am 73ef27cd: Merge "Clarify a comment."

* commit '73ef27cd0de0c6b7d4f6bc9c2250dbae3f0a88c3':
  Clarify a comment.
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Elliott Hughes 2013-12-11 14:01:22 -08:00 committed by Android Git Automerger
commit 200fcb26d2

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@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ void pthread_exit(void* return_value) {
pthread_mutex_lock(&gThreadListLock);
if ((thread->attr.flags & PTHREAD_ATTR_FLAG_DETACHED) != 0) {
// The thread is detached, so we can destroy the pthread_internal_t.
// First make sure that the thread does not try to clear the tid since
// it points into memory that will be freed.
// The thread is detached, so we can free the pthread_internal_t.
// First make sure that the kernel does not try to clear the tid field
// because we'll have freed the memory before the thread actually exits.
__set_tid_address(NULL);
_pthread_internal_remove_locked(thread);
} else {