Deadlock Solution

Deadlock Solution

AU: May-22

There are four approaches for deadlock solution.

1. Deadlock prevention

2. Deadlock avoidance

3. Deadlock detection

4. Deadlock recovery

• In deadlock prevention, aim is to condition a system to remove any possibility of deadlock occuring. Poor resource utilization may be possible.

• Avoidance Deadlocks can be avoided by clearly identifying safe states and unsafe states:

• Detection Deadlock detection methods are used in systems in which deadlocks can occur.

• Recovery: Used to resolve the deadlock from a system.

• Deadlock prevention and detection algorithm is used for ignoring the deadlock.

University Question

1. Discuss about the various methods for handling deadlock.