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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/lockdep.c4
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diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 1114dc42c27f..257931e2fbbe 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -4623,6 +4623,10 @@ asmlinkage __visible void lockdep_sys_exit(void)
/*
* The lock history for each syscall should be independent. So wipe the
* slate clean on return to userspace.
+ *
+ * crossrelease_hist_end() works well here even when getting here
+ * without starting (i.e. just after forking), because it rolls back
+ * the index to point to the last entry, which is already invalid.
*/
crossrelease_hist_end(XHLOCK_PROC);
crossrelease_hist_start(XHLOCK_PROC);