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+// Copyright 2017 Citra Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace HLE {
+/*
+ * Synchronizes access to the internal HLE kernel structures, it is acquired when a guest
+ * application thread performs a syscall. It should be acquired by any host threads that read or
+ * modify the HLE kernel state. Note: Any operation that directly or indirectly reads from or writes
+ * to the emulated memory is not protected by this mutex, and should be avoided in any threads other
+ * than the CPU thread.
+ */
+extern std::recursive_mutex g_hle_lock;
+} // namespace HLE