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The old comment justified the lockless READ_ONCE(file->f_ep) check with "False positives simply cannot happen because the file is on the way to be removed and nobody ( but eventpoll ) has still a reference to this file." That reasoning was the root of the UAF fixed in "eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF": __ep_remove() could clear f_ep while another close raced past the fast path and freed the watched eventpoll / recycled the struct file slot. With ep_remove() now pinning @file via epi_fget() across the f_ep clear and hlist_del_rcu(), the invariant is re-established for the right reason: anyone who might clear f_ep holds @file alive for the duration, so a NULL observation really does mean no concurrent eventpoll path has work left on this file. Refresh the comment accordingly so the next reader doesn't inherit the broken model. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260423-work-epoll-uaf-v1-8-2470f9eec0f5@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>