A C++ & Qt GUI-based simulation of the Ostrich Algorithm — a strategy used by operating systems like Linux to ignore deadlocks unless they cause visible issues.
This project helps visualize how deadlocks occur, and lets users manually resolve them by "killing" one of the involved processes — just like system admins might in the real world.
- Simulates 2 processes competing for 2 shared resources
- Introduces circular wait to create a deadlock condition
- Real-time log output to GUI
- Highlights deadlock detection
- Lets users manually resolve deadlock via:
- 🔘 Kill Process 1
- 🔘 Kill Process 2
"If you don't look at the problem, maybe it doesn't exist..."
The Ostrich Algorithm is a deadlock-handling strategy where the OS simply ignores the possibility of deadlocks under the assumption they are rare — relying on manual intervention if something goes wrong.
This project simulates that philosophy!
- C++17
- Qt 6 Widgets
- Multithreading (
std::thread) - Signals/slots for safe UI updates