Subject: + kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct.patch added to -mm tree To: kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 12:10:01 -0700 The patch titled Subject: kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct Nobody seems uses it for a long time. Let's drop it. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 1 - kernel/user.c | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -745,7 +745,6 @@ static inline int signal_group_exit(cons struct user_struct { atomic_t __count; /* reference count */ atomic_t processes; /* How many processes does this user have? */ - atomic_t files; /* How many open files does this user have? */ atomic_t sigpending; /* How many pending signals does this user have? */ #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER atomic_t inotify_watches; /* How many inotify watches does this user have? */ diff -puN kernel/user.c~kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct kernel/user.c --- a/kernel/user.c~kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct +++ a/kernel/user.c @@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(uidhash_lock); struct user_struct root_user = { .__count = ATOMIC_INIT(1), .processes = ATOMIC_INIT(1), - .files = ATOMIC_INIT(0), .sigpending = ATOMIC_INIT(0), .locked_shm = 0, .uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are kernel-userc-drop-unused-field-files-from-user_struct.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