Under the Hood of .NET Memory Management - Simple Talk

Chapter 3: A Little More Detail
An obvious use of LatencyMode is to change it for a short period during execution of
critical code that needs maximum UI or batch processing performance, and then change
it back on completion.
using System.Runtime;
…
// Store current latency mode
GCLatencyMode mode = GCSettings.LatencyMode;
// Set low latency mode
GCSettings.LatencyMode = GCLatencyMode.LowLatency;
try
{
// Do some critical animation work
}
finally
{
// Restore latency mode
GCSettings.LatencyMode = mode;
}
Listing 3.4: Using GC LatencyMode.
GC Notifications
.NET Framework 3.5.1 added notification features which allow you to determine when
a full GC is about to take place, allowing you to take action if necessary. A server
application, for example, could redirect requests to other servers. Basically, with NET
Framework 3.5.1, you can do the following things:
• register for full GC notifications
• determine when a full GC is approaching
• determine when a full GC has finished
• unregister for full GC notifications.
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