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Exercise 17.5 For each of the following locking protocols, assuming that every transaction...

Exercise 17.5 For each of the following locking protocols, assuming that every transaction follows that locking protocol, state which of these desirable properties are ensured: serializability, conflict-serializability, recoverability, avoidance of cascading aborts.

1. Always obtain an exclusive lock before writing; hold exclusive locks until end-of-transaction. No shared locks are ever obtained.

2. In addition to (1), obtain a shared lock before reading; shared locks can be released at any time.

3. As in (2), and in addition, locking is two-phase.

4. As in (2), and in addition, all locks held until end-of-transaction.

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