Locks and Mutexes in C++ [closed]

Question

I have learnt C++ for a while and still didn't come across good book which would explain what are those beasts? Are they integral C++ feature? If so how is it that they are only mentioned in such book like The C++ Programming Language by B.S. If not, where can you get reliable information about them - prefferably a book (don't really like web tutorials), how to define them, how to use them etc. Thank you for any valuable help.

Answer 1

Locks and Mutexes are concurrency constructs used to ensure two threads won't access the same shared data at the same time, thus achieving correctness.

The current C++ standard doesn't feature concurrency tools.

Although you mentioned you prefer books to online tutorials, Herb Sutter's Effective Concurrency column is definitely a must read.

There is also Anthony Williams's upcoming book called C++ Concurrency in Action. Anthony Williams is the author of the Boost.Thread library.

Another threading library worth a look is Intel's TBB.