Dealing With Contention easy
What is the primary purpose of a Mutex (Mutual Exclusion) lock?
- A To encrypt the data.
- B To ensure that only one thread can access a Critical Section (shared resource) at a time.
- C To backup the database.
- D To speed up code execution.
Answer: B. To ensure that only one thread can access a Critical Section (shared resource) at a time.
Mutexes serialize access. If multiple threads could modify a variable simultaneously, data corruption would occur.
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