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GO Classes DPP | GATE CS | Operating System | Reader Preference

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Ans is writer starvation
bcoz if reader continues arriving and read ,writer dont have chance of write that data .
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In a reader-preference solution, readers are given priority over writers.

If a writer is waiting but new readers keep arriving, those readers may continue entering before the writer gets a chance.

Thus, the writer may be forced to wait indefinitely.

This situation is called \textbf{writer starvation}.

Therefore,

$\boxed{\text{Answer: B}}$

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