[svn-r19330] Description:

	Bring r19109:19328 from trunk to revise_chunks branch.

Tested on:
        FreeBSD/32 6.3 (duty) in debug mode
        FreeBSD/64 6.3 (liberty) w/C++ & FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Linux/32 2.6 (jam) w/PGI compilers, w/default API=1.8.x,
                w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe, in debug mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (amani) w/Intel compilers, w/default API=1.6.x,
                w/C++ & FORTRAN, in production mode
        Solaris/32 2.10 (linew) w/deprecated symbols disabled, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                w/szip filter, w/threadsafe, in production mode
        Linux/PPC 2.6 (heiwa) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe, in debug mode
        Linux/64-ia64 2.6 (cobalt) w/Intel compilers, w/C++ & FORTRAN,
                in production mode
        Linux/64-amd64 2.6 (abe) w/parallel, w/FORTRAN, in debug mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) in debug mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) w/C++ & FORTRAN, w/threadsafe,
                in production mode
        Mac OS X/32 10.6.4 (amazon) w/parallel, in debug mode

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5A.c b/src/H5A.c
index 852e058..722af25 100644
--- a/src/H5A.c
+++ b/src/H5A.c
@@ -2424,18 +2424,19 @@ H5A_close(H5A_t *attr)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_CANTRELEASE, FAIL, "can't release object header info")
 
     /* Reference count can be 0.  It only happens when H5A_create fails. */
-    if(1 >= attr->shared->nrefs) {
+    if(attr->shared->nrefs <= 1) {
         /* Free dynamicly allocated items */
         if(H5A_free(attr) < 0)
             HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_CANTRELEASE, FAIL, "can't release attribute info")
 
         /* Destroy shared attribute struct */
         attr->shared = H5FL_FREE(H5A_shared_t, attr->shared);
-    } else if(attr->shared->nrefs > 1) {
+    } /* end if */
+    else {
         /* There are other references to the shared part of the attribute.
          * Only decrement the reference count. */
         --attr->shared->nrefs;
-    }
+    } /* end else */
 
     /* Free group hierarchy path */
     if(H5G_name_free(&(attr->path)) < 0)