OSTEP Ch. 32 homework: deadlock and its avoidance strategies

Compare a deadlock-prone lock order with global ordering, trylock-and-retry, hold-and-wait avoidance and an atomics-only version for correctness and speed.

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Supports: Gives concrete evidence for each way of breaking a deadlock condition and what it costs.

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