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What is the primary concern in implementing mutual exclusion in resource allocation?
What is the primary concern in implementing mutual exclusion in resource allocation?
- Protecting non-sharable resources from simultaneous access (correct)
- Guaranteeing process execution without waiting
- Preventing resource starvation
- Ensuring low resource utilization
Which of the following strategies is not effective in preventing deadlocks?
Which of the following strategies is not effective in preventing deadlocks?
- Imposing a total ordering of all resource types and requesting resources in an increasing order of enumeration
- No preemption
- Hold and wait (correct)
- Require process to request and be allocated all its resources before it begins execution
What is the main drawback of the 'require process to request and be allocated all its resources before it begins execution' strategy?
What is the main drawback of the 'require process to request and be allocated all its resources before it begins execution' strategy?
- Process starvation
- High resource utilization
- Increased process execution time
- Low resource utilization (correct)
What is the purpose of imposing a total ordering of all resource types in deadlock prevention?
What is the purpose of imposing a total ordering of all resource types in deadlock prevention?
What happens when a process is preempted in a resource allocation system?
What happens when a process is preempted in a resource allocation system?
What is the main advantage of the 'no preemption' strategy in deadlock prevention?
What is the main advantage of the 'no preemption' strategy in deadlock prevention?
What is the primary goal of deadlock prevention strategies?
What is the primary goal of deadlock prevention strategies?
What is the main disadvantage of the 'hold and wait' strategy?
What is the main disadvantage of the 'hold and wait' strategy?
Which of the following is a common consequence of resource starvation?
Which of the following is a common consequence of resource starvation?
What is the primary goal of process synchronization in resource allocation?
What is the primary goal of process synchronization in resource allocation?
Study Notes
Deadlock Handling Methods
- There are three methods to handle deadlocks: deadlock prevention, deadlock avoidance, and deadlock recovery
Deadlock Prevention
- Ensure that at least one of the necessary conditions for deadlocks does not hold
- Methods to prevent deadlocks:
- Mutual Exclusion: cannot be used for prevention
- Hold and Wait: guarantee that a process does not hold any other resources when requesting a resource
- No Preemption: not practical for most systems
- Circular Wait: impose a total ordering of all resource types and require that each process requests resources in an increasing order of enumeration
System Model
- A system consists of resources, such as CPU cycles, memory space, and I/O devices
- Each resource type has multiple instances
- Each process utilizes a resource by requesting, using, and releasing it
- Resources can be physical or logical
Resource Request and Allocation
- A process can request an instance of a resource type
- A process uses an instance of a resource type
- A process releases an instance of a resource type when finished
Chapter Objectives
- Develop a description of deadlocks, which prevent sets of concurrent processes from completing their tasks
- Present methods for preventing or avoiding deadlocks in a computer system
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This quiz covers different strategies for handling deadlocks in operating systems, including prevention, avoidance, and recovery.
