POSIX allows mutexes to be recursive. That means the same thread can lock the same mutex twice and won’t deadlock. Of course it also needs to unlock it twice, otherwise no other thread can obtain the mutex. Not all systems supporting pthreads also support recursive mutexes, but if they want to be POSIX conform, they … Read more
I don’t quite understand the difference between Task.Wait and await. I have something similar to the following functions in a ASP.NET WebAPI service: public class TestController : ApiController { public static async Task<string> Foo() { await Task.Delay(1).ConfigureAwait(false); return “”; } public async static Task<string> Bar() { return await Foo(); } public async static Task<string> Ros() … Read more
I have a innoDB table which records online users. It gets updated on every page refresh by a user to keep track of which pages they are on and their last access date to the site. I then have a cron that runs every 15 minutes to DELETE old records. I got a ‘Deadlock found … Read more
Can somebody please explain with examples (of code) what is the difference between deadlock and livelock? 7 Answers 7
