On Sunday 21 January 2007 20:40, Felipe Balbi wrote: > Hello all, > > I've got a little doubt for you guys... > > How the kernel handles Deadlocks and "deadlockable situations" ??? > > Is there any algorithm implemented for this kind of situation? Anyway > for the kernel to avoid deadlocks ? > > Thanks in advance! Hi. For a good start in deadlock avoidance, prevention and detection read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock. You can learn a lot right there. Then you can follow up to the links there provided. Ciao. fabio de francesco -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
