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Lightbulb mutex

Can anyone explain me what mutexes are in
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A mutex is a mutual exclusion lock used to serialize access to kernel data structures. You can also use them to serialize access in your own code.
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Thank u for ur reply wizard,
can u give a small code for what u said or atleast
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