Practice - Necessary Conditions for Deadlock (Coffman Conditions)
Practice Questions
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Define Mutual Exclusion in the context of deadlock conditions.
💡 Hint: Think about processes and resource sharing.
What do we mean by No Preemption?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when processes hold onto resources.
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What are the four Coffman conditions necessary for deadlock?
💡 Hint: Remember the acronym 'MHNC' to recall.
True or False: In a deadlock, a resource can be forcibly preempted.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens in scenarios of contention.
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Describe a scenario in a distributed database transaction that could lead to a deadlock involving the Coffman conditions.
💡 Hint: Think about how resources can be locked in transactions.
Propose a system design change that could prevent deadlocks in a concurrent resource management system.
💡 Hint: Consider how you might organize resources into a structure.
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