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Date:      Fri, 15 Aug 2025 20:36:20 GMT
From:      Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 9a7c512a6149 - main - ucred groups: restore a useful comment
Message-ID:  <202508152036.57FKaKA0092222@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by vangyzen:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9a7c512a614993333beec4e2d509290b0c00dde6

commit 9a7c512a614993333beec4e2d509290b0c00dde6
Author:     Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-08-15 13:16:58 +0000
Commit:     Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-08-15 13:29:18 +0000

    ucred groups: restore a useful comment
    
    The most useful comments are those that explain _why_.
    Restore such an explanation dropped by commit 6d2efbb34fd.
    
    Reviewed by:            kevans
    Sponsored by:           Dell Inc.
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51918
---
 sys/kern/kern_prot.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
index dac0e40b0599..0ca42d640767 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
@@ -2921,7 +2921,8 @@ crextend(struct ucred *cr, int n)
  * Normalizes a set of groups to be applied to a 'struct ucred'.
  *
  * Normalization ensures that the supplementary groups are sorted in ascending
- * order and do not contain duplicates.
+ * order and do not contain duplicates.  This allows group_is_supplementary
+ * to do a binary search.
  */
 static void
 groups_normalize(int *ngrp, gid_t *groups)



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