0 0 votes An operating system implements a policy in which resources are numbered uniquely and processes are allowed to required for resources only in increasing resource number. I know deadlock will not occur but how starvation may occur. Please give a example . Not able to digest this fact. Operating System + – Mayank Gupta 3 357 views answer comment Share Follow Print See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply MiNiPanda commented Dec 18, 2018 reply Follow flag If suppose processes with priority higher than some of those involved in circular wait keep incoming and start requesting for resources that are already been requested then the lower priority processes would face starvation.. 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.