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DescriptionDeadlock at a four-way-stop.gif
English: Four processes (blue lines) concur for one resource (grey circle), following a right-before-left policy. A deadlock occurs when all processes lock the resource simultaneously (black lines). The deadlock can be resolved by breaking the symmetry.
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