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-rw-r--r--spinlock.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/spinlock.c b/spinlock.c
index 7b372ef..64bb64a 100644
--- a/spinlock.c
+++ b/spinlock.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ release(struct spinlock *lk)
// Release the lock, equivalent to lk->locked = 0.
// This code can't use a C assignment, since it might
- // not be atomic.
+ // not be atomic. A real OS would use C atomics here.
asm volatile("movl $0, %0" : "+m" (lk->locked) : );
popcli();