Andrew S. Tanenbaum (OS) Edition 4 Exercise 6 Question 34 (Page No. 468)

Question

Explain the differences between deadlock, livelock, and starvation.

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References:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6155951/whats-the-difference-between-deadlock-and-livelock
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33069635/starvation-and-deadlock-operating-system
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6411803/differences-if-any-among-livelock-and-starvation-in-operating-systems

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can anyone elaborate livelock

Answer 1

Deadlock	Livelock	Starvation
ln this, a group of the member is waiting for the other member to release its lock, hence ceasing each other from accessing the resource.	Livelock is a particular case of starvation. It is different from deadlock because all the processes are in the state of waiting.	When some process is never serviced, even when it's not in deadlock, then this situation is called starvation.