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SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
copyrights:
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
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glossary-term: priority inheritance
glossary-type: term
links:
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  uid: ../general
text: |
  An algorithm that calls for the lower priority task holding a resource to
  have its priority increased to that of the highest priority task blocked
  waiting for that resource.  This avoids the problem of priority
  inversion.
type: glossary