Quick Mutex Question

[dln]

If I were to use the following call:

Mutex my_mutex = new Mutex();
bool got_lock = my_mutex.WaitOne(500, false);

and then got_lock returns false, do I need to call "my_mutex.ReleaseMutex()"
on it? So put another way, should I always call ReleaseMutex, regardless of
whether or not I got the lock?

Thanks.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

dln <dn**********@hotmail.com> wrote:

If I were to use the following call:

Mutex my_mutex = new Mutex();
bool got_lock = my_mutex.WaitOne(500, false);

and then got_lock returns false, do I need to call "my_mutex.ReleaseMutex()"
on it? So put another way, should I always call ReleaseMutex, regardless of
whether or not I got the lock?

No - if you didn't acquire it, you shouldn't release it.

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[dln]

Great! Thanks.

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dln <dn**********@hotmail.com> wrote:

If I were to use the following call:

Mutex my_mutex = new Mutex();
bool got_lock = my_mutex.WaitOne(500, false);

and then got_lock returns false, do I need to call "my_mutex.ReleaseMutex()" on it? So put another way, should I always call ReleaseMutex, regardless of whether or not I got the lock?

No - if you didn't acquire it, you shouldn't release it.

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