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+#include "../../include/pthreadwrapper/mutex.h"\r
+#include <exception>\r
+\r
+#ifdef XMEM\r
+ #include <xmem.h>\r
+#endif\r
+\r
+namespace PThread\r
+{\r
+\r
+Mutex::Mutex()\r
+{\r
+ pthread_mutexattr_init(&m_attr);\r
+ pthread_mutexattr_settype(&m_attr,PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK);\r
+ pthread_mutex_init(&m_mutex,&m_attr);\r
+}\r
+\r
+Mutex::~Mutex()\r
+{\r
+ pthread_mutex_destroy(&m_mutex);\r
+ pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&m_attr);\r
+}\r
+\r
+void Mutex::Acquire() throw(std::exception)\r
+{\r
+ int rval=0;\r
+ if((rval=pthread_mutex_lock(&m_mutex))!=0)\r
+ {\r
+ // deadlock - throw exception\r
+ if(rval==EDEADLK)\r
+ {\r
+ throw std::exception("Mutex would deadlock!");\r
+ }\r
+ }\r
+}\r
+\r
+void Mutex::Release()\r
+{\r
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&m_mutex);\r
+}\r
+\r
+} // namespace\r