the problem of the mutual exclusion of several independent processes from simultaneous access to a "critical section" is discussed for the case where there are two distinct classes of processes known as "readers"
and "writers." The "readers" may share the section with each other, but the "writers" must have exclusive
access. Two solutions are presented: one for the case
where we wish minimum delay for the readers; the other for the case where we wish writing to take place as early
as possible.
Key Words and Phrases: mutual exclusion, critical section, shared access to resources
CR Categories : 4.30, 4.32