Priority Inversion

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A scheduling anomaly where a high-priority thread is blocked because a low-priority thread holds a needed lock, and medium-priority threads prevent the low-priority thread from running. Priority inheritance (temporarily boosting the lock holder’s priority) is the standard solution.

Key Properties

• High-priority Blocked by Low-priority
• Priority Inheritance

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