From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <vu3rdd@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 09:17:29 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: mutex discussions in the section
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mutex discussions in the section
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diff --git a/src/sicp/mutex.rkt b/src/sicp/mutex.rkt
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+#lang racket
+
+(define (make-serializer)
+  (let ([mutex (make-mutex)])
+    (lambda (p)
+      (define (serialized-p . args)
+        (mutex 'acquire)
+        (let ([val (apply p args)])
+          (mutex 'release)
+          val))
+      serialized-p)))
+          
+(define (make-mutex)
+  (let ([cell (mcons #f '())])
+    (define (the-mutex m)
+      (cond [(eq? m 'acquire)
+             (when (test-and-set! cell)
+               (the-mutex 'acquire))] ;; loop till we acquire the mutex
+            [(eq? m 'release) (clear! cell)]))
+    the-mutex))
+
+(define (clear! cell)
+  (set-mcar! cell #f))
+
+(define (test-and-set! cell)
+  (if (mcar cell)
+      #t
+      (begin (set-mcar! cell #t)
+             #f)))