Simplest way of deadlock recovery is
2013
Simplest way of deadlock recovery is
- A.
Roll back
- B.
Pre-empt resource
- C.
Lock one of the processes
- D.
Kill one of the processes
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Correct answer: D
The simplest way to recover from a deadlock is by terminating one of the processes involved. This approach immediately releases all resources held by that process, breaking the circular wait condition without complex resource management algorithms.
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