A semaphore can be implemented using the following monitor code:
monitor semaphore {
int value = 0;
condition c;
semaphore_increment () {
value++;
c.signal ();
}
semaphore_decrement () {
while (value == 0)
c.wait ();
value --;
}
}
A monitor could be implemented using a semaphore in the following manner.Each condition variable is represented by a queue of threads waiting for the condition.Each thread has a semaphore associated with its queue entry.When a thread performs a wait operation,it creates a new semaphore (initialized to zero),appends the semaphore to the queue associated with the condition variable,and performs a blocking semaphore decrement operation on the newly created semaphore.When a thread performs a signal on a condition variable,the first process in the queue is awakened by performing an increment on the corresponding semaphore.
A monitor could be implemented using a semaphore in the following manner.Each condition variable is represented by a queue of threads waiting for the condition.Each thread has a semaphore associated with its queue entry.When a thread performs a wait operation,it creates a new semaphore (initialized to zero),appends the semaphore to the queue associated with the condition variable,and performs a blocking semaphore decrement operation on the newly created semaphore.When a thread performs a signal on a condition variable,the first process in the queue is awakened by performing an increment on the corresponding semaphore.