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When can we say that a system is in the safe state?
A state is safe if the system can allocate all resources requested by all processes ( up to their stated maximums ) without entering a deadlock state.
What is the safe state in operating system?
A state is safe if the system can allocate resources to each process( up to its maximum requirement) in some order and still avoid a deadlock. Formally, a system is in a safe state only, if there exists a safe sequence. So a safe state is not a deadlocked state and conversely a deadlocked state is an unsafe state.
What is safety state?
Safety is the state of being “safe”, the condition of being protected from harm or other danger. Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
What are a safe state and an unsafe state?
Safe State is when there is no chance of deadlock occuring, while unsafe state doesn’t mean a deadlock has occurred yet, but means that a deadlock could happen.
When can we say that there is safe unsafe and deadlock state spaces?
Vector A represents the number of resources that are not in use. A state of the system is called safe if the system can allocate all the resources requested by all the processes without entering into deadlock. If the system cannot fulfill the request of all processes then the state of the system is called unsafe.
How deadlock can be avoided in operating system?
Deadlock prevention works by preventing one of the four Coffman conditions from occurring. Removing the mutual exclusion condition means that no process will have exclusive access to a resource. Algorithms that avoid mutual exclusion are called non-blocking synchronization algorithms.
What are the four 4 conditions of a deadlock and define each?
Conditions for Deadlock- Mutual Exclusion, Hold and Wait, No preemption, Circular wait. These 4 conditions must hold simultaneously for the occurrence of deadlock.