Os Deadlock Dining Philosophers
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Fix dining philosophers errors when all philosophers pick up left fork first causing circular wait.
Quick Fix
Wrong
import threading
forks=[threading.Lock() for _ in range(5)]
def philosopher(i):
left=i; right=(i+1)%5
while True:
forks[left].acquire() # all pick left first -> deadlock!
forks[right].acquire()
print(f'{i} eating')
forks[right].release(); forks[left].release()
All 5 philosophers hold left fork, wait for right. Circular wait. Deadlock.
Right
import threading
forks=[threading.Lock() for _ in range(5)]
def philosopher(i):
left=i; right=(i+1)%5
while True:
if i==4: # last philosopher picks right first
first,second=right,left
else:
first,second=left,right
with first:
if forks[second].acquire(timeout=0.1):
try: print(f'{i} eating')
finally: forks[second].release()
# Or: max 4 philosophers eat simultaneously
sema=threading.Semaphore(4)
def philosopher(i):
while True:
with sema:
with forks[i]:
with forks[(i+1)%5]:
print(f'{i} eating')
Last philosopher picks right fork first. Or semaphore limits concurrent philosophers to 4.
Prevention
Break circular wait: last philosopher reverses fork order. Or limit concurrency with semaphore.
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