Quote: a mutex or critical section is the simplest primitive for accessing shared variables; lock a mutex, use shared variables, unlock the mutex and release a blocked thread

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you must explicitly arrange to avoid errors that … this is a primitive that offers mutual exclusion … A mutex has two states: locked and unlocked, … mutex. … the second thread blocks … until the mutex is unlocked.   Google-1   Google-2

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