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30 Oct, 2018
A system has 43 identical resources and N processes competing for them. Each process can request at most seven requests. Which one of the following values of N could lead to a deadlock?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Explanation: Deadlock free condition is:
R≥P(N−1)+1
Where R is total number of resources,
P is the number of processes, and
N is the max need of each resource.
42≥P(7−1)+1
41≥7P
P≤5.86
P = 5
Take floor value for maximum.
Option (C) is correct.
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