Practice Deadlock - 9.4.4 | 9. Multithreading | Computer Architecture
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Question 1

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What is a deadlock?

💡 Hint: Think of a situation where resources are never released.

Question 2

Easy

Name one condition necessary for a deadlock to occur.

💡 Hint: Recall the four conditions for deadlock.

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Question 1

What is a deadlock?

  • A situation where threads complete tasks rapidly
  • A condition where threads cannot proceed due to waiting for each other
  • A method of resource allocation

💡 Hint: Think about multitasking and when it can go wrong.

Question 2

True or False: A system can be in a deadlock state only if all four conditions hold.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the definition of deadlock and its requirements.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Provide a detailed example of a system that suffers from deadlock, illustrating the involved threads, resources, and the resulting blockage.

💡 Hint: Visualize how resources are allocated and the dependencies created.

Question 2

Discuss how the detection of deadlocks can be implemented in a large system managing multiple threads.

💡 Hint: Think about how to create a model from thread interactions.

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