api: "YAML JSON TOON Database" version: 1.0.0 format: toon dataset: id: 395 slug: deadlock-handling title: "Deadlock Handling" description: "Conditions and strategies for dealing with deadlocks." category: "Operating Systems" category_slug: operating-systems tags: "os,deadlock,concurrency" view_count: 3 created_at: 1781275786 updated_at: 1781275786 data [7]{concept,description}: "Mutual Exclusion","At least one resource must be non-sharable." "Hold and Wait","A process holds resources while waiting for additional ones." "No Preemption","Resources cannot be forcibly taken from a process." "Circular Wait","A circular chain of processes each waiting for a resource held by the next." "Banker's Algorithm","Deadlock avoidance using safety checks on resource allocation." "Deadlock Prevention","Design the system so at least one necessary condition cannot hold." "Deadlock Detection","Periodically check the resource allocation graph for cycles."