Document mutex invariant for CTR_DRBG
Signed-off-by: Gilles Peskine <Gilles.Peskine@arm.com>
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ctr_drbg.h b/include/mbedtls/ctr_drbg.h
index 278fbbb..d8ef5d0 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ctr_drbg.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ctr_drbg.h
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@
void *p_entropy; /*!< The context for the entropy function. */
#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_C)
+ /* Invariant: the mutex is initialized if and only if f_entropy != NULL.
+ * This means that the mutex is initialized during the initial seeding
+ * in mbedtls_ctr_drbg_seed() and freed in mbedtls_ctr_drbg_free().
+ *
+ * Note that this invariant may change without notice. Do not rely on it
+ * and do not access the mutex directly in application code.
+ */
mbedtls_threading_mutex_t mutex;
#endif
}