Which property of mutual exclusion primitives is inappropriate for multiprocessor systems?
a) The solution is implemented purely in software on a machine without specially designed mutual exclusion machine-language instructions.
b) No assumption can be made about the relative speeds of asynchronous concurrent threads.
c) A thread that is executing instructions outside its critical section cannot prevent any other threads from entering their critical sections.
d) A thread must not be indefinitely postponed from entering its critical section.
a) The solution is implemented purely in software on a machine without specially designed mutual exclusion machine-language instructions.
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