System Model. Types of resources Reusable Resources Consumable Resources

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1 Deadlocks The Deadlock Problem System Model Deadlock Characterization Methods for Handling Deadlocks Deadlock Prevention Deadlock Avoidance Deadlock Detection Recovery from Deadlock

2 System Model Types of resources Reusable Resources Consumable Resources

3 System Model Reusable Resources Used by one process at a time and not depleted by that use Processes obtain resources that they later release Processor time, I/O channels, main and secondary memory, files, databases etc. Deadlock may occur if each process holds one resource and requests the other

4 System Model Consumable Resources Created (produced) and destroyed (consumed) by a process Interrupts, signals, messages, and information in I/O buffers Deadlocks may occur if a Receive message is blocking May take a rare combination of events to cause deadlock

5 Resources Examples of computer resources printers tape drives tables Processes need access to resources in reasonable order Suppose a process holds resource A and requests resource B at same time another process holds B and requests A both are blocked and remain so 5

6 The Deadlock Problem A set of blocked processes each holding a resource and waiting to acquire a resource held by another process in the set. Example System has 2 tape drives. P 1 and P 2 each hold one tape drive and each needs another one. Example P 0 P 1 hold (A); hold(b) wait (B); wait(a)

7 Bridge Crossing Example Traffic only in one direction. Each section of a bridge can be viewed as a resource. If a deadlock occurs, it can be resolved if one car backs up (preempt resources and rollback). Several cars may have to be backed up if a deadlock occurs.

8 Deadlock 8

9 System Model Resource types R 1, R 2,..., R m CPU cycles, memory space, I/O devices Each resource type R i has W i instances. Each process utilizes a resource as follows: request use release

10 Deadlock Characterization Deadlock can arise if four conditions hold simultaneously. Mutual exclusion: only one process at a time can use a resource. Hold and wait: a process holding at least one resource is waiting to acquire additional resources held by other processes. No preemption: a resource can be released only voluntarily by the process holding it, after that process has completed its task.

11 Deadlock Characterization Circular wait: there exists a set {P 0, P 1,,P n } of waiting processes such that P 0 is waiting for a resource that is held by P 1, P 1 is waiting for a resource that is held by P 2,, P n 1 is waiting for a resource that is held by P n, and P n is waiting for a resource that is held by P 0.

12 Resource-Allocation Graph A set of vertices V and a set of edges E. V is partitioned into two types: P = {P 1, P 2,, P n }, the set consisting of all the processes in the system. R = {R 1, R 2,, R m }, the set consisting of all resource types in the system. request edge directed edge P 1 R j assignment edge directed edge R j P i

13 Resource-Allocation Graph (Cont.) Process Resource Type with 4 instances P i requests instance of R j P i P i is holding an instance of R j R j P i R j

14 Resource Allocation Graphs Directed graph that depicts a state of the system of resources and processes 14

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16 Example of a Resource Allocation Graph

17 Resource Allocation Graph With A Deadlock

18 Resource Allocation Graph With A Cycle But No Deadlock

19 Basic Facts If graph contains no cycles no deadlock. If graph contains a cycle if only one instance per resource type, then deadlock. if several instances per resource type, possibility of deadlock.

20 Methods for Handling Deadlocks Deadlock Prevention Ensure that the system will never enter a deadlock state. Deadlock Detection Allow the system to enter a deadlock state and then recover.

21 Deadlock Prevention methods Mutual Exclusion Hold and wait No Preemption Circular Wait

22 Deadlock Prevention Mutual Exclusion not required for sharable resources; must hold for non-sharable resources. Only one process can work at a time with non sharable resources.

23 Deadlock Prevention Hold and Wait must guarantee that whenever a process requests a resource, it does not hold any other resources. Require process to request and be allocated all its resources before it begins execution, or allow process to request resources only when the process has none. Low resource utilization. All or nothing.

24 Deadlock Prevention (Cont.) No Preemption If a process that is holding some resources requests another resource that cannot be immediately allocated to it, then all resources currently being held are released. Preempted resources are added to the list of resources for which the process is waiting. Process will be restarted only when it can regain its old resources, as well as the new ones that it is requesting.

25 Deadlock Prevention (Cont.) Circular Wait impose a total ordering of all resource types, and require that each process requests resources in an increasing order of enumeration.

26 Deadlock Avoidance Requires that the system has some additional a priori information available. Simplest and most useful model requires that each process declare the maximum number of resources of each type that it may need.

27 Deadlock Avoidance The deadlock-avoidance algorithm dynamically examines the resource-allocation state to ensure that there can never be a circular-wait condition. Resource-allocation state is defined by the number of available and allocated resources, and the maximum demands of the processes.

28 Safe State 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.

29 Safe State Sequence <P 1, P 2,, P n > is safe if for each P i, the resources that P i can still request can be satisfied by currently available resources + resources held by all the P j, with j<i. If P i resource needs are not immediately available, then P i can wait until all P j have finished. When P j is finished, P i can obtain needed resources, execute, return allocated resources, and terminate. When P i terminates, P i+1 can obtain its needed resources, and so on.

30 Basic Facts If a system is in safe state no deadlocks. If a system is in unsafe state possibility of deadlock. Avoidance ensure that a system will never enter an unsafe state.

31 Safe, Unsafe, Deadlock State

32 Resource-Allocation Graph Algorithm Claim edge P i R j indicated that process P j may request resource R j ; represented by a dashed line. Claim edge converts to request edge when a process requests a resource.

33 Resource-Allocation Graph Algorithm When a resource is released by a process, assignment edge reconverts to a claim edge. Resources must be claimed a priori in the system.

