Thread Synchronization Constructs can be performed in two ways
1.User Mode Constructs-They utilize Hardware(Cpu Instruction to make thread safe),no interruption of OS.(Volatile,InterLocked,SpinLock).
2.Kernel Mode Constructs -Operating System takes care of thread synchronizations,and the os provide certain mechanism to handle thread safe block.(WaitHandle,Semaphore,Mutex)
A block operation by thread in User Mode is called LiveLock(Usage of CPU Forever). A block operation by thread in Kernel mode is called DeadLock(Wastage of Memory)
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