barrier synchronization

Advanced Operating Systems/Algorithms/Data Structures

What I learned from writing synchronization barriers

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Matt Chung

Before starting project 2 (for my advanced operating systems course), I took a snapshot of my understanding of synchronization barriers. In retrospect, I’...

Advanced Operating Systems/Data Structures/Notes

Barrier Synchronization (Part 2/2)

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Matt Chung

Part 1 of barrier synchronization covers my notes on the first couple types of synchronization barriers including the naive centralized barrier and the slightly...

Advanced Operating Systems/Data Structures/Notes

Barrier Synchronization (Part 1/2)

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Matt Chung

As mentioned previously, there are different types of synchronization primitives that us operating system designers offer. If as an application designer you ne...