Deadlock: Prevention, Avoidance, Detection, and Recovery

4 hours

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Session Overview

Advanced study of deadlocks including necessary conditions, deadlock prevention strategies, avoidance algorithms, detection mechanisms, and recovery techniques.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, you should be able to:

Master the four necessary conditions for deadlock occurrence
Analyze deadlock prevention methods by breaking necessary conditions
Implement Banker's Algorithm for deadlock avoidance
Understand resource allocation graphs and cycle detection
Design deadlock detection algorithms using wait-for graphs
Apply deadlock recovery strategies: process termination and resource preemption

Course Materials

Download materials for offline study and reference

Deadlock Theory and Management Guide (60 pages)

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Banker's Algorithm Implementation and Examples

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Resource Allocation Graph Analysis Tools

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Wait-for Graph Construction and Cycle Detection

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Deadlock Prevention vs Avoidance Comparison

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Detection Algorithm Implementation Project

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Recovery Strategy Decision Framework

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Real-world Deadlock Case Studies and Solutions

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