GATE - 2015 | OS | Consider the following policies for preventing deadlock in a system with mutually

GATE - 2015 [Operating System]

Question:

Consider the following policies for preventing deadlock in a system with mutually exclusive resources.

1. Processes should acquire all their resources at the beginning of execution. If any resource is not available, all resources acquired so far are released.
2. The resources are numbered uniquely, and processes are allowed to request for resources only in increasing resource numbers.
3. The resources are numbered uniquely, and processes are allowed to request for resources only in decreasing resource numbers.
4. The resources are numbered uniquely. A process is allowed to request only for a resource with resource number larger than its currently held resources.

Which of the above policies can be used for preventing deadlock?

A	Any one of I and III but not II or IV
B	Any one of I, III, and IV but not II
C	Any one of II and III but not I or IV
D	Any one of I, II, III, and IV

    

Solution:

Option (D) is Correct

All are deadlock prevention strategies.

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