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-rw-r--r--thread.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 8554f5c1a8..b32817ad0d 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -554,6 +554,10 @@ thread_cleanup_func(void *th_ptr, int atfork)
* Unfortunately, we can't release native threading resource at fork
* because libc may have unstable locking state therefore touching
* a threading resource may cause a deadlock.
+ *
+ * FIXME: Skipping native_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_destroy) is safe
+ * with NPTL, but native_thread_destroy calls pthread_cond_destroy
+ * which calls free(3), so there is a small memory leak atfork, here.
*/
if (atfork)
return;