Explain why implementing synchronization primitives by disablinginterrupts is not

Chapter 5, Problem 5.10

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Explain why implementing synchronization primitives by disablinginterrupts is not appropriate in a single-processor system if the synchronizationprimitives are to be used in user-level programs. do {flag[i] = true;while (flag[j]) {if (turn == j) {flag[i] = false;while (turn == j); /* do nothing */flag[i] = true;}}/* critical section */turn = j;flag[i] = false;/* remainder section */} while (true);Figure 5.21 The structure of process Pi in Dekkers algorithm.

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