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authorLioncash <mathew1800@gmail.com>2019-03-14 21:58:23 -0400
committerLioncash <mathew1800@gmail.com>2019-03-15 23:02:14 -0400
commit793d3102c28778c3557630068549b336ce3cae17 (patch)
treefcdcf3d28b281aa6576badb61632ceb106e7b66a /src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
parentc92e8f4e3068baaf22728a4e85340880842baf4b (diff)
kernel/thread: Expand documentation of nominal_priority and current_priority
Aims to disambiguate why each priority instance exists a little bit. While we're at it, also add an explanatory comment to UpdatePriority().
Diffstat (limited to 'src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
index c5cee12dd3..202997d204 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ void Thread::RemoveMutexWaiter(SharedPtr<Thread> thread) {
}
void Thread::UpdatePriority() {
- // Find the highest priority among all the threads that are waiting for this thread's lock
+ // If any of the threads waiting on the mutex have a higher priority
+ // (taking into account priority inheritance), then this thread inherits
+ // that thread's priority.
u32 new_priority = nominal_priority;
if (!wait_mutex_threads.empty()) {
if (wait_mutex_threads.front()->current_priority < new_priority) {