Can I implement the readers and writers algorithm in OpenMP by replacing counting semaphores with another feature?
- by DeveloperDon
After reading about OpenMP and not finding functions to support semaphores, I did an internet search for OpenMP and the readers and writers problem, but found no suitable matches.
Is there a general method for replacing counting semaphores in OpenMP with something that it supports? Or is there just a gap in the environment where it does not permit things that are asymmetrical like the third readers and writers problem shown on the following page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readers-writers_problem#The_third_readers-writers_problem