RE: ITL deadlocks question

> Unless it's changed recently, a session will try each ITL slot in turn for a few
> seconds and then stop on one of them once it's gone through the entire list.

Few years ago I wrote a couple of blog posts on that topic:

http://www.antognini.ch/2011/04/itl-waits-changes-in-recent-releases/ http://www.antognini.ch/2011/06/itl-waits-changes-in-recent-releases-script/

HTH
Chris Antognini

Troubleshooting Oracle Performance, Apress 2008-2014 http://top.antognini.ch

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