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authordrh <drh@noemail.net>2015-09-26 03:23:29 +0000
committerdrh <drh@noemail.net>2015-09-26 03:23:29 +0000
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Expand the header comment to clarify the purpose for the
sqlite3MemoryBarrier() function. FossilOrigin-Name: b89495ae09aa0e9652475b2ba1943dfd87c73e07
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diff --git a/src/mutex_unix.c b/src/mutex_unix.c
index cebb96c90..dbdaa225b 100644
--- a/src/mutex_unix.c
+++ b/src/mutex_unix.c
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ static int pthreadMutexNotheld(sqlite3_mutex *p){
#endif
/*
-** Try to provide a memory barrier operation, needed for initialization only.
+** Try to provide a memory barrier operation, needed for initialization
+** and also for the implementation of xShmBarrier in the VFS in cases
+** where SQLite is compiled without mutexes.
*/
void sqlite3MemoryBarrier(void){
#if defined(SQLITE_MEMORY_BARRIER)