storage to stable storage
2. Output all modified data from volatile to stable storage
3. Output a log record <checkpoint> to the log on stable storage
Now recovery only includes Ti, such that Ti started executing before the most recent checkpoint, and all
transactions after Ti All other transactions already on stable storage

45. Concurrent Transactions
Must be equivalent to serial execution – serializability
Could perform all transactions in critical section
Inefficient, too restrictive
Concurrency-control algorithms provide serializability

46. Serializability
Consider two data items A and B
Consider Transactions T0 and T1
Execute T0, T1 atomically
Execution sequence called schedule
Atomically executed transaction order called serial schedule
For N transactions, there are N! valid serial schedules

47. Schedule 1: T0 then T1

48. Nonserial Schedule
Nonserial schedule allows overlapped execute
Resulting execution not necessarily incorrect
Consider schedule S, operations Oi, Oj
Conflict if access same data item, with at least one write
If Oi, Oj consecutive and operations of different transactions & Oi and Oj don’t conflict
Then S’ with swapped order Oj Oi equivalent to S
If S can become S’ via swapping nonconflicting operations
S is conflict serializable

49. Schedule 2: Concurrent Serializable Schedule

50. Locking Protocol
Ensure serializability by associating lock with each data item
Follow locking protocol for access control
Locks
Shared – Ti has shared-mode lock (S) on item Q, Ti can read Q but not write Q
Exclusive – Ti has exclusive-mode lock (X) on Q, Ti can read and write Q
Require every transaction on item Q acquire appropriate lock
If lock already held, new request may have to wait
Similar to readers-writers algorithm

51. Two-phase Locking Protocol
Generally ensures conflict serializability
Each transaction issues lock and unlock requests in two phases
Growing – obtaining locks
Shrinking – releasing locks
Does not prevent deadlock

52. Timestamp-based Protocols
Select order among transactions in advance – timestamp-ordering
Transaction Ti associated with timestamp TS(Ti) before Ti starts
TS(Ti) < TS(Tj) if Ti entered system before Tj
TS can be generated from system clock or as logical counter incremented at each entry of transaction
Timestamps determine serializability order
If TS(Ti) < TS(Tj), system must ensure produced schedule equivalent to serial schedule where Ti
appears before Tj

53. Timestamp-based Protocol Implementation
Data item Q gets two timestamps
W-timestamp(Q) – largest timestamp of any transaction that executed write(Q) successfully
R-timestamp(Q) – largest timestamp of successful read(Q)
Updated whenever read(Q) or write(Q) executed
Timestamp-ordering protocol assures any conflicting read and write executed in timestamp order
Suppose Ti executes read(Q)
If TS(Ti) < W-timestamp(Q), Ti needs to read value of Q that was already overwritten
 read operation rejected and Ti rolled back
If TS(Ti) W-timestamp(Q)≥
 read executed, R-timestamp(Q) set to max(R-timestamp(Q), TS(Ti))

54. Timestamp-ordering Protocol
Suppose Ti executes write(Q)
If TS(Ti) < R-timestamp(Q), value Q produced by Ti was needed previously and Ti assumed it would
never be produced
 Write operation rejected, Ti rolled back
If TS(Ti) < W-timestamp(Q), Ti attempting to write obsolete value of Q
 Write operation rejected and Ti rolled back
Otherwise, write executed
Any rolled back transaction Ti is assigned new timestamp and restarted
Algorithm ensures conflict serializability and freedom from deadlock

55. Schedule Possible Under Timestamp Protocol

56. Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling
Basic Concepts
Scheduling Criteria
Scheduling Algorithms
Thread Scheduling
Multiple-Processor Scheduling
Real-Time CPU Scheduling
Operating Systems Examples
Algorithm Evaluation

57. Objectives
To introduce CPU scheduling, which is the basis for multiprogrammed operating systems
To describe various CPU-scheduling algorithms
To discuss evaluation criteria for selecting a CPU-scheduling algorithm for a particular system
To examine the scheduling algorithms of several operating systems

58. Basic Concepts
Maximum CPU utilization obtained with
multiprogramming
CPU–I/O Burst Cycle – Process execution
consists of a cycle of CPU execution and I/O
wait
CPU burst followed by I/O burst
CPU burst distribution is of main concern

59. Histogram of CPU-burst Times

60. CPU Scheduler
Short-term scheduler selects from among the processes in ready queue, and allocates the CPU
to one of them
Queue may be ordered in various ways
CPU scheduling decisions may take place when a process:
1. Switches from running to waiting state
2. Switches from running to ready state
3. Switches from waiting to ready
4. Terminates
Scheduling under 1 and 4 is nonpreemptive
All other scheduling is preemptive
Consider access to shared data
Consider preemption while in kernel mode
Consider interrupts occurring during crucial OS activities

61. Dispatcher
Dispatcher module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler; this
involves:
switching context
switching to user mode
jumping to the proper location in the user program to restart that program
Dispatch latency – time it takes for the dispatcher to stop one process and start another running

