esp-idf, mutex and semaphore

[mrdebug]

Hi, in esp-idf is there difference between mutex and semaphore?
Thanks.

[ESP_igrr]

In FreeRTOS the main difference between the two is priority inheritance for mutexes. Also it is not allowed to release a mutex from the task other than the one where it was acquired.

https://www.freertos.org/Real-time-embe ... texes.html