The patch titled Subject: kernel/sched/: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kernel-sched-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/sched/: remove caller signal_pending branch predictions This is already done for us internally by the signal machinery. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181116002713.8474-3-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/sched/core.c | 2 +- kernel/sched/swait.c | 2 +- kernel/sched/wait.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c~kernel-sched-remove-caller-signal_pending-branch-predictions +++ a/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -3416,7 +3416,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(b switch_count = &prev->nivcsw; if (!preempt && prev->state) { - if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(prev->state, prev))) { + if (signal_pending_state(prev->state, prev)) { prev->state = TASK_RUNNING; } else { deactivate_task(rq, prev, DEQUEUE_SLEEP | DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK); --- a/kernel/sched/swait.c~kernel-sched-remove-caller-signal_pending-branch-predictions +++ a/kernel/sched/swait.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ long prepare_to_swait_event(struct swait long ret = 0; raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags); - if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(state, current))) { + if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) { /* * See prepare_to_wait_event(). TL;DR, subsequent swake_up_one() * must not see us. --- a/kernel/sched/wait.c~kernel-sched-remove-caller-signal_pending-branch-predictions +++ a/kernel/sched/wait.c @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ long prepare_to_wait_event(struct wait_q long ret = 0; spin_lock_irqsave(&wq_head->lock, flags); - if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(state, current))) { + if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) { /* * Exclusive waiter must not fail if it was selected by wakeup, * it should "consume" the condition we were waiting for. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are