+ uml-kernel_thread-shouldnt-panic.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The patch titled
     uml: kernel_thread shouldn't panic
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     uml-kernel_thread-shouldnt-panic.patch

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Subject: uml: kernel_thread shouldn't panic
From: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>

kernel_thread() should just return an error value on do_fork failure, not
panic.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/um/kernel/process.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/um/kernel/process.c~uml-kernel_thread-shouldnt-panic arch/um/kernel/process.c
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c~uml-kernel_thread-shouldnt-panic
+++ a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), voi
 	current->thread.request.u.thread.arg = arg;
 	pid = do_fork(CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED | flags, 0,
 		      &current->thread.regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
-	if(pid < 0)
-		panic("do_fork failed in kernel_thread, errno = %d", pid);
 	return pid;
 }
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
uml-fix-unreasonably-long-udelay.patch
uml-delete-unused-code.patch
uml-formatting-fixes.patch
uml-host_info-tidying.patch
uml-mark-tt-mode-code-for-future-removal.patch
uml-print-coredump-limits.patch
uml-handle-block-device-hotplug-errors.patch
uml-driver-formatting-fixes.patch
uml-driver-formatting-fixes-fix.patch
uml-network-interface-hotplug-error-handling.patch
array_size-check-for-type-uml-fix.patch
uml-fix-prototypes.patch
uml-move-sigio-testing-to-sigioc.patch
uml-create-archh.patch
uml-create-as-layouth.patch
uml-move-remaining-useful-contents-of-user_utilh.patch
uml-remove-user_utilh.patch
uml-add-missing-__init-declarations.patch
remove-unused-header-file-arch-um-kernel-tt-include-mode_kern-tth.patch
uml-speed-up-exec.patch
uml-no-locking-needed-in-tlsc.patch
uml-tidy-processc.patch
uml-remove-page_size.patch
uml-kernel_thread-shouldnt-panic.patch
sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-workaround-for-uml.patch
utrace-uml-make-uml-compile-with-utrace-enabled.patch

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