Use a shared queue of X items - One thread adds items at random times - The other thread pulls at random times - They need to synchronize when the queue is full (producer) or empty (consumer)!

Revision:
1:58c5e61231be
Parent:
0:180517623995
--- a/main.cpp	Thu Nov 29 17:08:02 2018 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Thu Nov 29 17:57:31 2018 +0000
@@ -1,52 +1,61 @@
 #include "mbed.h"
 
-Queue<int, 10> queue;
-
-int queue_size = 10;
-int end_idx = 0;
+typedef struct {
+    int value;
+} message_t;
+const int queue_size = 10;
+MemoryPool<message_t, queue_size> mpool;
+Queue<message_t, queue_size> queue;
+int elements_num = 0;
 
 Mutex mutex;
 ConditionVariable cond(mutex);
 InterruptIn button(USER_BUTTON);
-
-
- bool is_button_pressed = false;
+bool is_button_pressed = false;
  
 Thread t1;
 Thread t2;
 Thread t3;
 
 void start_producer(){
-    int value = 0;
+    
     while (true) 
     { 
-        if (end_idx < queue_size){
-            mutex.lock();
-            value = end_idx;
-            queue.put(&value);
-            printf("PRODUCER: Put value %d \n", end_idx);
-            end_idx++;
-            cond.notify_all();
-            mutex.unlock();
+        wait(rand()%3);
+        mutex.lock();   
+        int value = rand(); 
+        while(elements_num == queue_size) {
+            printf("The queue is full, cannot put.\n");
+            cond.wait();
         } 
-        wait(rand()%10);
+        message_t *message = mpool.alloc();
+        message->value = value;
+        queue.put(message);
+        elements_num++;
+        printf("PRODUCER: Put value %d \n", message->value);
+        cond.notify_all();
+        mutex.unlock();
     }
 }
 
 void start_consumer(){
     while (true) 
     { 
-        if (end_idx > 0){
-            mutex.lock();
-            osEvent evt = queue.get();
-            if (evt.status == osEventMessage) {
-                printf("CONSUMER: I got %d\n", *(int *) evt.value.p);
-            }
-            end_idx--;
-            cond.notify_all();
-            mutex.unlock();
-        } 
-        wait(rand()%5);
+        wait(rand()%10);
+        mutex.lock();
+        while(elements_num == 0) {
+            printf("The queue is empty. Nothing to consume.\n");
+            cond.wait();
+        }
+        osEvent evt = queue.get();
+        elements_num--;
+        if (evt.status == osEventMessage) {
+            message_t *message = (message_t*)evt.value.p;
+            printf("CONSUMER: I got %d\n", message->value);
+            mpool.free(message);
+        }
+        cond.notify_all();
+        mutex.unlock();  
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@
         if(is_button_pressed){
             mutex.lock();
             wait(2);
-            printf("\n\nThere are %d elements in the queue\n\n", end_idx);
+            printf("\n\nThere are %d elements in the queue\n\n", elements_num);
             wait(2);
             mutex.unlock();
             is_button_pressed = false;