March 2017 Preview of the Quality Rollup for the .NET Framework 4.6.2 on Windows Server 2012 (KB 4014655): March 21, 2017

This March 2017 Preview of the Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 includes cumulative improvements in reliability in the .NET Framework 4.6.2.  We recommend that you apply this quality rollup as part of your regular maintenance routines. Before you install this update, see the "Prerequisites" and "Restart requirement" sections.

For CLR

• Applications that frequently queue bursts of work items to the .NET ThreadPool, and that have idle or light activity between bursts, may be shown in PerfView to spend significant CPU time in clr!ThreadpoolMgr::UnfairSemaphore::Wait spin-wait. A new configuration variable is exposed to set the spinning limit. Before the application starts, the COMPlus_ThreadPool_UnfairSemaphoreSpinLimit environment variable can be set to a lower value (the default is 0x32) to reduce the amount of spinning, or to zero (0) to disable spinning.
  
  Note Changes to this configuration variable may adversely affect the performance of applications. Such changes are not supported.

• Rare crashes or deadlocks can occur if a GC occurs while another thread is running NGen'ed code, and that code is making the initial call into a static method within the same module in which one or more parameter types involve type-forwarded value types.

For Windows Server 2012

This update is available for manual download only.

Manual download

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Prerequisites

To apply this update, you must have the .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this update if any affected files are being used. We recommend that you close all .NET Framework-based applications before you apply this update.

This article applies to the following:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 when used with:
  • Windows Server 2012