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6 lines
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In the Priority Ceiling Protocol, why might a high-priority thread be **blocked** even if a lock is free?
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🚦 If the thread's priority is not higher than the **current global ceiling priority**, it is blocked from acquiring the lock to ensure that lower-priority threads currently holding other resources can finish without interference.
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