Chapter 6 - Concurrency: Deadlock and starvation. This chapter examines two problems that plague all efforts to support concurrent processing: deadlock and starvation. We begin with a discussion of the underlying principles of deadlock and the related problem of starvation. Then we examine the three common approaches to dealing with deadlock: prevention, detection, and avoidance. | Lecture Operating systems: Internalsand design principles (7/e): Chapter 6 - William Stallings