Explain the usage of is_valid in pthread mutexes

Document the usage inside the library, and relate it with how it's
additionally used in the test code.

Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
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Gilles Peskine 2021-02-09 15:35:29 +01:00
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* indicate the exact location of the problematic call. To locate the error,
* use a debugger and set a breakpoint on mbedtls_test_mutex_usage_error().
*/
enum value_of_mutex_is_valid
enum value_of_mutex_is_valid_field
{
/* Potential values for the is_valid field of mbedtls_threading_mutex_t.
* Note that MUTEX_FREED must be 0 and MUTEX_IDLE must be 1 for
* compatibility with threading_mutex_init_pthread() and
* threading_mutex_free_pthread(). MUTEX_LOCKED could be any nonzero
* value. */
MUTEX_FREED = 0, //!< Set by threading_mutex_free_pthread
MUTEX_IDLE = 1, //!< Set by threading_mutex_init_pthread and by our unlock
MUTEX_LOCKED = 2, //!< Set by our lock