How to assert if a std::mutex is locked?

Question

With GCC 4.8.2 (on Linux/Debian/Sid 64 bits) -or GCC 4.9 when available - in C++11- I have some mutex

std::mutex gmtx;

^{actually, it is}

Answer 1

My solution is simple, use try_lock to test then unlock if needed:

std::mutex mtx;

bool is_locked() {
   if (mtx.try_lock()) {
      mtx.unlock();
      return false;
   }
   return true; // locked thus try_lock failed
}