Locking strategies and techniques for preventing deadlocks in code

Question

The common solution to preventing deadlock in code is to make sure the sequence of locking occur in a common manner regardless of which thread is accessing the resources.

Answer 1

While not an alternative to the known-sequence solution you mention, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote about some techniques for compile time checks that acquisition of locks is done through the intended mechanisms. See http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=25298