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+/* Copyright (c) 2019. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_SIMGRID_MUTEX_H_
+#define INCLUDE_SIMGRID_MUTEX_H_
+
+#include <simgrid/forward.h>
+
+/* C interface */
+SG_BEGIN_DECL()
+XBT_PUBLIC sg_mutex_t sg_mutex_init();
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_mutex_lock(sg_mutex_t mutex);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_mutex_unlock(sg_mutex_t mutex);
+XBT_PUBLIC int sg_mutex_try_lock(sg_mutex_t mutex);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_mutex_destroy(sg_mutex_t mutex);
+
+SG_END_DECL()
+
+#endif /* INCLUDE_SIMGRID_MUTEX_H_ */