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What is mutual exclusion? Explain its significance.

written 7.9 years ago by priyad84 • 350

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written 7.9 years ago by priyad84 • 350

• Mutual exclusion is one of the conditions for a deadlock to occur.

• It must be holding true for non-shareable resources .Non-sharable resources include printer, memory space etc.

• Significance of mutual execution:

  • Prevents race around condition.

  • Prevents multiple threads to enter critical section at the same time.

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