Standard library header <mutex>

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This header is part of the thread support library.

Classes

(C++11)
provides basic mutual exclusion facility
(class)
provides mutual exclusion facility which implements locking with a timeout
(class)
provides mutual exclusion facility which can be locked recursively by the same thread
(class)
provides mutual exclusion facility which can be locked recursively
by the same thread and implements locking with a timeout
(class)
implements a strictly scope-based mutex ownership wrapper
(class template)
implements movable mutex ownership wrapper
(class template)
deadlock-avoiding RAII wrapper for multiple mutexes
(class template)
tag type used to specify locking strategy
(class)
tag constants used to specify locking strategy
(constant)
(C++11)
helper object to ensure that call_once invokes the function only once
(class)

Functions

(C++11)
attempts to obtain ownership of mutexes via repeated calls to try_lock
(function template)
(C++11)
locks specified mutexes, blocks if any are unavailable
(function template)
(C++11)
invokes a function only once even if called from multiple threads
(function template)
specialization of std::swap for unique_lock
(function template)

Synopsis

namespace std {
    class mutex;
    class recursive_mutex;
    class timed_mutex;
    class recursive_timed_mutex;
 
    struct defer_lock_t { explicit defer_lock_t() = default; };
    inline constexpr defer_lock_t defer_lock { };
 
    struct try_to_lock_t { explicit try_to_lock_t() = default; };
    inline constexpr try_to_lock_t try_to_lock { };
 
    struct adopt_lock_t { explicit adopt_lock_t() = default; };
    inline constexpr adopt_lock_t adopt_lock { };
 
    template <class Mutex> class lock_guard;
    template <class Mutex> class unique_lock;
 
    template <class Mutex>
    void swap(unique_lock<Mutex>& x,
              unique_lock<Mutex>& y) noexcept;
 
    template <class L1, class L2, class... L3>
    int try_lock(L1&, L2&, L3&...);
 
    template <class L1, class L2, class... L3>
    void lock(L1&, L2&, L3&...);
 
    struct once_flag;
 
    template<class Callable, class ...Args>
    void call_once(once_flag& flag, Callable func, Args&&... args);
}

Class std::mutex

class mutex {
 public:
    constexpr mutex() noexcept;
    ~mutex();
    mutex(const mutex&) = delete;
    mutex& operator=(const mutex&) = delete;
 
    void lock();
    bool try_lock();
    void unlock();
    typedef /*implementation-defined*/ native_handle_type;
    native_handle_type native_handle();
};

Class std::recursive_mutex

class recursive_mutex {
 public:
    recursive_mutex();
    ~recursive_mutex();
    recursive_mutex(const recursive_mutex&) = delete;
    recursive_mutex& operator=(const recursive_mutex&) = delete;
 
    void lock();
    bool try_lock() noexcept;
    void unlock();
    typedef /*implementation-defined*/ native_handle_type;
    native_handle_type native_handle();
};

Class std::timed_mutex

class timed_mutex {
 public:
    timed_mutex();
    ~timed_mutex();
    timed_mutex(const timed_mutex&) = delete;
    timed_mutex& operator=(const timed_mutex&) = delete;
 
    void lock();
    bool try_lock();
    template <class Rep, class Period>
        bool try_lock_for(const chrono::duration<Rep, Period>& rel_time);
    template <class Clock, class Duration>
        bool try_lock_until(const chrono::time_point<Clock, Duration>& abs_time);
    void unlock();
    typedef /*implementation-defined*/ native_handle_type;
    native_handle_type native_handle();
};

Class std::recursive_timed_mutex

class recursive_timed_mutex {
 public:
    recursive_timed_mutex();
    ~recursive_timed_mutex();
    recursive_timed_mutex(const recursive_timed_mutex&) = delete;
    recursive_timed_mutex& operator=(const recursive_timed_mutex&) = delete;
 
    void lock();
    bool try_lock() noexcept;
    template <class Rep, class Period>
        bool try_lock_for(const chrono::duration<Rep, Period>& rel_time);
    template <class Clock, class Duration>
        bool try_lock_until(const chrono::time_point<Clock, Duration>& abs_time);
    void unlock();
    typedef /*implementation-defined*/ native_handle_type;
    native_handle_type native_handle();
};

Class std::lock_guard

template <class Mutex>
class lock_guard {
 public:
    typedef Mutex mutex_type;
    explicit lock_guard(mutex_type& m);
    lock_guard(mutex_type& m, adopt_lock_t);
    ~lock_guard();
    lock_guard(lock_guard const&) = delete;
    lock_guard& operator=(lock_guard const&) = delete;
 private:
    mutex_type& pm; // exposition only
};

Class std::scoped_lock

template<class... MutexTypes>
class scoped_lock {
public:
    using mutex_type = Mutex; // If MutexTypes... consists of the single type Mutex
 
    explicit scoped_lock(MutexTypes&... m);
    explicit scoped_lock(adopt_lock_t, MutexTypes&... m);
    ~scoped_lock();
 
    scoped_lock(const scoped_lock&) = delete;
    scoped_lock& operator=(const scoped_lock&) = delete;
 
private:
    tuple<MutexTypes&...> pm; // exposition only
};

Class std::unique_lock

template <class Mutex>
class unique_lock {
 public:
    typedef Mutex mutex_type;
 
    // construct/copy/destroy:
    unique_lock() noexcept;
    explicit unique_lock(mutex_type& m);
    unique_lock(mutex_type& m, defer_lock_t) noexcept;
    unique_lock(mutex_type& m, try_to_lock_t);
    unique_lock(mutex_type& m, adopt_lock_t);
    template <class Clock, class Duration>
    unique_lock(mutex_type& m, const chrono::time_point<Clock, Duration>& abs_time);
    template <class Rep, class Period>
    unique_lock(mutex_type& m, const chrono::duration<Rep, Period>& rel_time);
    ~unique_lock();
    unique_lock(unique_lock const&) = delete;
    unique_lock& operator=(unique_lock const&) = delete;
    unique_lock(unique_lock&& u) noexcept;
    unique_lock& operator=(unique_lock&& u) noexcept;
 
    // locking:
    void lock();
    bool try_lock();
    template <class Rep, class Period>
    bool try_lock_for(const chrono::duration<Rep, Period>& rel_time);
    template <class Clock, class Duration>
    bool try_lock_until(const chrono::time_point<Clock, Duration>& abs_time);
    void unlock();
 
    // modifiers:
    void swap(unique_lock& u) noexcept;
    mutex_type *release() noexcept;
 
    // observers:
    bool owns_lock() const noexcept;
    explicit operator bool () const noexcept;
    mutex_type* mutex() const noexcept;
 
 private:
    mutex_type *pm; // exposition only
    bool owns; // exposition only
};

Class std::once_flag

struct once_flag {
    constexpr once_flag() noexcept;
    once_flag(const once_flag&) = delete;
    once_flag& operator=(const once_flag&) = delete;
};