POSIX Philosophers
Overview
This sample implements Zephyr’s Dining Philosophers sample using the
POSIX API. The source code for this sample can be found under
samples/posix/philosophers.
Building and Running
This project outputs to the console. It can be built and executed on QEMU as follows:
west build -b qemu_riscv64 samples/posix/philosophers
west build -t run
Sample Output
Philosopher 0 [P: 3] HOLDING ONE FORK
Philosopher 1 [P: 2] HOLDING ONE FORK
Philosopher 2 [P: 1] EATING [ 1900 ms ]
Philosopher 3 [P: 0] THINKING [ 2500 ms ]
Philosopher 4 [C:-1] THINKING [ 2200 ms ]
Philosopher 5 [C:-2] THINKING [ 1700 ms ]
Exit QEMU by pressing CTRL+A x.
Debugging
Like the original philosophers sample, the POSIX variant also enables
CONFIG_DEBUG_THREAD_INFO by default.
west build -b <board_name> samples/philosophers
west debug
Additional Information
For additional information, please refer to the Dining Philosophers sample.