Fix: compat_futex should work-around futex signal-restart kernel bug

[userspace-rcu.git] / compat_futex.c

diff --git a/compat_futex.c b/compat_futex.c
index 6fe378f965d4407734fe16f3ffcc8ff8eb4afbb1..dd5bf8a18b574ee06fd50c2d1560eca07dc1e39f 100644 (file)
--- a/compat_futex.c
+++ b/compat_futex.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ end:
  * _ASYNC SIGNAL-SAFE_.
  * For now, timeout, uaddr2 and val3 are unused.
  * Waiter will busy-loop trying to read the condition.
+ * It is OK to use compat_futex_async() on a futex address on which
+ * futex() WAKE operations are also performed.
  */
 
 int compat_futex_async(int32_t *uaddr, int op, int32_t val,