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pthread mutex "self aware"?

Hello Mr "Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist", and others

I've tracked down a bug in a an app and related it to a 3rd party db API which is "a lot of platforms compatible".
Talking to the developer, it seems that on "other OS:es", pthread mutexes that you want to acquire and that
already is acquired, but from the same thread let you just "grab'em again", but on
OSX they "dead lock you" if you set the timeout time to WHEN_HELL_FREEZES_OVER.
I think the OSX implementation is correct, but is there a way to "see"
what thread acquired it, so I can resolve any self-induced-deadlocks before they happen?

// Totte

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