Locks On Objects With Weak Identities

The following object types should never be used as lock monitors:

• string
• arrays of value types
• MarshalByRefObject derivatives
• ExecutionEngineException
• OutOfMemoryException or derivatives
• StackOverflowException
• MemberInfo derivatives
• ParameterInfo or derivatives
• Thread
• this

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References

• CA2002: Do not lock on objects with weak identity