The patch titled Subject: kernel/fork.c: make max_threads symbol static has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kernel-fork-make-max_threads-symbol-static.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/fork.c: make max_threads symbol static Fix build warning, kernel/fork.c:125:5: warning: symbol 'max_threads' was not declared. Should it be static? Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190516015118.140561-1-wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/fork.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/fork.c~kernel-fork-make-max_threads-symbol-static +++ a/kernel/fork.c @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ unsigned long total_forks; /* Handle normal Linux uptimes. */ int nr_threads; /* The idle threads do not count.. */ -int max_threads; /* tunable limit on nr_threads */ +static int max_threads; /* tunable limit on nr_threads */ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, process_counts) = 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx are sh-configs-remove-config_logfs-from-defconfig.patch