Dealing with Deadlock Problem

 

In general, there are four strategies of dealing with deadlock problem:

1. The Ostrich Approach
Just ignore the deadlock problem altogether.
2. Deadlock Detection and Recovery
Detect deadlock and, when it occurs, take steps to recover.
3. Deadlock Avoidance
Avoid deadlock by careful resource scheduling.
4. Deadlock Prevention
Prevent deadlock by resource scheduling so as to negate at least one of the four conditions.

 

Now we consider each strategy in order of decreasing severity.