9.4.4 - Deadlock
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What is a deadlock?
💡 Hint: Think of a situation where resources are never released.
Name one condition necessary for a deadlock to occur.
💡 Hint: Recall the four conditions for deadlock.
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What is a deadlock?
💡 Hint: Think about multitasking and when it can go wrong.
True or False: A system can be in a deadlock state only if all four conditions hold.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of deadlock and its requirements.
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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.
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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