void release_user_profile_handle(UserProfile *profile) { if (!profile) return;
UserProfile* get_user_profile_handle(int user_id) { pthread_mutex_lock(&cache_lock); // Check cache CacheEntry *entry = g_hash_table_lookup(handle_cache, &user_id); if (entry) { // Cache hit entry->ref_count++; entry->last_access = time(NULL); pthread_mutex_unlock(&cache_lock); printf("Cache hit for user %d\n", user_id); return entry->profile; } handle-with-cache.c
pthread_mutex_unlock(&cache_lock); } The cache_lock mutex protects the hash table, but note that get_handle() releases the lock during the actual load_user_profile_from_disk() call. This is crucial to avoid blocking all threads during I/O. However, it introduces a race condition where two threads might simultaneously miss the cache and both load the same resource. last_access = time(NULL)