Two Types of Deadlock Detection: Cyclic and Acyclic

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Part of the Studies in Computational Intelligence book series (SCI, volume 542)

Abstract

Concurrent programs are difficult to test and debug due to their non-deterministic execution. For deadlocks, traditional deadlock detection algorithms depend on finding cycles in lock graphs created from application programs. This paper first introduces three kinds of blocked relations, lock-blocked, wait-blocked, and join-blocked for Java multi-threaded programs. Previous work does not consider the wait-blocked relations, nor the influence of thread interruption. The paper then proposes two types of deadlocks based on these blocked relations, that is, block-cycle type deadlocks and waiting-block type deadlocks which are acyclic. It also presents an example of implementation to detect these types of deadlocks, and addresses future directions.

Keywords

Acyclic blocked relations deadlock lock table synchronization 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University of TokushimaTokushimaJapan

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