62. Scheduling Criteria
CPU utilization – keep the CPU as busy as possible
Throughput – # of processes that complete their execution per time unit
Turnaround time – amount of time to execute a particular process
Waiting time – amount of time a process has been waiting in the ready queue
Response time – amount of time it takes from when a request was submitted until the first
response is produced, not output (for time-sharing environment)

63. Scheduling Algorithm Optimization Criteria
Max CPU utilization
Max throughput
Min turnaround time
Min waiting time
Min response time

64. First-Come, First-Served (FCFS) Scheduling
Process Burst Time
P1 24
P2 3
P3 3
Suppose that the processes arrive in the order: P1 , P2 , P3
The Gantt Chart for the schedule is:
Waiting time for P1 = 0; P2 = 24; P3 = 27
Average waiting time: (0 + 24 + 27)/3 = 17
P1 P2 P3
24 27 300

65. FCFS Scheduling (Cont.)
Suppose that the processes arrive in the order:
P2 , P3 , P1
The Gantt chart for the schedule is:
Waiting time for P1 = 6;P2 = 0;P3 = 3
Average waiting time: (6 + 0 + 3)/3 = 3
Much better than previous case
Convoy effect - short process behind long process
Consider one CPU-bound and many I/O-bound processes
P1P3P2
63 300

66. Shortest-Job-First (SJF) Scheduling
Associate with each process the length of its next CPU burst
Use these lengths to schedule the process with the shortest time
SJF is optimal – gives minimum average waiting time for a given set of processes
The difficulty is knowing the length of the next CPU request
Could ask the user

67. Example of SJF
ProcessArriva l Time Burst Time
P1 0.0 6
P2 2.0 8
P3 4.0 7
P4 5.0 3
SJF scheduling chart
Average waiting time = (3 + 16 + 9 + 0) / 4 = 7
P4
P3P1
3 160 9
P2
24

68. Determining Length of Next CPU Burst
Can only estimate the length – should be similar to the previous one
Then pick process with shortest predicted next CPU burst
Can be done by using the length of previous CPU bursts, using exponential averaging
Commonly, α set to ½
Preemptive version called shortest-remaining-time-first
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70. Examples of Exponential Averaging
α =0
τn+1 = τn
Recent history does not count
α =1
τn+1 = α tn
Only the actual last CPU burst counts
If we expand the formula, we get:
τn+1 = α tn+(1 - α)α tn -1 + …
+(1 - α )j
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+(1 - α )n +1
τ0
Since both α and (1 - α) are less than or equal to 1, each successive term has less weight than its
predecessor

71. Example of Shortest-remaining-time-first
Now we add the concepts of varying arrival times and preemption to the analysis
ProcessA arri Arrival TimeT Burst Time
P1 0 8
P2 1 4
P3 2 9
P4 3 5
Preemptive SJF Gantt Chart
Average waiting time = [(10-1)+(1-1)+(17-2)+5-3)]/4 = 26/4 = 6.5 msec
P1
P1P2
1 170 10
P3
265
P4

72. Priority Scheduling
A priority number (integer) is associated with each process
The CPU is allocated to the process with the highest priority (smallest integer ≡ highest priority)
Preemptive
Nonpreemptive
SJF is priority scheduling where priority is the inverse of predicted next CPU burst time
Problem ≡ Starvation – low priority processes may never execute
Solution ≡ Aging – as time progresses increase the priority of the process

73. Example of Priority Scheduling
ProcessA arri Burst TimeT Priority
P1 10 3
P2 1 1
P3 2 4
P4 1 5
P5 5 2
Priority scheduling Gantt Chart
Average waiting time = 8.2 msec
P2 P3P5
1 180 16
P4
196
P1

74. Round Robin (RR)
Each process gets a small unit of CPU time (time quantum q), usually 10-100 milliseconds. After
this time has elapsed, the process is preempted and added to the end of the ready queue.
If there are n processes in the ready queue and the time quantum is q, then each process gets 1/n of
the CPU time in chunks of at most q time units at once. No process waits more than (n-1)q time
units.
Timer interrupts every quantum to schedule next process
Performance
q large ⇒ FIFO
q small ⇒ q must be large with respect to context switch, otherwise overhead is too high

75. Example of RR with Time Quantum = 4
Process Burst Time
P1 24
P2 3
P3 3
The Gantt chart is:
Typically, higher average turnaround than SJF, but better response
q should be large compared to context switch time
q usually 10ms to 100ms, context switch < 10 usec
P1 P2 P3 P1 P1 P1 P1 P1
0 4 7 10 14 18 22 26 30

76. Time Quantum and Context Switch Time

77. Turnaround Time Varies With
The Time Quantum
80% of CPU bursts should
be shorter than q

78. Multilevel Queue
Ready queue is partitioned into separate queues, eg:
foreground (interactive)
background (batch)
Process permanently in a given queue
Each queue has its own scheduling algorithm:
foreground – RR
background – FCFS
Scheduling must be done between the queues:
Fixed priority scheduling; (i.e., serve all from foreground then from background). Possibility of
starvation.
Time slice – each queue gets a certain amount of CPU time which it can schedule amongst its
processes; i.e., 80% to foreground in RR
20% to background in FCFS

