[Metric("UsedFeatures", "PostSharp.Patterns.Threading.DeadlockDetectionPolicy")]
[LinesOfCodeAvoided(0)]
[Obsolete("This aspect is deprecated and will not be maintained.", false)]
[Serializer(typeof(DeadlockDetectionPolicy.Serializer))]
public sealed class DeadlockDetectionPolicy : AssemblyLevelAspect, IAspectBuildSemantics, IValidableAnnotation, IAssemblyLevelAspect, IAssemblyLevelAspectBuildSemantics, IAspectProvider, IAspect, IService

Remarks

The DeadlockDetectionPolicy works by building, in real time, a graph of dependencies between threads and waiting objects. All synchronization aspects of the threading pattern library, additionally to the most common .NET synchronization primitives. The following .NET methods that are supported: Mutex.WaitOne, Mutex.WaitAll, Mutex.Release, Mutex.SignalAndWait, Monitor.Enter, Monitor.Exit, Monitor.TryEnter, Thread.Join, all methods of ReaderWriterLockSlim, all methods of ReaderWriterLock except ReaderWriterLock.ReleaseLock, ReaderWriterLock.RestoreLock, all methods of Dispatcher, Dispatcher.BeginInvoke, Dispatcher.InvokeAsync, DispatcherOperation.Wait, Dispatcher.

Calls to methods of objects that are not listed above will not be tracked and deadlocks involving them will not be detected. Similarly, if a call to these methods is made from an assembly not having this policy applied, it will not be observed and a deadlock this method call participates in will not be detected.

This policy does not support async methods. Deadlocks caused by await will not be detected.

When synchronization objects wait for more than 200ms, a deadlock detection is performed. The algorithm analyzes the dependency graph for cycles and throws a DeadlockException in all threads involved in the cycle if one is detected.

Some actions on synchronization primitives, such as ReaderWriterLock.RestoreLock and WaitHandle.Handle, make it impossible to track deadlocks. If such methods are called, the synchronization primitive is excluded from the deadlock detection mechanism. If too many objects are excluded, the deadlock detection is automatically turned off.

Constructors

Name	Description
DeadlockDetectionPolicy()
DeadlockDetectionPolicy(PortableFormatterConstructorContext)

Methods

Name	Description
CompileTimeValidate(Assembly)	Method invoked at build time to ensure that the aspect has been applied to the right target.
IsEnabled(Assembly)	Determines whether an Assembly has been instrumented for deadlock detection.