How to lock on an integer in C#?

Question

Is there any way to lock on an integer in C#? Integers can not be used with lock because they are boxed (and lock only locks on references).

The scenario is as follo

Answer 1

Coresystem at codeplex has two class for thread synchronization based on value types, for details see http://codestand.feedbook.org/2012/06/lock-on-integer-in-c.html