From dc81cbdcb14bfaed773f0cd32f050caa108938e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mara Bos <m-ou.se@m-ou.se>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 01:12:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] No longer put windows mutexes in a box.

Windows SRW locks are movable (while not borrowed) according to their
documentation.
---
 library/std/src/sys/windows/mutex.rs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mutex.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mutex.rs
index fb6bb9583e2..fa51b006c34 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mutex.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mutex.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ pub struct Mutex {
     lock: AtomicUsize,
 }
 
-pub type MovableMutex = Box<Mutex>;
+// Windows SRW Locks are movable (while not borrowed).
+// ReentrantMutexes (in Inner) are not, but those are stored indirectly through
+// a Box, so do not move when the Mutex it self is moved.
+pub type MovableMutex = Mutex;
 
 unsafe impl Send for Mutex {}
 unsafe impl Sync for Mutex {}