[#BloombergLP-bslmt-MutexImpl-06-lock]
= xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslmt.adoc[bslmt]::xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/MutexImpl-06.adoc[MutexImpl<Platform::PosixThreads>]::lock
:relfileprefix: ../../../
:mrdocs:

Acquire a lock on this mutex object. If this object is currently locked, then suspend execution of the current thread until a lock can be acquired. Note that the behavior is undefined if the calling thread already owns the lock on this mutex, and will likely result in a deadlock.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_muteximpl_pthread.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
void
lock();
----


[.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#