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Given the updated pseudo - code for the Reader - writer problem with semaphores. Shared Data Data set Semaphore mutex initialized to 1 . Semaphore

Given the updated pseudo-code for the Reader-writer problem with semaphores.
Shared Data
Data set
Semaphore mutex initialized to 1.
Semaphore wrt initialized to 1.
Integer writecount initialized to 0.
Writer process
while (true){
wait (mutex);
writecount++;
signal (mutex);
wait (wrt) ;
// writing is performed
wait (mutex);
writecount--;
signal (mutex);
signal (wrt) ;
}
Reader process
while (true){
while (writecount >0);
wait (wrt);
// reading is performed
signal (wrt);
}
Does it ensure mutual exclusion for the writers?
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