void Init_dp(int nphilosophers)
{
nphil = nphilosophers;
ser = Create_Serial();
waiting_q = Create_Queue(ser);
eat_crowd = Create_Crowd(ser);
think_crowd = Create_Crowd(ser);
// init the forks array
forks = malloc(sizeof(sem_t) * nphil);
int i;
for(i = 0; i < nphil; i++)
sem_init(&(forks[i]), 0, 1);
}
//Initializes the disk scheduler
void Init_ds(int ncylinders, float CylinderSeekTime)
{
// Instantiate the serializer, queues for requests in the upward and downward direction, and a
// crowd to encapsulate active requests
serializer = Create_Serial();
up_queue = Create_Queue(serializer);
down_queue = Create_Queue(serializer);
disk_access_crowd = Create_Crowd(serializer);
//Initialize the disk's state variables
cylinder_count = ncylinders;
disk_access_sequence_number = 1;
disk_request_sequence_number = 1;
head_position = 0;
}
