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  • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
  • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles25
  • Difficulty Guide
  • Full Topic Map
  • Interview-Day Tips
  • OOP & Testbench Puzzles25
  • Concurrency & Timing Puzzles25
  • Randomization & Constraint Puzzles25
  • SVA Assertion Puzzles25
  • Functional Coverage Puzzles25
  • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles25
  • Scenario & Debug Puzzles25
    • Testbench Debug Puzzles: Why Did the Test Hang?
    • Deadlock Scenario Puzzles: Objection and Phase Stalls
      • Early Return Leaves Objection Raised
      • fork...join_none Thread Leak
      • Semaphore Token Leak on Error Path
      • Mailbox Consumer Blocks Forever
      • Lock Inversion with Two Semaphores
      • Child Sequence Raises Objection but Never Drops
    • Scoreboard Puzzles: Mismatch or Ordering Bug?
    • Real Interview Rounds: End-to-End Debug Walkthrough
    • Scenario & Debug Puzzles: Tricky Q&A
  • Interview Prep: Puzzle Rounds5
  • DV Puzzle Cheatsheet
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VLSI DV Interview Puzzles · All levels

Deadlock Scenario Puzzles: Objection and Phase Stalls

Diagnose deadlocks from objection imbalance, leaked threads, and resource contention primitives.

  • 6topics
  • 6lessons

Topics in this section

  1. 1Early Return Leaves Objection Raised1 lesson
  2. 2fork...join_none Thread Leak1 lesson
  3. 3Semaphore Token Leak on Error Path1 lesson
  4. 4Mailbox Consumer Blocks Forever1 lesson
  5. 5Lock Inversion with Two Semaphores1 lesson
  6. 6Child Sequence Raises Objection but Never Drops1 lesson
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    About this puzzle set

    Diagnose deadlocks from objection imbalance, leaked threads, and resource contention primitives.

    Puzzles in this topic

    Diagram
    1. Early Return Leaves Objection Raised  [Medium]
    2. fork...join_none Thread Leak  [Hard]
    3. Semaphore Token Leak on Error Path  [Medium]
    4. Mailbox Consumer Blocks Forever  [Medium]
    5. Lock Inversion with Two Semaphores  [Hard]
    6. Child Sequence Raises Objection but Never Drops  [Hard]

    Work each puzzle before reading the solution: predict the exact output or answer, name the rule that governs it, then check yourself.

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    • Testbench Debug Puzzles: Why Did the Test Hang?
    • Scoreboard Puzzles: Mismatch or Ordering Bug?
    • Real Interview Rounds: End-to-End Debug Walkthrough