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# Answers
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## Q1
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Atomic variable is a type of variable that combines all three process of: read, write and update into a single operation.
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as an example when we write `i++` it may seem like a single operation
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but the compiler needs to read `i`(read), add 1 to it (update) and change `i` to new value (write)
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since all these operations are combined into one operation race conditions doesn't occur
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unlike normal variables.
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## Q2
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`AtomicInteeger`, `AtomicBoolean`.`AtomicLong` & `AtomicReference`
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#### `AtomicInteeger` Use case
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used as counters that are shared across threads
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#### `AtomicBoolean` Use case
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used as flags that are used across threads (like `running` flag)
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#### `AtomicLong` Use case
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in general anything that needs long operations for multiple threads such as a bank account balance or an id counter
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#### `AtomicReference` Use case
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it's used whenever you need atomic operations on any object
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## Q3
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locks are used to lock a full block of code, this prevents race conditions as a thread locks the section it's working on when it reaches it
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therefore we should use locks when we wan't to prevent race conditions for a block of code
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and use atomic variables on more basic things
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## Q4
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this situation may occur because if there are too many threads trying to access a shared resource performance drops because workers sleep more than they do work
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#### Usage of locks
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locks make a block of code completely unaccessible for every thread except one
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this would cause those other threads to sleep meaning even if you have 100 threads only one of them can work at a time.
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#### Usage of atomic variables
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when we use atomic variables and atomic operations, at a curtain point many threads my try to change one variable
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only one can successfully access the variable, meaning the rest would fail
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this failure is just waste of cpu power.
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## Q5
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majority of mainstream cpus has something around 8 to 16 cores right now
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this means one thing
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logically we can't run 100 threads at the same time in parallel
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this causes something known as context switching: cpu cores need to switch between threads
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and this continuous switching would make the program slow
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cpu cores have their own distinct cache, when a core changes a synced variable all the cpu cores change their cache value of that variable
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when we have too many threads working on a synced variable, cpu cores constantly follow the changes in order to keep their cache synced
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this would cause cpu cores to spend more time synchronizing the cache rather than processing the threads
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this situation is known cache coherence synchronization overhead.
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## Q6
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Deadlocks are rare because you can't determine threads execution order, OS determines this by itself
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to increase likelihood of deadlocks to happen a developer can start too many threads and delay the threads
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package bonus;
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import java.util.ArrayList;
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import java.util.List;
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import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
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public class AtomicVsNormal {
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private static int counter = 0;
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private static AtomicInteger atomicCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
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public static void main(String[] args){
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int incrementCount = 1000;
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List<Thread> workers = new ArrayList<>();
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for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
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workers.add(new Thread(() ->{
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for (int j = 0; j < incrementCount; j++) {
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counter++;
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atomicCounter.incrementAndGet();
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}
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}
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));
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}
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for (Thread worker : workers){
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worker.start();
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}
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for (Thread worker : workers){
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try {
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worker.join();
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} catch (InterruptedException e) {
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throw new RuntimeException(e);
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}
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}
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System.out.println("Expected: 10000");
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System.out.println("Normal increment: " + counter);
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System.out.println("Atomic increment: " + atomicCounter.get());
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}
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}
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package dev.banking.model;
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package dev.banking.model;
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import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
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import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
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import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
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public class BankAccount {
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public class BankAccount {
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private final int accountId;
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private final int accountId;
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private long balance;
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private long balance;
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private final Lock lock = new ReentrantLock();
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/*
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/*
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* Students may introduce additional fields
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* Students may introduce additional fields
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* such as:
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* such as:
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* - Should not block unnecessarily if using read/write locks
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* - Should not block unnecessarily if using read/write locks
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*/
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public long getBalance() {
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public long getBalance() {
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throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement thread-safe balance read");
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lock.lock();
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try {
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return balance;
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}
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finally {
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lock.unlock();
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}
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}
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}
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/*
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* - Must not lose updates under concurrency
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* - Must not lose updates under concurrency
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*/
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public void deposit(long amount) {
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public void deposit(long amount) {
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throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement thread-safe deposit");
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lock.lock();
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try{
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balance += amount;
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}
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finally {
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lock.unlock();
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}
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}
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/*
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* to extend the system (optional)
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* to extend the system (optional)
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*/
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*/
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public void withdraw(long amount) {
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public void withdraw(long amount) {
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throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement thread-safe withdraw");
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lock.lock();
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try {
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balance -= amount;
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}
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finally {
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lock.unlock();
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}
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* - Or tryLock with retry strategy
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* - Or tryLock with retry strategy
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*/
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public void transfer(BankAccount target, long amount) {
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public void transfer(BankAccount target, long amount) {
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throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TODO: implement atomic deadlock-free transfer");
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BankAccount first = this.getAccountId() > target.getAccountId() ? target : this;
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BankAccount second = this.getAccountId() > target.getAccountId() ? this : target;
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first.lock.lock();
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second.lock.lock();
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this.balance -= amount;
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}
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second.lock.unlock();
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first.lock.unlock();
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}
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}
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}
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