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What strategies are used to prevent deadlock in multithreaded programming?
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Answer from AI
The following strategies are used to prevent deadlock in multithreaded programming:
- Avoid cyclic resource acquisition — always acquire locks in the same order in all threads.
- Use timeouts when attempting to acquire a lock — if the lock is not obtained within a specified time, release already acquired resources and retry.
- Apply detection and recovery algorithms — periodically check for deadlocks and interrupt or restart threads.
- Minimize lock holding time — hold locks only for the duration necessary for the critical section.
- Use higher-level synchronization tools — for example,
java.util.concurrentclasses, which reduce the risk of deadlock.
Example of ordered lock acquisition:
synchronized(lock1) {
synchronized(lock2) {
// critical section
}
}
Always acquire lock1 before lock2 in all threads to avoid deadlock.