@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ impl<Fut> FuturesUnordered<Fut> {
558558 pub fn clear ( & mut self ) {
559559 self . clear_head_all ( ) ;
560560
561- // SAFETY: we just cleared all the tasks and we have &mut self
561+ // we just cleared all the tasks, and we have &mut self, so this is safe.
562562 unsafe { self . ready_to_run_queue . clear ( ) } ;
563563
564564 self . is_terminated . store ( false , Relaxed ) ;
@@ -575,9 +575,24 @@ impl<Fut> FuturesUnordered<Fut> {
575575
576576impl < Fut > Drop for FuturesUnordered < Fut > {
577577 fn drop ( & mut self ) {
578+ // When a `FuturesUnordered` is dropped we want to drop all futures
579+ // associated with it. At the same time though there may be tons of
580+ // wakers flying around which contain `Task<Fut>` references
581+ // inside them. We'll let those naturally get deallocated.
578582 self . clear_head_all ( ) ;
579- // SAFETY: we just cleared all the tasks and we have &mut self
580- unsafe { self . ready_to_run_queue . clear ( ) } ;
583+
584+ // Note that at this point we could still have a bunch of tasks in the
585+ // ready to run queue. None of those tasks, however, have futures
586+ // associated with them so they're safe to destroy on any thread. At
587+ // this point the `FuturesUnordered` struct, the owner of the one strong
588+ // reference to the ready to run queue will drop the strong reference.
589+ // At that point whichever thread releases the strong refcount last (be
590+ // it this thread or some other thread as part of an `upgrade`) will
591+ // clear out the ready to run queue and free all remaining tasks.
592+ //
593+ // While that freeing operation isn't guaranteed to happen here, it's
594+ // guaranteed to happen "promptly" as no more "blocking work" will
595+ // happen while there's a strong refcount held.
581596 }
582597}
583598
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