NAME¶

SDL_Mutex - A means to serialize access to a resource between threads.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <SDL3/SDL_mutex.h>

typedef struct SDL_Mutex SDL_Mutex;

DESCRIPTION¶

Mutexes (short for "mutual exclusion") are a synchronization primitive that allows exactly one thread to proceed at a time.

Wikipedia has a thorough explanation of the concept:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutex

AVAILABILITY¶

This struct is available since SDL 3.2.0.