The Little Book of Semaphores

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Semaphores. Chapter 3 Basic synchronization patterns. Chapter 4 Classical synchronization problems. Chapter 5 Less classical synchronization problems. Chapter 6 Not-so-classical problems. Chapter 7 Not remotely classical problems. Chapter 8 Synchronization in Python. Chapter 9 Synchronization in C. A Cleaning up Python threads. B Cleaning up POSIX threads.