# Ad-Hoc Lock Ordering

> Ordering lock acquisition by hand-reasoning rather than a proven scheme, inviting deadlock.

Record: `lex:ad-hoc-lock-ordering`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-ad-hoc-lock-ordering

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Petri Nets](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/petri-nets.md)