A process waiting for a spin lock __________.

a) blocks
b) busy-waits for the spin lock.
c) busy-waits for a finite amount of time, then it blocks
d) preempts the lock holder if its priority is higher than the lock holder's priority


b) busy-waits for the spin lock.

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