Quote: avoid deadlocks by applying a partial order to the acquisition of mutexes; condition variables may still cause deadlocks

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The most effective rule for avoiding … deadlocks is to apply a partial order to … mutexes M1, M2, each thread that ever locks … This rule completely avoids deadlocks involving only mutexes … [but, not if you use condition variables].   Google-1   Google-2

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