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| author | Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com> | 2013-12-11 12:41:54 -0800 |
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| committer | Elliott Hughes <enh@google.com> | 2013-12-11 12:41:54 -0800 |
| commit | 960ee37f2aaf52bbec2f6265fd6e30fb2b41fef3 (patch) | |
| tree | d07da920636204ea700c7945db95e1b086730d4f /libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp | |
| parent | 2e3591557f4a382e441ee2d60614d616b5acb434 (diff) | |
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Clarify a comment.
Change-Id: Iad2e33fb059170f808023ce3d17e9b8c13191f42
Diffstat (limited to 'libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp b/libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp index c1140de9d..e6e636f42 100644 --- a/libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp +++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_exit.cpp @@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ void pthread_exit(void* return_value) { pthread_mutex_lock(&gThreadListLock); if ((thread->attr.flags & PTHREAD_ATTR_FLAG_DETACHED) != 0) { - // The thread is detached, so we can destroy the pthread_internal_t. - // First make sure that the thread does not try to clear the tid since - // it points into memory that will be freed. + // The thread is detached, so we can free the pthread_internal_t. + // First make sure that the kernel does not try to clear the tid field + // because we'll have freed the memory before the thread actually exits. __set_tid_address(NULL); _pthread_internal_remove_locked(thread); } else { |