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Return a reference to the modifiable OS&hyphen;level mutex underlying this object&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslmt&lowbar;muteximpl&lowbar;pthread&period;h&gt;`

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== Description

This method is intended only to support other `bslmt` components that must operate directly on this mutex&period;

== Return Value

reference to the underlying OS&hyphen;level mutex


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