One method of recovering from deadlock is to kill the lowest-priority process (or processes) involved in the deadlock. This (these) process(es) could then be restarted and once again allowed to compete for resources. What potential problem might develop in a system using such an algorithm?

What will be an ideal response?

If these processes tend to become deadlocked again, the algorithm could result in indefinite postponement.

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