34 Resource-Allocation Graph For Deadlock Avoidance

35 Unsafe State In Resource-Allocation Graph

36 Banker s Algorithm Multiple instances. Each process must a priori claim maximum use. When a process requests a resource it may have to wait. When a process gets all its resources it must return them in a finite amount of time.

37 Data Structures for the Banker s Algorithm Let n = number of processes, and m = number of resources types. Available: Vector of length m. If available [j] = k, there are k instances of resource type R j available. Max: n x m matrix. If Max [i,j] = k, then process P i may request at most k instances of resource type R j.

38 Data Structures for the Banker s Algorithm Allocation: n x m matrix. If Allocation[i,j] = k then P i is currently allocated k instances of R j. Need: n x m matrix. If Need[i,j] = k, then P i may need k more instances of R j to complete its task. Need [i,j] = Max[i,j] Allocation [i,j].

39 Safety Algorithm 1.Let Work and Finish be vectors of length m and n, respectively. Initialize: Work = Available Finish [i] = false for i - 1,3,, n. 2.Find and i such that both: (a) Finish [i] = false (b) Need i Work If no such i exists, go to step 4.

40 Safety Algorithm 3. Work = Work + Allocation i Finish[i] = true go to step 2. 4.If Finish [i] == true for all i, then the system is in a safe state.

41 Resource-Request Algorithm for Process P i Request = request vector for process P i. If Request i [j] = k then process P i wants k instances of resource type R j. 1.If Request i Need i go to step 2. Otherwise, raise error condition, since process has exceeded its maximum claim. 2.If Request i Available, go to step 3. Otherwise P i must wait, since resources are not available.

42 Resource-Request Algorithm for Process P i 3.Pretend to allocate requested resources to P i by modifying the state as follows: Available = Available - Request i ; Allocation i = Allocation i + Request i ; Need i = Need i Request i ; If safe the resources are allocated to Pi. If unsafe Pi must wait, and the old resource-allocation state is restored

43 Banker s Algorithm - example 5 processes P 0 through P 4 ; 3 resource types A (10 instances), B (5instances, and C (7 instances). Snapshot at time T 0 : Allocation Max Available A B C A B C A B C P P P P P

44 Banker s Algorithm example The content of the matrix. Need is defined to be Max Allocation. Need A B C P P P P P The system is in a safe state since the sequence < P 1, P 3, P 4, P 2, P 0 > satisfies safety criteria.

45 Example P 1 Request (1,0,2) Check that Request Available (that is, (1,0,2) (3,3,2) true. Allocation Need Available A B C A B C A B C P P P P P Executing safety algorithm shows that sequence <P 1, P 3, P 4, P 0, P 2 > satisfies safety requirement. Can request for (3,3,0) by P 4 be granted? Can request for (0,2,0) by P 0 be granted?

46 Example of Banker s Algorithm 5 processes P 0 through P 4 ; 3 resource types A (10 instances), B (5instances, and C (7 instances). Snapshot at time T 0 : Allocation Max Available A B C A B C A B C P P P P P

47 Example (Cont.) The content of the matrix. Need is defined to be Max Allocation. Need A B C P P P P P The system is in a safe state since the sequence < P 1, P 3, P 4, P 2, P 0 > satisfies safety criteria.

48 Example P 1 Request (1,0,2) (Cont.) Check that Request Available (that is, (1,0,2) (3,3,2) true. Allocation Need Available A B C A B C A B C P P P P P

49 Example P 1 Request (1,0,2) (Cont.) Executing safety algorithm shows that sequence <P1, P3, P4, P0, P2> satisfies safety requirement. Can request for (3,3,0) by P4 be granted? Can request for (0,2,0) by P0 be granted?

50 Deadlock Detection Allow system to enter deadlock state Detection algorithm Recovery scheme

51 Single Instance of Each Resource Type Maintain wait-for graph Nodes are processes. P i P j if P i is waiting for P j. Periodically invoke an algorithm that searches for a cycle in the graph. An algorithm to detect a cycle in a graph requires an order of n 2 operations, where n is the number of vertices in the graph.

52 Resource-Allocation Graph and Wait-for Graph Resource-Allocation Graph Corresponding wait-for graph

53 Recovery from Deadlock: Process Termination Abort all deadlocked processes. Abort one process at a time until the deadlock cycle is eliminated.

54 Recovery from Deadlock: Process Termination In which order should we choose to abort? Priority of the process. How long process has computed, and how much longer to completion. Resources the process has used. Resources process needs to complete. How many processes will need to be terminated. Is process interactive or batch?

55 Recovery from Deadlock: Resource Preemption Selecting a victim minimize cost. Rollback return to some safe state, restart process for that state. Starvation same process may always be picked as victim, include number of rollback in cost factor.

56 Outline of the last class Safe State Banker s Algorithm Examples

57 Outline of this class Deadlock Deadlock Detection Recovery from Deadlock Threads Overview Multithreading Models Threading Issues

58 Deadlock Avoidance When a resource request is made Pretend to allocate the resources Use deadlock detection to check if the allocation and maximal future requirements lead to a deadlock state If yes, delay the allocation Expensive running the algorithm so often

59 Deadlock Detection Allow system to enter deadlock state Periodically run a deadlock detection algorithm Recover if deadlock is detected

60 Single Instance of Each Resource Type Maintain wait-for graph - a cycle implies deadlock (but not vice versa) Resource-Allocation Graph Corresponding wait-for graph

61 Deadlock Recovery Abort all deadlocked processes. Abort one process at a time until the deadlock cycle is eliminated. In which order should we choose to abort? Priority of the process. How long process has computed, and how much longer to completion. Resources the process has used. Resources process needs to complete. How many processes will need to be terminated. Is process interactive or batch?