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Comparing polling a volatile flag with blocking on a semaphore, the semaphore
Answer: A
A busy loop burns the processor and prevents anything else running, whereas a blocked task costs nothing until the event arrives. The polling loop may actually respond a little sooner, since it avoids the context switch, and that is its only merit.
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