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diff --git a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
index 1523da82aa..8d1b8640f8 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ pthread_cancel (th)
thread as canceled. */
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+ /* One comment: The PID field in the TCB can temporarily be
+ changed (in fork). But this must not affect this code
+ here. Since this function would have to be called while
+ the thread is executing fork, it would have to happen in
+ a signal handler. But this is no allowed, pthread_cancel
+ is not guaranteed to be async-safe. */
int val;
#if __ASSUME_TGKILL
val = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err, 3,