Mutex Locker utility class to lock/unlock mbed RTOS mutexes. Create and pass a mutex, it locks the mutex then unlocks it when destroyed.
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Mutex Locker
This utility class is most useful when you have an activity that needs to be protected by a mutex that has multiple return points.
You would normally do this:
Using standard mutex access
Mutex myMutex; void do_some_stuff() { myMutex.lock(); /* Do Stuff */ if (condition) { myMutex.unlock(); return 0; } /* Call other method */ int temp = other_method(); // Temp so can unlock after function returns myMutex.unlock(); return temp; }
However, it's very easy to miss one of the unlock points which would later freeze the application.
Debugging this kind of error can be very hard.
The same example using MutexLocker:
Using a MutexLocker
Mutex myMutex; int do_some_stuff() { MutexLocker locker(myMutex); /* Do Stuff */ if (condition) { return 0; } /* Call other method */ return other_method(); /* Mutex unlocks itself here */ }
No matter where or how your method returns, the mutex will always be unlocked as the MutexLocker goes out of scope.