Why is it that using a mutual exclusion does NOT ensure that a system avoids deadlock?
Removing the mutual exclusion condition means that no process will have exclusive access to a resource.this proves impossible for resources that cannot be spooled. But even with spooled resources, the deadlock could still occur. Algorithms that avoid mutual exclusion are called non blocking synchronisation algorithms(In computer Science, an algorithm is called non-blocking if failure or suspension of any thread cannot cause failure or suspension of another thread)
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