public Method

Mutex.unlock

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Releases the lock. Returns nil if ref wasn’t locked.

Source Code

# File thread.rb, line 105
def unlock
  return unless @locked
  Thread.critical = true
  @locked = false
  begin
    t = @waiting.shift
    t.wakeup if t
  rescue ThreadError
    retry
  end
  Thread.critical = false
  begin
    t.run if t
  rescue ThreadError
  end
  self
end
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