pthread_mutex_lock (GNU Gnulib)

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10.33.58 `pthread_mutex_lock` ¶

POSIX specification:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/pthread_mutex_lock.html

Gnulib module: pthread-mutex

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:

This function is missing on some platforms: Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14. But the provided replacement is just a dummy on some of these platforms: Minix 3.1.8.

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:

This function does not behave as required by POSIX for mutexes of type NORMAL and ERRORCHECK, by allowing RECURSIVE locking, in programs linked without -lpthread on some platforms: FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 10.0.