CS401: Operating Systems

3.3: Semaphores

• University of California, Berkeley: John Kubiatowicz's "Mutual Exclusion, Semaphores, Monitors and Condition Variables" Page

  Watch this lecture.

• Green Tea Press: Allen B. Downey's "Little Book of Semaphores" URL

  Read chapter 2 on pages 7-9 and chapter 4 on pages 61-120.

• Programming Examples: "Java Semaphore" URL

  Read this page.

• Stanford University: Jerry Cain's "Programming Paradigms" Page

  Watch this lecture.

• Florida State University: Andy Wang's "Monitors and Condition Variables" URL

  Read this document.