Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:55:48 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: state terminology |
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>> > Is there a specific term (other than "hang") associated with this >> > situation? It's not a "dead-lock", because there is no other process >> > (anymore) which could potentially up the semaphore. >> >> This is a simple "resource leak" (or "semaphore leak" in this case). >> >How about "locked-out" or "lock-out"? It's akin to a locked room, with >the keys left inside.
Yeah, comes closer. I also thought about cul-de-sac. (Which does not allow to proceed further, but let's some waiting process abort.)
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