0 votes 0 votes I got confused between 2 options of a question- 1. Safe and not deadlock 2. Not safe and not deadlock. Can anybody tell me the difference between these 2 options? Psnjit asked Jan 1, 2019 Psnjit 241 views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply Shaik Masthan commented Jan 2, 2019 reply Follow Share there are two things, Safe situation and Unsafe situations ( generally we use this in Bankers algorithm ) if you are in Safe situation ==> Deadlock never happens if you are in UnSafe situation ==> Deadlock may happens but not Deadlock must happens i mean, all Unsafe conditions doesn't lead to Deadlock. WHY ? we calculated them on the basis of "Maximum demand", but processes doesn't need maximum demand of resources always. 0 votes 0 votes Psnjit commented Jan 2, 2019 reply Follow Share Explanation was very lucid. Thank you. 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.