HOMEWORK 5 (COMMENTS AND COMMON MISTAKES)

<< Problem 5 >>

o In assessing software mutual exclusion algorithms, you have to assume that
  each process is running on a separate processor unless told otherwise.
o When explaining a property of an algorithm, try to get at the core issue(s).
o There was confusion over the terms starvation, livelock, and unfair.  See
  the lecture notes on Homework 5.

<< Problem 6 >>

o TestAndSet() by itself won't magically give you global update of all your
  variables.  If you update a shared variable, you still have to ensure
  mutual exclusion.  See lecture notes on Homework 5.