The patch titled
worker_thread: don't play with SIGCHLD
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
worker_thread-dont-play-with-sigchld.patch
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Subject: worker_thread: don't play with SIGCHLD
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
worker_thread() inherits ignored SIGCHLD from its parent, kthreadd. We can
remove unneeded do_sigaction().
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 7 -------
1 files changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/workqueue.c~worker_thread-dont-play-with-sigchld kernel/workqueue.c
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c~worker_thread-dont-play-with-sigchld
+++ a/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq)
{
struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq = __cwq;
DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
- struct k_sigaction sa;
if (!cwq->wq->freezeable)
current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
@@ -301,12 +300,6 @@ static int worker_thread(void *__cwq)
*/
numa_default_policy();
- /* SIG_IGN makes children autoreap: see do_notify_parent(). */
- sa.sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
- sa.sa.sa_flags = 0;
- siginitset(&sa.sa.sa_mask, sigmask(SIGCHLD));
- do_sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, (struct k_sigaction *)0);
-
for (;;) {
prepare_to_wait(&cwq->more_work, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
if (!freezing(current) && !cwq->should_stop
_
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relayfs-use-flush_keventd_work.patch
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