$.$ Identify the data involved in the race condition.

b$.$ Identify the location $($or locations$)$ in the code where the race condition occurs.

c$.$ Using a semaphore or mutex lock, fix the race condition. It is permissible to modify the decrease$\_$count$()$ function so that the calling process is blocked until sufficient resources are available.

terminated, the license count is incremented. If all licenses are in use, requests to start the application are denied. Such a request will be granted only when an existing license holder terminates the application and a license is returned.

The following program segment is used to manage a finite number of instances of an available resource. The maximum number of resources and the number of available resources are declared as follows: