The patch titled Subject: kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was locking-mutex-remove-caller-signal_pending-branch-predictions.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/locking/mutex.c: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions This is already done for us internally by the signal machinery. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181116002713.8474-2-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/mutex.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c~locking-mutex-remove-caller-signal_pending-branch-predictions +++ a/kernel/locking/mutex.c @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, * wait_lock. This ensures the lock cancellation is ordered * against mutex_unlock() and wake-ups do not go missing. */ - if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(state, current))) { + if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) { ret = -EINTR; goto err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are