Computer Science · Operating Systems
When a process sends messages faster than the receiver can process them and the message queue becomes full under synchronous or bounded asynchronous communication, what typically happens to the sender?
- 1The receiver process terminates
- 2Messages bypass the kernel entirely
- 3The sender process blocks or fails✓
- 4Old messages in the queue are automatically overwritten
Correct answer
The sender process blocks or fails
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