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Livelock is a forms of thread contention.
A thread often acts in response to the action of another thread. If the other thread's action is also a response to the action of another thread, then livelock may result.
Livelocked threads are:
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Corridor Example
This is comparable to two people attempting to pass each other in a corridor:
- Alphonse moves to his left to let Gaston pass, while Gaston moves to his right to let Alphonse pass.
- Seeing that they are still blocking each other, Alphone moves to his right, while Gaston moves to his left.
They're still blocking each other, so…