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-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);