CA2002: Do not lock on objects with weak identity
Property | Value |
---|---|
Rule ID | CA2002 |
Title | Do not lock on objects with weak identity |
Category | Reliability |
Fix is breaking or non-breaking | Non-breaking |
Enabled by default in .NET 8 | No |
Cause
A thread attempts to acquire a lock on an object that has a weak identity.
Rule description
An object is said to have a weak identity when it can be directly accessed across application domain boundaries. A thread that tries to acquire a lock on an object that has a weak identity can be blocked by a second thread in a different application domain that has a lock on the same object.
The following types have a weak identity and are flagged by the rule:
Arrays of value types, including integral types, floating-point types, and Boolean.
How to fix violations
To fix a violation of this rule, use an object from a type that is not in the list in the Description section.
When to suppress warnings
It is safe to suppress the warning if the locked object is this
or Me
and the visibility of the self object type is private or internal, and the instance is not accessible using any public reference.
Otherwise, do not suppress a warning from this rule.
Suppress a warning
If you just want to suppress a single violation, add preprocessor directives to your source file to disable and then re-enable the rule.
#pragma warning disable CA2002
// The code that's violating the rule is on this line.
#pragma warning restore CA2002
To disable the rule for a file, folder, or project, set its severity to none
in the configuration file.
[*.{cs,vb}]
dotnet_diagnostic.CA2002.severity = none
For more information, see How to suppress code analysis warnings.
Related rules
CA2213: Disposable fields should be disposed
Example
The following example shows some object locks that violate the rule.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Threading
Namespace ca2002
Class WeakIdentities
Sub SyncLockOnWeakId1()
SyncLock GetType(WeakIdentities)
End SyncLock
End Sub
Sub SyncLockOnWeakId2()
Dim stream As New MemoryStream()
SyncLock stream
End SyncLock
End Sub
Sub SyncLockOnWeakId3()
SyncLock "string"
End SyncLock
End Sub
Sub SyncLockOnWeakId4()
Dim member As MemberInfo =
Me.GetType().GetMember("SyncLockOnWeakId1")(0)
SyncLock member
End SyncLock
End Sub
Sub SyncLockOnWeakId5()
Dim outOfMemory As New OutOfMemoryException()
SyncLock outOfMemory
End SyncLock
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
class WeakIdentities
{
void LockOnWeakId1()
{
lock (typeof(WeakIdentities)) { }
}
void LockOnWeakId2()
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
lock (stream) { }
}
void LockOnWeakId3()
{
lock ("string") { }
}
void LockOnWeakId4()
{
MemberInfo member = this.GetType().GetMember("LockOnWeakId1")[0];
lock (member) { }
}
void LockOnWeakId5()
{
OutOfMemoryException outOfMemory = new OutOfMemoryException();
lock (outOfMemory) { }
}
}