Named Mutex with await

Question

Hence I can\'t use thread-affine locks with async - how can I guard my resources when running multiple processes?

For example I\'ve two processes that u

Answer 1

This guard works with async/await perfectly:

public sealed class AsyncLock : IDisposable
{
    readonly AutoResetEvent Value;

    public AsyncLock(AutoResetEvent value, int milliseconds = Timeout.Infinite)
    {
        if (value == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("value");

        value.WaitOne(milliseconds);
        Value = value;
    }

    void IDisposable.Dispose()
    {
        Value.Set();
    }
}

private async Task TestProc()
{
    var guard = new AutoResetEvent(true); // Guard for resource

    using (new AsyncLock(guard)) // Lock resource
    {
        await ProcessNewClientOrders(); // Use resource
    } // Unlock resource
}