comments (about hooks vs signals)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ldo.c b/ldo.c
index d12079a1..90f01ab2 100644
--- a/ldo.c
+++ b/ldo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: ldo.c,v 2.149 2015/11/13 13:24:26 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: ldo.c,v 2.150 2015/11/19 19:16:22 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Stack and Call structure of Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -242,9 +242,14 @@ void luaD_inctop (lua_State *L) {
 /* }================================================================== */
 
 
+/*
+** Call a hook for the given event. Make sure there is a hook to be
+** called. (Both 'L->hook' and 'L->hookmask', which triggers this
+** function, can be changed asynchronously by signals.)
+*/
 void luaD_hook (lua_State *L, int event, int line) {
   lua_Hook hook = L->hook;
-  if (hook && L->allowhook) {
+  if (hook && L->allowhook) {  /* make sure there is a hook */
     CallInfo *ci = L->ci;
     ptrdiff_t top = savestack(L, L->top);
     ptrdiff_t ci_top = savestack(L, ci->top);