In the deadlock example shown in Figure 8.1,
A) a deadlock is guaranteed to occur.
B) a deadlock may occur sometime, but not necessarily every time.
C) a deadlock may occur sometime only if there are more than one instances of thread_one and thread_two are running.
D) a deadlock is guaranteed to occur as long as there are more than one instances of thread_one and thread_two are running.

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A deadlock may occur sometime, but not necessarily every time, depending on the timing and interleaving of the threads' operations. It is not guaranteed to occur, but the potential for a deadlock exists.

In the Deadlock Example Shown in Figure 8.1