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3. [8 points]: Which of the following statements about the Lockset algorithm as used in the Race-Track paper (Reading #7 "RaceTrack: Efficient Detection of Data Race Conditions via Adaptive Tracking” by Yu, Rodeheffer, and Chen, Proc. of the 20th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, 2005) is true?

It can be used to detect deadlocks in multi-threaded programs.
A  True
B  False
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Explanation:

FALSE. The Lockset algorithm cannot detect deadlocks.

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Attribution:  Morris, Robert, and Samuel Madden. 6.033 Computer System Engineering, Spring 2009. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-033-computer-system-engineering-spring-2009 (Accessed 2 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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