Question

Describe deadlock and explain how distributed deadlock can be detected

Answer 1

Distributed Deadlock Detection.Deadlock can occur whenever two or more processes are competing for limited resources and the processes are allowed to acquire and hold a resource (obtain a lock) thus preventing others from using the resource while the process waits for other resources.

Answer 2

Distributed Deadlock Detection. Deadlock can occur whenever two or more processes are competing for limited resources and the processes are allowed to acquire and hold a resource (obtain a lock) thus preventing others from using the resource while the process waits for other resources.