The patch titled vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t tidy has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t tidy From: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> This moves the declaration of spawnpid and spawnsig into, a header file, and makes spawnpid extern. Without being extern the declaration of swanpid was a nice little struct pid leak in the kernel and totally broke the spawnpid functionality :( Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 2 -- include/linux/vt_kern.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy +++ a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -645,8 +645,6 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, str */ case KDSIGACCEPT: { - struct pid *spawnpid; - extern int spawnsig; if (!perm || !capable(CAP_KILL)) return -EPERM; if (!valid_signal(arg) || arg < 1 || arg == SIGKILL) diff -puN include/linux/vt_kern.h~vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy include/linux/vt_kern.h --- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h~vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy +++ a/include/linux/vt_kern.h @@ -84,4 +84,7 @@ void reset_vc(struct vc_data *vc); extern char con_buf[CON_BUF_SIZE]; extern struct semaphore con_buf_sem; +extern struct pid *spawnpid; +extern int spawnsig; + #endif /* _VT_KERN_H */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are megaraid-use-the-proper-type-to-hold-the-irq-number.patch x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-segment-in-vmlinux.patch msi-use-kmem_cache_zalloc.patch sysctl-allow-proc-sys-without-sys_sysctl.patch sysctl-scream-if-someone-uses-sys_sysctl.patch sysctl-document-that-sys_sysctl-will-be-removed.patch pid-implement-transfer_pid-and-use-it-to-simplify-de_thread.patch pid-remove-temporary-debug-code-in-attach_pid.patch de_thread-use-tsk-not-current.patch pidspace-is_init.patch stack-overflow-safe-kdump-safe_smp_processor_id.patch stack-overflow-safe-kdump-safe_smp_processor_id_voyager.patch stack-overflow-safe-kdump-crash_use_safe_smp_processor_id.patch stack-overflow-safe-kdump-crash_use_safe_smp_processor_id-fix.patch stack-overflow-safe-kdump-safe_smp_send_nmi_allbutself.patch proc-reorder-the-functions-in-basec.patch proc-modify-proc_pident_lookup-to-be-completely-table-driven.patch proc-give-the-root-directory-a-task.patch proc-make-the-generation-of-the-self-symlink-table-driven.patch proc-factor-out-an-instantiate-method-from-every-lookup-method.patch proc-remove-the-hard-coded-inode-numbers.patch proc-merge-proc_tid_attr-and-proc_tgid_attr.patch pid-implement-access-helpers-for-a-tacks-various-process-groups.patch pid-add-do_each_pid_task.patch pid-implement-signal-functions-that-take-a-struct-pid.patch pid-export-the-symbols-needed-to-use-struct-pid.patch pid-implement-pid_nr.patch vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t.patch vt-update-spawnpid-to-be-a-struct-pid_t-tidy.patch file-modify-struct-fown_struct-to-use-a-struct-pid.patch file-modify-struct-fown_struct-to-use-a-struct-pid-fix.patch proc-sysctl-add-_proc_do_string-helper.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy.patch namespaces-add-nsproxy-dont-include-compileh.patch namespaces-incorporate-fs-namespace-into-nsproxy.patch namespaces-utsname-introduce-temporary-helpers.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch namespaces-utsname-remove-system_utsname.patch namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch uts-copy-nsproxy-only-when-needed.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit.patch namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate-klibc-bit.patch namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces-klibc-bit-2.patch ipc-namespace-core.patch ipc-namespace-utils.patch genirq-irq-convert-the-move_irq-flag-from-a-32bit-word-to-a-single-bit.patch genirq-irq-add-moved_masked_irq.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-reenable-migrating-irqs-to-other-cpus.patch genirq-msi-simplify-msi-enable-and-disable.patch genirq-msi-make-the-msi-boolean-tests-return-either-0-or-1.patch genirq-msi-implement-helper-functions-read_msi_msg-and-write_msi_msg.patch genirq-msi-refactor-the-msi_ops.patch genirq-msi-simplify-the-msi-irq-limit-policy.patch genirq-irq-add-a-dynamic-irq-creation-api.patch genirq-ia64-irq-dynamic-irq-support.patch genirq-i386-irq-dynamic-irq-support.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-dynamic-irq-support.patch genirq-msi-make-the-msi-code-irq-based-and-not-vector-based.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-move-msi-message-composition-into-io_apicc.patch genirq-i386-irq-move-msi-message-composition-into-io_apicc.patch genirq-msi-only-build-msi-apicc-on-ia64.patch genirq-msi-only-build-msi-apicc-on-ia64-fix.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-remove-the-msi-assumption-that-irq-==-vector.patch genirq-i386-irq-remove-the-msi-assumption-that-irq-==-vector.patch genirq-irq-remove-msi-hacks.patch genirq-irq-generalize-the-check-for-hardirq_bits.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-make-the-external-irq-handlers-report-their-vector-not-the-irq-number.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-make-vector_irq-per-cpu.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-make-vector_irq-per-cpu-fix.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-make-vector_irq-per-cpu-warning-fix.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-kill-gsi_irq_sharing.patch genirq-x86_64-irq-kill-irq-compression.patch add-hypertransport-capability-defines.patch add-hypertransport-capability-defines-fix.patch initial-generic-hypertransport-interrupt-support.patch initial-generic-hypertransport-interrupt-support-Kconfig-fix.patch pidhash-temporary-debug-checks.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html