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Releases ownership of the managed mutex without unlocking it.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<folly/SharedMutex.h>`

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xref:std/shared_lock-0b/mutex_type.adoc[mutex_type]*
release() noexcept;
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== Return Value

The previously managed mutex, or `nullptr` if none.


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