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+/** Mutex usage verification framework. */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <test/helpers.h>
+#include <test/macros.h>
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_TEST_MUTEX_USAGE)
+
+#include "mbedtls/threading.h"
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    void (*init)( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t * );
+    void (*free)( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t * );
+    int (*lock)( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t * );
+    int (*unlock)( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t * );
+} mutex_functions_t;
+static mutex_functions_t mutex_functions;
+
+static void mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_init( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t *mutex )
+{
+    mutex_functions.init( mutex );
+}
+
+static void mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_free( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t *mutex )
+{
+    mutex_functions.free( mutex );
+}
+
+static int mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_lock( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t *mutex )
+{
+    int ret = mutex_functions.lock( mutex );
+    return( ret );
+}
+
+static int mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_unlock( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t *mutex )
+{
+    return( mutex_functions.unlock( mutex ) );
+}
+
+void mbedtls_test_mutex_usage_init( void )
+{
+    mutex_functions.init = mbedtls_mutex_init;
+    mutex_functions.free = mbedtls_mutex_free;
+    mutex_functions.lock = mbedtls_mutex_lock;
+    mutex_functions.unlock = mbedtls_mutex_unlock;
+    mbedtls_mutex_init = &mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_init;
+    mbedtls_mutex_free = &mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_free;
+    mbedtls_mutex_lock = &mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_lock;
+    mbedtls_mutex_unlock = &mbedtls_test_wrap_mutex_unlock;
+}
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_TEST_MUTEX_USAGE */