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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c index 0a426f4e3125..742d4a4e6f71 100644 --- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c +++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c @@ -412,9 +412,10 @@ static void cleanup_timers_list(struct list_head *head) } /* - * Clean out CPU timers still ticking when a thread exited. The task - * pointer is cleared, and the expiry time is replaced with the residual - * time for later timer_gettime calls to return. + * Clean out CPU timers which are still armed when a thread exits. The + * timers are only removed from the list. No other updates are done. The + * corresponding posix timers are still accessible, but cannot be rearmed. + * * This must be called with the siglock held. */ static void cleanup_timers(struct list_head *head) |