further improve the doc of s4u::Mutex

[simgrid.git] / include / simgrid / s4u / Mutex.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/s4u/Mutex.hpp b/include/simgrid/s4u/Mutex.hpp
index 0b3ebc8..93db75e 100644 (file)
--- a/include/simgrid/s4u/Mutex.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/s4u/Mutex.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class ConditionVariable;
  * Instead, you should use the present class, that is a drop-in replacement of
  * [std::mutex](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/mutex).
  *
+ * As for any S4U object, Mutexes are using the @ref "RAII idiom" s4u_raii for memory management.
+ * Use createMutex() to get a ::MutexPtr to a newly created mutex and only manipulate ::MutexPtr.
+ *
  */
 XBT_PUBLIC_CLASS Mutex {
 friend ConditionVariable;