Christian Jaeger wrote:
Hm, after thinking (sleeping) over it, maybe this isn't true after all, and hence the whole silently-released mutexes idea futile (and actually dangerous); in any case this remains to be verified; I'll confirm the usefulness/futility when done.
Yep, the idea was futile [in this case, and currently I can't see a case where it wouldn't be].
Christian.