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August 18, 2026
concurrencylocks

Mutex

A Mutex (mutual exclusion) works as an exclusive reference: only one thread can hold the lock at a time.

When sharing data between threads via a Mutex, conflicting access does not cause a panic; instead, waiting threads are put to sleep and woken up when the lock is released.