Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I have heard it suggested that if every thread in a program takes 
> whatever locks it needs to take in sorted order, it is guaranteed that 
> deadlock can never occur.

> Is this correct? And does anybody have a reference I can site?

  Perhaps if you explained what it means to "take whatever locks it needs
to take in sorted order", then I might be able to write some answer.
I just can't understand what that means.

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                                                          - Warp

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