/* Delete a key, value, and associated expiration entry if any, from the DB */
int dbDelete(redisDb *db, robj *key) {
+ /* If VM is enabled make sure to awake waiting clients for this key:
+ * deleting the key will kill the I/O thread bringing the key from swap
+ * to memory, so the client will never be notified and unblocked if we
+ * don't do it now. */
+ handleClientsBlockedOnSwappedKey(db,key);
/* Deleting an entry from the expires dict will not free the sds of
* the key, because it is shared with the main dictionary. */
if (dictSize(db->expires) > 0) dictDelete(db->expires,key->ptr);