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-rw-r--r--nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S
index 7c27b94623..8348f6e017 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ pthread_barrier_wait:
 	movl	$SYS_futex, %eax
 	ENTER_KERNEL
 
-	/* Release the mutex.  */
+	/* Release the mutex.  We cannot release the lock before
+	   waking the waiting threads since otherwise a new thread might
+	   arrive and gets waken up, too.  */
 	LOCK
 	incl	MUTEX(%ebx)
 	jng	4f