When is a system in safe state?

Answer Posted / pritam jyoti ray(sust,sylhet,

A state is safe if the sysem can allcate resources to each
process(up to its maximum)in some order and still avoid a
deadlock.
More formally, a system is in a safe state only if there
exists a safe sequence.

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