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I have a multithreaded application written in c#. What i noticed is that implementing thread synchronization with lock(this) method slows down the application by 20%. Is that an expected behavior or should i look into the implementation closer?
Locking does add some overhead, that can’t be avoided. It is also very likely that some of your threads now will be waiting on resources to be released, rather than just grabbing them when they feel like. If you implemented thread synchronization correctly, then that is a good thing.
But in general, your question can’t be answered without intimate knowledge about the application. 20 % slowdown might be OK, but you might be locking too broadly, and then the program would (in general) be slower.
Also, please dont use lock(this). If your instance is passed around and someone else locks on the reference, you will have a deadlock. Best practice is to lock on a private object that noone else can access.