Re: state terminology

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> > 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.)


Jan Engelhardt
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