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Meaning of "mutex"

Mutex - a programming concept that allows multiple threads to access the same resource, often used in computer science
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  • An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.
  • To apply a mutex to.

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One mutex protects one shared resource.
To accomplish this we use a binary semaphore called mutex.
A mutex is locking mechanism used to synchronize access to a resource.
Failed to initialize mutex for driverState.
A task may set a timeout on its wait for a mutex.
The kind of a mutex determines whether it can be locked.
Cannot acquire job mutex.
A recursive mutex can be locked twice from the same thread.
It sounds like the mutex is correct.
The component is protected by a mutex.
Mutex are processwide and get cleaned up automatically when a process exits.
Explain the meaning of mutex.
This requires that a mutex acquired by one thread can be released by another.
Cannot initialize mutex.
Locking the mutex ensures that access from different threads will be serialized.

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Unable to initialize mutex.
The protection mutex is opened by a protection program of the utility and should always exist.
Only the process that locked the mutex can unlock it.
Such critical sections are protected using a synchronization object such as a semaphore or mutex.
One thing to beware of is that the mutex is not garbage collected.
The Mutex directive can be used to change.
At most one thread can hold the mutex at any time.
Strictly speaking, a mutex is locking mechanism used to synchronize access to a resource.
Count indicates how many times the mutex was requested.
How to avoid a mutex variable being locked twice by the same thread?
Compare to mutex.
Are waiting for the mutex to become available, one of them.
The inbound handler accepts the incoming message if the mutex is not locked.
Does this implementation of mutex locks result in undefined behavior?
Could not initialize CURL mutex.
Python provides a low-level mutex mechanism without a keyword.
Such Semaphores are called binary semaphore and are very similar to Mutex.
This makes an XDrive effectively a mutex for Azure instances.
Fortunately, there is a mechanism to solve this issue, mutual exclusion or mutex.
PHP provides a file based locking as well as a Mutex class in the pthreads extension.
Unfortunately, mutex are complex to use and can be the source of other bugs.
The posts tagged Mutex.
When a program is started, a mutex is created with a unique name.
Internally, the library protects itself against concurrent accesses with mutex.
Now, we do not want to use a mutex to resolve this conflict.
Malware " TreasureHunter " innovates by using windows products IDs for its dynamic mutex.
This can lead to the mutex being released earlier than you might anticipate!
Semaphore and Mutex.
More precisely, the mutex is stored in a sequence register comprised in the sequence storage.
A first possibility, pessimistic and usual, would be to use a mutex to protect the critical section.
If the mutex is locked, the incoming message waits for the release of the mutex.
All the processes can share the same mutex semaphore that is initialized to 1.
QMutex provides a mutually exclusive lock, or mutex.
There are several well-known problems with mutex based designs such as priority inversion and deadlocks.
The Mutex class has the following methods:.

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