C Program to Simulate C-SCAN Disk Scheduling Algorithm | Logic Explained



C-SCAN Algorithm - C Program by Nived Kannada

C SCAN algorithm is actually a slightly modified version of SCAN algorithm which are both used for disk scheduling in the operating system.
There is only a few changes from the SCAN algorithm.
If you haven't read our article on the SCAN algorithm, please read and understand the logic of it before reading this post.

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Anyway, the logic is pretty simple,
  • Array queue[] is our main array
  • Array queue1[] and queue2[] are used to store the requested positions greater than initial head position and less than initial head position respectively.
  • Variables temp1 and temp2 are used as the index variables of queue1[] and queue2[] respectively.
  • The main difference from SCAN algorithm is that in SCAN algorithm, we sort the first array queue1[] in the ascending order and the second array queue2[] in the descending order, but in C-SCAN algorithm, we sort both of them in their ascending order. 
  • One slight difference comes in the steps when copying arrays queue1[] and queue2[] to the main array queue[]
  • After copying first array queue1[] to queue[], we have to set maxrange position as the next request position. ie. We set queue[i]=maxrange.
  • After that, since it is Circular scan, after reaching the outermost cylinder/track, the head moves to the innermost track/cylinder, ie. the position 0. So, after pushing maxrange, increment i and put the value 0 in there.
  • We have to copy the next array queue2[] after doing these. 
  • You can understand the rest of the logic from the comments given on the code itself.
  • Please go through the comments and understand them. 

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// C Program to Simulate C-SCAN Disk Scheduling Algorithm
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#include<stdio.h>
int absoluteValue(int); // Declaring function absoluteValue

void main()
{
    int queue[25],n,headposition,i,j,k,seek=0, maxrange,
    difference,temp,queue1[20],queue2[20],temp1=0,temp2=0;
    float averageSeekTime;

    // Reading the maximum Range of the Disk. 
    printf("Enter the maximum range of Disk: ");
    scanf("%d",&maxrange);
    
    // Reading the number of Queue Requests(Disk access requests)
    printf("Enter the number of queue requests: ");
    scanf("%d",&n);
    
    // Reading the initial head position.(ie. the starting point of execution)
    printf("Enter the initial head position: ");
    scanf("%d",&headposition);
    
    // Reading disk positions to be read in the order of arrival
    printf("Enter the disk positions to be read(queue): ");
    for(i=1;i<=n;i++)   // Note that i varies from 1 to n instead of 0 to n-1
    {
        scanf("%d",&temp);  //Reading position value to a temporary variable
        
        //Now if the requested position is greater than current headposition,
        //then pushing that to array queue1
        if(temp>headposition)
        {
            queue1[temp1]=temp; //temp1 is the index variable of queue1[]
            temp1++; //incrementing temp1
        }
        else    //else if temp < current headposition,then push to array queue2[]
        {   
            queue2[temp2]=temp; //temp2 is the index variable of queue2[]
            temp2++;
        }
    }
    
    //Now we have to sort the two arrays
    //SORTING array queue1[] in ascending order
    for(i=0;i<temp1-1;i++)
    {
        for(j=i+1;j<temp1;j++)
        {
            if(queue1[i]>queue1[j])
            {
                temp=queue1[i];
                queue1[i]=queue1[j];
                queue1[j]=temp;
            }
        }
    }
    
    //SORTING array queue2[] in ascending order
    for(i=0;i<temp2-1;i++)
    {
        for(j=i+1;j<temp2;j++)
        {
            if(queue2[i]>queue2[j])
            {
                temp=queue2[i];
                queue2[i]=queue2[j];
                queue2[j]=temp;
            }
        }
    }    
    
    //Copying first array queue1[] into queue[]
    for(i=1,j=0;j<temp1;i++,j++)
    {
        queue[i]=queue1[j]; 
    }
    
    //Setting queue[i] to maxrange because the head goes to
    //end of disk and comes back in scan Algorithm
    queue[i]=maxrange;
    
    //Moving Disk head to the inner most cylinder, because this is Circular Scan.
    queue[i+1]=0; 
    
    //Copying second array queue2[] after that first one is copied, into queue[]
    for(i=temp1+3,j=0;j<temp2;i++,j++)
    {
        queue[i]=queue2[j];
    }
    
    //At this point, we have the queue[] with the requests in the 
    //correct order of execution as per C-SCAN algorithm.
    //Now we have to set 0th index of queue[] to be the initial headposition. 
    queue[0]=headposition;
    
    // Calculating SEEK TIME. seek is initially set to 0 in the declaration part.
    
    for(j=0; j<=n+1; j++) //Loop starts from headposition. (ie. 0th index of queue) 
    {   
        // Finding the difference between next position and current position.
        difference = absoluteValue(queue[j+1]-queue[j]);
        
        // Adding difference to the current seek time value
        seek = seek + difference;
        
        // Displaying a message to show the movement of disk head
        printf("Disk head moves from position %d to %d with Seek %d \n",
 queue[j], queue[j+1], difference);
    }
    
    // Calculating Average Seek time 
    averageSeekTime = seek/(float)n;
    
    //Display Total and Average Seek Time(s)
    printf("Total Seek Time= %d\n", seek);
    printf("Average Seek Time= %f\n", averageSeekTime);
}

// Defining function absoluteValue
int absoluteValue(int x)
{
    if(x>0)
    {
        return x;
    }
    else
    {
        return x*-1;
    }
}

// END OF CODE 
//Code by Nived Kannada


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