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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-12-23 17:23:33 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-12-23 17:23:33 +0100
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malloc: Update comment for list_lock
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--malloc/arena.c7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a32717e..9063848 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-12-23 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+ * malloc/arena.c (list_lock): Update comment.
+
2015-12-22 Carlos Eduardo Seo <cseo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/hwcapinfo.c: Export symbol
diff --git a/malloc/arena.c b/malloc/arena.c
index 85f1194..665be5e 100644
--- a/malloc/arena.c
+++ b/malloc/arena.c
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ static mstate free_list;
_int_new_arena. This suffers from data races; see the FIXME
comments in _int_new_arena and reused_arena.
- list_lock also prevents concurrent forks. When list_lock is
- acquired, no arena lock must be acquired, but it is permitted to
- acquire arena locks after list_lock. */
+ list_lock also prevents concurrent forks. At the time list_lock is
+ acquired, no arena lock must have been acquired, but it is
+ permitted to acquire arena locks subsequently, while list_lock is
+ acquired. */
static mutex_t list_lock = _LIBC_LOCK_INITIALIZER;
/* Mapped memory in non-main arenas (reliable only for NO_THREADS). */