Consider the following code snippet using the fork() and wait() system calls. Assume that the code compiles and runs correctly, and that the system calls run successfully without any errors. int x = 3; while (x > 0) { fork(); printf("hello"); wait (NULL); x--; } The total number of times the printf statement is executed is ________

GATE 2024 CSE & IT Q57 — Computer Science

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Computer Science · Operating Systems - Process Management

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Drill mode: process creation · 2/7

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