Pitfall: Shared Data Access

Need to restrict access to data!Avoid race conditions!

Process 1 Process 2

Lock( access ); Lock( access );

B = BankBalance; B = BankBalance;

B = B + 100; B = B + 150;

BankBalance = B; BankBalance = B;

Unlock( access ); Unlock( access );

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