--- socket.c.0	Thu Sep  9 11:37:10 1999
+++ socket.c	Thu Sep  9 11:38:46 1999
@@ -886,8 +886,7 @@
 
 /*
  *	Perform a listen. Basically, we allow the protocol to do anything
- *	necessary for a listen, and if that works, we mark the socket as
- *	ready for listening.
+ *	necessary for a listen, including marking it ready for listening.
  */
 
 asmlinkage long sys_listen(int fd, int backlog)