Deadlock — 4 Conditions, Prevention

CS Fundamentalsconcurrency

The Question

What are the four conditions for deadlock and how can you prevent it?

What a Strong Answer Covers

• All four condition names
• all must hold simultaneously
• at least one prevention strategy

Related Questions

• Process vs Thread
• Race Condition
• Thread Safety — Is dict Thread Safe?
• HashMap Internals
• Hash Collision — Chaining vs Open Addressing