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# Operating system and interrupts
LVGL is **not thread-safe** by default.
However, in the following conditions it's valid to call LVGL related functions:
- In *events*. Learn more in [Events](/overview/event).
- In *lv_timer*. Learn more in [Timers](/overview/timer).
## Tasks and threads
If you need to use real tasks or threads, you need a mutex which should be invoked before the call of `lv_timer_handler` and released after it.
Also, you have to use the same mutex in other tasks and threads around every LVGL (`lv_...`) related function call and code.
This way you can use LVGL in a real multitasking environment. Just make use of a mutex to avoid the concurrent calling of LVGL functions.
Here is some pseudocode to illustrate the concept:
```c
static mutex_t lvgl_mutex;
void lvgl_thread(void)
{
while(1) {
mutex_lock(&lvgl_mutex);
lv_task_handler();
mutex_unlock(&lvgl_mutex);
thread_sleep(10); /* sleep for 10 ms */
}
}
void other_thread(void)
{
/* You must always hold the mutex while using LVGL APIs */
mutex_lock(&lvgl_mutex);
lv_obj_t *img = lv_img_create(lv_scr_act());
mutex_unlock(&lvgl_mutex);
while(1) {
mutex_lock(&lvgl_mutex);
/* change to the next image */
lv_img_set_src(img, next_image);
mutex_unlock(&lvgl_mutex);
thread_sleep(2000);
}
}
```
## Interrupts
Try to avoid calling LVGL functions from interrupt handlers (except `lv_tick_inc()` and `lv_disp_flush_ready()`). But if you need to do this you have to disable the interrupt which uses LVGL functions while `lv_timer_handler` is running.
It's a better approach to simply set a flag or some value in the interrupt, and periodically check it in an LVGL timer (which is run by `lv_timer_handler`).