Computer Science Fundamentals
Operating Systems
Subjective
Mar 07, 2013
List the Coffman's conditions that lead to a deadlock.
Detailed Explanation
- Mutual Exclusion: Only one process may use a critical resource at a time.
- Hold & Wait: A process may be allocated some resources while waiting for others.
- No Pre-emption: No resource can be forcible removed from a process holding it.
- Circular Wait: A closed chain of processes exist such that each process holds at least one resource needed by another process in the chain.
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