Practice Preventing No Preemption (4.2.1.3) - Deadlocks - Operating Systems
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Preventing No Preemption

Practice - Preventing No Preemption

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Question 1 Easy

What is the No Preemption condition?

💡 Hint: Focus on the restriction concerning how resources are managed.

Question 2 Easy

Give one example of a situation where No Preemption can lead to a deadlock.

💡 Hint: Think of scenarios with shared resources.

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Question 1

What does the No Preemption condition state about resource management?

A. Resources can be taken away without restrictions.
B. Resources cannot be forcibly taken from a process.
C. Resources can be shared by multiple processes.

💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of the No Preemption condition.

Question 2

True or False: Preempting resources is a universally safe operation.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the potential consequences of interrupting resource usage.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a scheduling algorithm that allows for resource preemption. How would it ensure data consistency?

💡 Hint: Think about how transactions in databases handle consistency during rollbacks.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss how No Preemption can be mitigated in a distributed system. What factors must be considered?

💡 Hint: Consider the network delays and communication protocols in the system.

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