Write a program that will surely go into deadlock [closed]

Answer 1

Here's sample where one thread holding lock starts another thread which wants the same lock and then starter waits until started finishes... forever:

class OuterTask implements Runnable {
    private final Object lock;

    public OuterTask(Object lock) {
        this.lock = lock;
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Outer launched");
        System.out.println("Obtaining lock");
        synchronized (lock) {
            Thread inner = new Thread(new InnerTask(lock), "inner");
            inner.start();
            try {
                inner.join();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}

class InnerTask implements Runnable {
    private final Object lock;

    public InnerTask(Object lock) {
        this.lock = lock;
    }

    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Inner launched");
        System.out.println("Obtaining lock");
        synchronized (lock) {
            System.out.println("Obtained");
        }
    }
}

class Sample {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        final Object outerLock = new Object();
        OuterTask outerTask = new OuterTask(outerLock);
        Thread outer = new Thread(outerTask, "outer");
        outer.start();
        outer.join();
    }
}

Answer 2

Here is a Java example by following Eric Lippert's one:

public class Lock implements Runnable {

    static {
        System.out.println("Getting ready to greet the world");
        try {
            Thread t = new Thread(new Lock());
            t.start();
            t.join();
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            System.out.println("won't see me");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!");
    }

    public void run() {           
        Lock lock = new Lock();      
    }

}

Answer 3

This C# version, I guess java should be pretty similar.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var mainThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
    mainThread.Join();

    Console.WriteLine("Press Any key");
    Console.ReadKey();
}

Answer 4

There's an example in Java here

http://baddotrobot.com/blog/2009/12/24/deadlock/

Where a kidnapper gets into a deadlock when he refuses to give up the victim until he gets the cash but the negotiator refuses to give up the cash until he gets the victim.

Answer 5

Here is an example:

two threads are running , each one waiting for other to release lock

public class ThreadClass extends Thread{

String obj1,obj2;
ThreadClass(String obj1,String obj2){
    this.obj1=obj1;
    this.obj2=obj2;
    start();
}

public void run(){
    synchronized (obj1) {
        System.out.println("lock on "+obj1+" acquired");

        try {
            Thread.sleep(3000);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        System.out.println("waiting for "+obj2);
        synchronized (obj2) {
            System.out.println("lock on"+ obj2+" acquired");
            try {
                Thread.sleep(3000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    }


}

}

Running this would lead to deadlock:

public class SureDeadlock {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    String obj1= new String("obj1");
    String obj2= new String("obj2");

    new ThreadClass(obj1,obj2);
    new ThreadClass(obj2,obj1);


}

}

Answer 6

I've rewritten Yuriy Zubarev's Java version of the deadlock example posted by Eric Lippert: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9286697/2098232 to more closely resemble the C# version. If the Java's initialization block works similarily to C# static constructor and first acquires the lock we don't need another thread to also invoke the join method to get a deadlock, it only needs to invoke some static method from Lock class, like the original C# example. Resulting deadlock seems to confirm this.

public class Lock {

    static {
        System.out.println("Getting ready to greet the world");
        try {
            Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(){

                @Override
                public void run() {
                    Lock.initialize();
                }

            });
            t.start();
            t.join();
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            System.out.println("won't see me");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!");
    }

    public static void initialize(){
        System.out.println("Initializing");
    }

}