al_lock_mutex(3)al_lock_mutex(3)NAMEal_lock_mutex - Allegro 5 API
SYNOPSIS
#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
void al_lock_mutex(ALLEGRO_MUTEX *mutex)
DESCRIPTION
Acquire the lock on mutex. If the mutex is already locked by another
thread, the call will block until the mutex becomes available and
locked.
If the mutex is already locked by the calling thread, then the behavā
iour depends on whether the mutex was created with al_create_mutex(3)
or al_create_mutex_recursive(3). In the former case, the behaviour is
undefined; the most likely behaviour is deadlock. In the latter case,
the count in the mutex will be incremented and the call will return
immediately.
SEE ALSOal_unlock_mutex(3).
We don't yet have al_mutex_trylock.
Allegro reference manualal_lock_mutex(3)