The patch titled Subject: sys_prctl(): simplify arg2 judgment when calling PR_SET_TIMERSLACK has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was sys_prctl-simplify-arg2-judgment-when-calling-pr_set_timerslack.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ From: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: sys_prctl(): simplify arg2 judgment when calling PR_SET_TIMERSLACK arg2 will never < 0, for its type is 'unsigned long'. So negative judgment is meaningless. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1563852653-2382-1-git-send-email-xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sys.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sys.c~sys_prctl-simplify-arg2-judgment-when-calling-pr_set_timerslack +++ a/kernel/sys.c @@ -2372,11 +2372,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsi error = current->timer_slack_ns; break; case PR_SET_TIMERSLACK: - if (arg2 <= 0) + if (arg2) + current->timer_slack_ns = arg2; + else current->timer_slack_ns = current->default_timer_slack_ns; - else - current->timer_slack_ns = arg2; break; case PR_MCE_KILL: if (arg4 | arg5) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are