c# - List<T> concurrent removing and adding

Question

I am not too sure, so i thought i'd ask. Would removing and adding items to a System.Collections.Generic.List<> object be non-thread safe?

My situation:

When a connection is received, it is added to the list, but also at the same time, there's a worker that's removing dead connections and such.

Is there a problem? Will a lock do? I also want to know if i'm allowed to use a lock on the list object with it's Foreach<> method.

Answer 1

Yes, adding and removing items from a List<> is not thread safe, so you need to synchronise the access, for example using lock.

Mind that the lock keyword in no ways locks the object that you use as identifier, it only prevents two threads to enter the same code block at the same time. You will need locks around all code that accesses the list, using the same object as identifier.