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-rw-r--r--src/lib/lock/compat_mutex.h5
-rw-r--r--src/lib/lock/compat_mutex_pthreads.c6
-rw-r--r--src/lib/lock/lib_lock.md6
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex.h b/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex.h
index e0c3d7cb78..6fd4c1eb08 100644
--- a/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex.h
+++ b/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex.h
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ void tor_mutex_init_nonrecursive(tor_mutex_t *m);
void tor_mutex_acquire(tor_mutex_t *m);
void tor_mutex_release(tor_mutex_t *m);
void tor_mutex_free_(tor_mutex_t *m);
+/**
+ * @copydoc tor_mutex_free_
+ *
+ * Additionally, set the pointer <b>m</b> to NULL.
+ **/
#define tor_mutex_free(m) FREE_AND_NULL(tor_mutex_t, tor_mutex_free_, (m))
void tor_mutex_uninit(tor_mutex_t *m);
diff --git a/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex_pthreads.c b/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex_pthreads.c
index f82ad9f0e8..a7f5986ecb 100644
--- a/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex_pthreads.c
+++ b/src/lib/lock/compat_mutex_pthreads.c
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@
* "recursive" mutexes (i.e., once we can re-lock if we're already holding
* them.) */
static pthread_mutexattr_t attr_recursive;
+/**
+ * True iff <b>attr_recursive</b> has been initialized.
+ **/
static int attr_initialized = 0;
+/**
+ * Initialize the locking module, if it is not already initialized.
+ **/
void
tor_locking_init(void)
{
diff --git a/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.md b/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f6727bfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/lock/lib_lock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@dir /lib/lock
+@brief lib/lock: Simple locking support.
+
+This module is more low-level than the rest of the threading code, since it
+is needed by more intermediate-level modules.
+