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[thread.mutex.requirements.general]
32 Concurrency support library [thread]
32.6 Mutual exclusion [thread.mutex]
32.6.4 Mutex requirements [thread.mutex.requirements]
32.6.4.1 General [thread.mutex.requirements.general]
A mutex object facilitates protection against data races and allows safe synchronization of data between execution agents.
An execution agent owns a mutex from the time it successfully calls one of the lock functions until it calls unlock.
Mutexes can be either recursive or non-recursive, and can grant simultaneous ownership to one or many execution agents.
Both recursive and non-recursive mutexes are supplied.