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Is deadlock possible in C

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9y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Yes. When two threads attempt to lock the same two resources but in a different order, it's possible for both threads to lock just one of those resources and thus block the other thread from locking the other resource. Both threads are waiting for each other thread to release the other resource. To prevent this, whenever a thread locks multiple resources, always lock them in the same order.

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