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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 11064

Does queuing threads impact non-thread safe objects in the same class?

If I spawn a thread with ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem and that thread does not reference the object that is not thread safe, would it compromise that non-thread safe object?

[Edit] By not thread safe object, I mean a third party interface to a programmable logic controller that has no ability to open simultaneous connections or concurrency support.

I suppose I just wanted to be sure that by queuing threads in the same class as my reference to that object, I wouldn't somehow be compromising its thread safeness in a way I didn't realize.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 121

Answers (2)

John Saunders
John Saunders

Reputation: 161811

Threads aren't magic. If they don't reference some data, then they can't affect it.

EDIT: If you have code that monitors the creation of new threads, and monitors QueueUserWorkItem, and if the monitor modifies these non thread-safe objects, then yes, there's an impact.

Otherwise, no.

Upvotes: 2

JaredPar
JaredPar

Reputation: 755259

As long as a new thread does not directly or indirectly reference a non-thread safe object, it will not affect it.

Small technical point. Calling ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem does not necessarily spawn a new thread. It instead ensures that the provided delegate will be run on a different thread. This may cause a thread to be created, or the more likely case is that it will use an existing thread which is already allocated to the thread pool.

Upvotes: 0

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