What is a Deadlock?

In a multiprocessing environment, several processes compete for limited resources. A running process goes to waiting state when a resource is not available. The process could not change its state because some other process holds the resources. This is called a deadlock.Normal ConditionsThe operating system does not provide with deadlock prevention mechanism, the programmers must … Read more

Deadlock Prevention With Banker’s Algorithm

In this article, you will learn about deadlock prevention method – Banker’s algorithm and Resource allocation graph. You will also learn about 4 conditions for deadlock.Let’s start with the resource allocation graph.Resource Allocation GraphResource Allocation graph describes the deadlock more precisely. It has a set of vertices V and set of edges E.Vertices typesVertices are … Read more

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