Practice - Deadlock Prevention
Practice Questions
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Define deadlock in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about the way processes interact with each other regarding resources.
List the four Coffman conditions necessary for a deadlock to occur.
💡 Hint: Use the acronym HMCN to help you remember them.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the term for a situation where processes cannot proceed because they are waiting for each other?
💡 Hint: Consider the ultimate state of waiting that leads to paralysis.
True or false: The hold and wait condition can be completely eliminated by requiring processes to request all needed resources at once.
💡 Hint: Think about how resource requests impact process state.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a distributed system that eliminates deadlocks by enforcing resource request patterns. Describe your approach.
💡 Hint: Focus on how to structure resource requests to avoid loops.
Discuss the potential impact on system performance from implementing deadlock prevention strategies. Provide specific examples.
💡 Hint: Consider both efficiency and potential lost opportunities for parallel execution.
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