GATE CSE · 2026 · CS
Question 35: Operating System
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Question 35
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Consider a system consisting of
instances of a resource
, being shared by 5 processes. Assume that each process requires a maximum of two instances of resource
and a process can request or release only one instance at a time. Further, a process can request the second instance of the resource only after acquiring the first instance.The minimum value of
for the system to be deadlock-free is ________. (answer in integer)Log in to check the answer
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GATE CSE 2026 · Paper 1
Computer Science and Information Technology · Original paper archive
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- Computer Science and Information Technology
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 1 mark
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