Can a Windows CRITICAL_SECTION object be configured to deny recursive access?

Question

By default, a CRITICAL_SECTION object is recursive. Can this behaviour be configured like a pthread mutex to enable or disable recursive thread access?

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Answer 1

A Critical Section always allows recursion within a thread. So does a Mutex. That is by design and cannot be changed.

A Semaphore, on the other hand, can prevent recursion within a thread. See MSDN documentation for more details.