Livelock
Explore the concept of livelock in Go concurrency, understanding how processes can be stuck actively trying to resolve resource conflicts without making progress. Learn the differences between deadlock and livelock, and review practical examples in Go to recognize and address livelock scenarios.
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Overview of livelock
In a deadlock, the two processes wait for each other, but in a livelock, they actively try to solve the problem on their own. Livelock happens when a set of processes constantly try to resolve an issue by backtracking, reverting, retrying, or rolling back. The process attempts to change its state so that at least one of the processes can succeed and the system can proceed.
Example of a livelock
A livelock is much like when two people meet face to face in a ...