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lassedev
lassedev

Reputation: 337

.NET Garbage Collector in a separate Thread?

Is it possible to run the garbage collection in a separate thread? So that it dosent block the main Thread of the process?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3716

Answers (2)

Archangel
Archangel

Reputation: 166

Background GC happens on a separate thread already - that's why it's "background" - but there is part of the GC lifecycle that must block all threads in the process (not just the main thread) to complete - it's an unavoidable necessity that MS has worked to minimize - you can facilitate it in your code by being as smart with your own object lifecycles, using look aside lists instead of large amounts of new/disposes, etc.

Upvotes: 5

Stix
Stix

Reputation: 495

Yes, however there are some configurations where you can run it in the background automagically.

see this article on the Garbage Collection process . https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee787088(v=vs.110).aspx

Upvotes: 3

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