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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:27 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:31 +0200
commit41fb454ebe6024f5c1e3b3cbc0abc0da762e7b51 (patch)
tree51c50bcb67a5039448ddfa1869d7948cab1217e9 /kernel/futex.c
parent19c1a6f5764d787113fa323ffb18be7991208f82 (diff)
parent091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into core/iommu
Merge reason: core/iommu was on an .30-rc1 base, update it to .30-rc5 to refresh. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/futex.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 6b50a024bca..eef8cd26b5e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -883,7 +883,12 @@ retry_private:
out_unlock:
double_unlock_hb(hb1, hb2);
- /* drop_futex_key_refs() must be called outside the spinlocks. */
+ /*
+ * drop_futex_key_refs() must be called outside the spinlocks. During
+ * the requeue we moved futex_q's from the hash bucket at key1 to the
+ * one at key2 and updated their key pointer. We no longer need to
+ * hold the references to key1.
+ */
while (--drop_count >= 0)
drop_futex_key_refs(&key1);