Pre-Analysis Locking: A Safe and Deadlock Free Locking Policy
Summary: Pre-analysis locking: a safe, deadlock-free policy inserting lock/unlock ops into transactions via a geometric algorithm. Not a 2PL variant; it's the first general locking policy, with workloads where it beats 2PL and others where 2PL dominates. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Georg Lausen (University of Karlsruhe)
- 2. Eljas Soisalon-Soininen (University of Helsinki; University of Karlsruhe)
- 3. Peter Widmayer (University of Karlsruhe)
BibTeX Citation
@article{lausen_vldb85,
title = {{Pre-Analysis Locking: A Safe and Deadlock Free Locking Policy}},
author = {Lausen, Georg and Soisalon-Soininen, Eljas and Widmayer, Peter},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '85},
pages = {270--279},
year = {1985}
}
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| 9,911 | An Optimal Algorithm For Testing For Safety And Detecting Deadlocks In Locked Transaction Systems | 1982 | PODS | 5.1972596e-05 |
| 14,477 | Maximal Concurrency By Locking | 1984 | PODS | - |
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