mutex

sagar · #1 (**permalink**) 02-01-2002

Can anyone explain me what mutexes are in
multithreading environment?

wizard · #2 (**permalink**) 02-01-2002

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.

sagar · #3 (**permalink**) 02-04-2002

Thank u for ur reply wizard,
can u give a small code for what u said or atleast
a flow graph.
sagar

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