Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus', 'x86-fixes-for-linus', 'timers-fixes-for-linus...

[pandora-kernel.git] / kernel / futex.c

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 5207563..b766d28 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -826,10 +826,9 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this)
        new_owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
 
        /*
-        * This happens when we have stolen the lock and the original
-        * pending owner did not enqueue itself back on the rt_mutex.
-        * Thats not a tragedy. We know that way, that a lock waiter
-        * is on the fly. We make the futex_q waiter the pending owner.
+        * It is possible that the next waiter (the one that brought
+        * this owner to the kernel) timed out and is no longer
+        * waiting on the lock.
         */
        if (!new_owner)
                new_owner = this->task;