Question

In my ASP.NET application, a while down the stack I call the following code:

Public Shared Sub Larma(ByVal personId As Integer)
    Dim thread As New System.Threading.Thread(New ParametrizedThreadStart(AddressOf Larma_Thread))
    thread.Start(personId)
End Sub

Private Shared Sub Larma_Thread(ByVal personId As Integer)
    StartaLarm(personId)
    Thread.Sleep(1000 * 30)
    StoppaLarm(personId)
End Sub

While this thread is running, the rest of the request is handled and a response is sent to the client. However, since I never call thread.Abort() or anything of the like, and I am very inexperienced with threading in ASP.NET, I am worried that I’m opening up for memory leaks or other threading problems.

What happens with the thread I start with the code above after Larma_Thread finishes running?

Answer 1

After the thread’s code finishes executing, the thread will be stopped and its resources reclaimed.