79. Multilevel Queue Scheduling

80. Multilevel Feedback Queue
A process can move between the various queues; aging can be implemented this way
Multilevel-feedback-queue scheduler defined by the following parameters:
number of queues
scheduling algorithms for each queue
method used to determine when to upgrade a process
method used to determine when to demote a process
method used to determine which queue a process will enter when that process needs
service

81. Example of Multilevel Feedback Queue
Three queues:
Q0 – RR with time quantum 8 milliseconds
Q1 – RR time quantum 16 milliseconds
Q2 – FCFS
Scheduling
A new job enters queue Q0 which is served
FCFS
 When it gains CPU, job receives 8
milliseconds
 If it does not finish in 8 milliseconds, job
is moved to queue Q1
At Q1 job is again served FCFS and receives
16 additional milliseconds
 If it still does not complete, it is
preempted and moved to queue Q2

82. Thread Scheduling
Distinction between user-level and kernel-level threads
When threads supported, threads scheduled, not processes
Many-to-one and many-to-many models, thread library schedules user-level threads to run on LWP
Known as process-contention scope (PCS) since scheduling competition is within the
process
Typically done via priority set by programmer
Kernel thread scheduled onto available CPU is system-contention scope (SCS) – competition
among all threads in system

83. Pthread Scheduling
API allows specifying either PCS or SCS during thread creation
PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS schedules threads using PCS scheduling
PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM schedules threads using SCS scheduling
Can be limited by OS – Linux and Mac OS X only allow PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM

84. Pthread Scheduling API
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define NUM_THREADS 5
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int i, scope;
pthread_t tid[NUM THREADS];
pthread_attr_t attr;
/* get the default attributes */
pthread_attr_init(&attr);
/* first inquire on the current scope */
if (pthread_attr_getscope(&attr, &scope) != 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Unable to get scheduling scopen");
else {
if (scope == PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS)
printf("PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS");
else if (scope == PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM)
printf("PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM");
else
fprintf(stderr, "Illegal scope value.n");
}

85. Pthread Scheduling API
/* set the scheduling algorithm to PCS or SCS */
pthread_attr_setscope(&attr, PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM);
/* create the threads */
for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
pthread_create(&tid[i],&attr,runner,NULL);
/* now join on each thread */
for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++)
pthread_join(tid[i], NULL);
}
/* Each thread will begin control in this function */
void *runner(void *param)
{
/* do some work ... */
pthread_exit(0);
}

86. Multiple-Processor Scheduling
CPU scheduling more complex when multiple CPUs are available
Homogeneous processors within a multiprocessor
Asymmetric multiprocessing – only one processor accesses the system data structures,
alleviating the need for data sharing
Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) – each processor is self-scheduling, all processes in
common ready queue, or each has its own private queue of ready processes
Currently, most common
Processor affinity – process has affinity for processor on which it is currently running
soft affinity
hard affinity
Variations including processor sets

87. NUMA and CPU Scheduling
Note that memory-placement algorithms can also
consider affinity

88. Multiple-Processor Scheduling – Load Balancing
If SMP, need to keep all CPUs loaded for efficiency
Load balancing attempts to keep workload evenly distributed
Push migration – periodic task checks load on each processor, and if found pushes task from
overloaded CPU to other CPUs
Pull migration – idle processors pulls waiting task from busy processor

89. Multicore Processors
Recent trend to place multiple processor cores on same physical chip
Faster and consumes less power
Multiple threads per core also growing
Takes advantage of memory stall to make progress on another thread while memory retrieve
happens

90. Multithreaded Multicore System

91. Real-Time CPU Scheduling
Can present obvious challenges
Soft real-time systems – no guarantee
as to when critical real-time process will be
scheduled
Hard real-time systems – task must be
serviced by its deadline
Two types of latencies affect performance
1. Interrupt latency – time from arrival of
interrupt to start of routine that
services interrupt
2. Dispatch latency – time for schedule
to take current process off CPU and
switch to another

92. Real-Time CPU Scheduling (Cont.)
Conflict phase of dispatch
latency:
1. Preemption of any
process running in
kernel mode
2. Release by low-priority
process of resources
needed by high-priority
processes

93. Priority-based Scheduling
For real-time scheduling, scheduler must support preemptive, priority-based scheduling
But only guarantees soft real-time
For hard real-time must also provide ability to meet deadlines
Processes have new characteristics: periodic ones require CPU at constant intervals
Has processing time t, deadline d, period p
0 ≤ t ≤ d ≤ p
Rate of periodic task is 1/p

94. Virtualization and Scheduling
Virtualization software schedules multiple guests onto CPU(s)
Each guest doing its own scheduling
Not knowing it doesn’t own the CPUs
Can result in poor response time
Can effect time-of-day clocks in guests
Can undo good scheduling algorithm efforts of guests

95. Rate Montonic Scheduling
A priority is assigned based on the inverse of its period
Shorter periods = higher priority;
Longer periods = lower priority
P1 is assigned a higher priority than P2.

96. Missed Deadlines with
Rate Monotonic Scheduling

97. REFRENCES
Operating System Concepts – 9th
Edition By Silberchatz, Galvin
and Gagne