Dynamic deadlock detection under the OR requirement model

Deadlock detection is one of the most discussed problems in the literature. Although several al- gorithms have been proposed, the problem is still open. In general, the correct operation of an algorithm depends on the requirement model being considered. This article introduces a deadlock detection a...

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Autores: Campos, Alvaro E., Orellana, Christian Fabián, Soto, María Pía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/9466
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/9466
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Informáticas
Distributed Systems
Deadlocks
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Sumario:Deadlock detection is one of the most discussed problems in the literature. Although several al- gorithms have been proposed, the problem is still open. In general, the correct operation of an algorithm depends on the requirement model being considered. This article introduces a deadlock detection algorithm for the OR model. The algorithm is complete, because it detects all deadlocks, and it is correct, because it does not detect false deadlocks. In addition, the algorithm supports dynamic changes in the wait-for graph on which it works. Once finalized the algorithm, at least each process that causes deadlock knows that it is deadlocked. Using this property, possible extensions are suggested in order to resolve deadlocks.