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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
index 50e7b626a..c5113c7ce 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
childregs = (struct pt_regs *) (new_stack + STACKFRAME_SZ);
/*
- * A new process must start with interrupts closed in 2.5,
- * because this is how Mingo's scheduler works (see schedule_tail
- * and finish_arch_switch). If we do not do it, a timer interrupt hits
- * before we unlock, attempts to re-take the rq->lock, and then we die.
- * Thus, kpsr|=PSR_PIL.
+ * A new process must start with interrupts disabled, see schedule_tail()
+ * and finish_task_switch(). (If we do not do it and if a timer interrupt
+ * hits before we unlock and attempts to take the rq->lock, we deadlock.)
+ *
+ * Thus, kpsr |= PSR_PIL.
*/
ti->ksp = (unsigned long) new_stack;
p->thread.kregs = childregs;