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Andrew S. Tanenbaum (OS) Edition 4 Exercise 2 Question 18 (Page No. 175)

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  • The main advantage is the increased efficiency.

Disadvantage:

  • The disadvantage is that if one of the thread blocks, then the entire process gets blocked.

 

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