std::try_lock(3)

NAME
std::try_lock - std::try_lock

Synopsis
   Defined in header <mutex>
   template< class Lockable1, class Lockable2, class... LockableN >
   int try_lock( Lockable1& lock1, Lockable2& lock2, LockableN&... lockn (since C++11)
   );
   Tries to lock each of the given Lockable objects lock1, lock2, ..., lockn by calling
   try_lock in order beginning with the first.
   If a call to try_lock fails, no further call to try_lock is performed, unlock is
   called for any locked objects and a 0-based index of the object that failed to lock
   is returned.
   If a call to try_lock results in an exception, unlock is called for any locked
   objects before rethrowing.

Parameters
   lock1, lock2, ... , lockn - the Lockable objects to lock

Return value
   -1 on success, or 0-based index value of the object that failed to lock.

Example
   The following example uses std::try_lock to periodically tally and reset counters
   running in separate threads. // Run this code
 #include <mutex>
 #include <vector>
 #include <thread>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <functional>
 #include <chrono>
 int main()
 {
     int foo_count = 0;
     std::mutex foo_count_mutex;
     int bar_count = 0;
     std::mutex bar_count_mutex;
     int overall_count = 0;
     bool done = false;
     std::mutex done_mutex;
     auto increment = [](int &counter, std::mutex &m, const char *desc) {
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
             std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m);
             ++counter;
             std::cout << desc << ": " << counter << '\n';
             lock.unlock();
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
         }
     };
     std::thread increment_foo(increment, std::ref(foo_count),
         std::ref(foo_count_mutex), "foo");
     std::thread increment_bar(increment, std::ref(bar_count),
         std::ref(bar_count_mutex), "bar");
     std::thread update_overall([&]() {
         done_mutex.lock();
         while (!done) {
             done_mutex.unlock();
             int result = std::try_lock(foo_count_mutex, bar_count_mutex);
             if (result == -1) {
                 overall_count += foo_count + bar_count;
                 foo_count = 0;
                 bar_count = 0;
                 std::cout << "overall: " << overall_count << '\n';
                 foo_count_mutex.unlock();
                 bar_count_mutex.unlock();
             }
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
             done_mutex.lock();
         }
         done_mutex.unlock();
     });
     increment_foo.join();
     increment_bar.join();
     done_mutex.lock();
     done = true;
     done_mutex.unlock();
     update_overall.join();
     std::cout << "Done processing\n"
               << "foo: " << foo_count << '\n'
               << "bar: " << bar_count << '\n'
               << "overall: " << overall_count << '\n';
 }

Possible output:
 bar: 1
 foo: 1
 foo: 2
 bar: 2
 foo: 3
 overall: 5
 bar: 1
 foo: 1
 bar: 2
 foo: 2
 bar: 3
 overall: 10
 bar: 1
 foo: 1
 bar: 2
 foo: 2
 overall: 14
 bar: 1
 foo: 1
 bar: 2
 overall: 17
 foo: 1
 bar: 1
 foo: 2
 overall: 20
 Done processing
 foo: 0
 bar: 0
 overall: 20

See also
   lock locks specified mutexes, blocks if any are unavailable
   (C++11) (function template)