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Unbury the lede on tokio::sync::mutex docs #6819

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I think the specific interaction with block_on, LocalSet or (the proposed) LocalRuntime needs to be called out here, as this is not possible to do within a "normal" task.

@Darksonn Darksonn added T-docs Topic: documentation A-tokio Area: The main tokio crate M-sync Module: tokio/sync labels Sep 11, 2024
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/// Contrary to popular belief, it is ok and often preferred to use the ordinary
/// [`Mutex`][std] from the standard library in asynchronous code.
/// The ordinary std [`Mutex`][std] cannot be held across an `.await` point -
/// your program will deadlock if you do this. Use the async mutex instead in
/// such cases. However, it is ok and often preferred to use the std mutex in
/// asynchronous tasks when it does not need to be held across an `.await`
/// point.
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Perhaps we should just delete the first paragraph?

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Maybe, or label this a TL;DR

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Doc of mutex advising std blocking mutex look totally misleading
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