Operating System (OS) Question:
What is a Safe State and what is its use in deadlock avoidance?
Answer:
When a process requests an available resource, system must decide if immediate allocation leaves the system in a safe state. System is in safe state if there exists a safe sequence of all processes. Deadlock Avoidance: ensure that a system will never enter an unsafe state.
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