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Concurrency Primitives — Simple#

flowchart LR
  M([Mutex / Lock])
  S([Semaphore])
  RW([RW Lock])
  CV([Condition Var])
  A([Atomic])
  TL([Thread-local])

  Threads --> M
  Threads --> S
  Threads --> RW
  Threads --> CV
  Threads --> A
  Threads --> TL

  classDef p fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#1e40af,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
  classDef s fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#92400e,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
  class Threads p;
  class M,S,RW,CV,A,TL s;

    classDef client fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#1e40af,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef edge fill:#cffafe,stroke:#0e7490,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef service fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#92400e,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef datastore fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#991b1b,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef cache fill:#fed7aa,stroke:#9a3412,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef queue fill:#ede9fe,stroke:#5b21b6,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef compute fill:#d1fae5,stroke:#065f46,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef storage fill:#e5e7eb,stroke:#374151,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef external fill:#fce7f3,stroke:#9d174d,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    classDef obs fill:#f3e8ff,stroke:#6b21a8,stroke-width:1px,color:#0f172a;
    class M,S,RW,CV,A,TL service;

The low-level toolbox for sharing state safely across threads: mutexes, semaphores, RW locks, condition variables, atomics, and thread-local storage.