SDL_Mutex

A means to serialize access to a resource between threads.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_mutex.h>

Syntax

typedef struct SDL_Mutex SDL_Mutex;

Remarks

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

Version

This struct is available since SDL 3.2.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIDatatype, CategoryMutex