1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/parse_mode.c b/libbb/parse_mode.c
index 3ab4eb6fc..a31bd4bfd 100644
--- a/libbb/parse_mode.c
+++ b/libbb/parse_mode.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+/* This function is used from NOFORK applets. It must not allocate anything */
+
 #define FILEMODEBITS (S_ISUID | S_ISGID | S_ISVTX | S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO)
 
 int bb_parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *current_mode)