What if low priority process holds a lock to some critical section which high priority process when allowed for execution needs it. So if low priority process is pre-empted with out giving up the resouces, might give rise to dead lock.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:05 AM, ricky <moon.afr...@gmail.com> wrote: > In priority inversion the high priority process has to wait for the > low priority process. why can't it just preempt the low priority one > instead of waiting? Is it becoz it will jeopardize system stability > or something else? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
