kern/thread: restore comment about thread destruction

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kern/thread.c b/kern/thread.c
index f9c22742..af11dba5 100644
--- a/kern/thread.c
+++ b/kern/thread.c
@@ -2402,6 +2402,11 @@ thread_exit(void)
         work_schedule(&zombie.work, 0);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Disable preemption before dropping the reference, as this may
+     * trigger the active state poll of the join operation. Doing so
+     * keeps the duration of that active wait minimum.
+     */
     thread_preempt_disable();
 
     thread_unref(thread);