The patch titled make set_special_pids() static has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is trivial-make-set_special_pids-static.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: make set_special_pids() static From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Make set_special_pids() static, the only caller is daemonize(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 1 - kernel/exit.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~trivial-make-set_special_pids-static include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~trivial-make-set_special_pids-static +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ extern struct mm_struct init_mm; #define find_task_by_pid(nr) find_task_by_pid_type(PIDTYPE_PID, nr) extern struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_type(int type, int pid); -extern void set_special_pids(pid_t session, pid_t pgrp); extern void __set_special_pids(pid_t session, pid_t pgrp); /* per-UID process charging. */ diff -puN kernel/exit.c~trivial-make-set_special_pids-static kernel/exit.c --- a/kernel/exit.c~trivial-make-set_special_pids-static +++ a/kernel/exit.c @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void __set_special_pids(pid_t session, p } } -void set_special_pids(pid_t session, pid_t pgrp) +static void set_special_pids(pid_t session, pid_t pgrp) { write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock); __set_special_pids(session, pgrp); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are tty-signal-tty-locking.patch do_task_stat-dont-take-tty_mutex.patch do_acct_process-dont-take-tty_mutex.patch trivial-make-set_special_pids-static.patch sys_unshare-remove-a-broken-clone_sighand-code.patch pidhash-temporary-debug-checks.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